Breaking News on Pharmaceutical Technology

AAPS 2009 has drawn to a close but over the three days numerous trends and debates emerged, including the strategies CROs are using in the downturn, and we take a look at these in our conference round up.

Published: 12-Nov-2009

Following the first full day of AAPS 2009 in Los Angeles, California, US we take a look at the major developments and talking points.

Published: 10-Nov-2009

How successful was the BioPh conference in Madrid? in-PharmaTechnologist asked key players attending the inaugural event.

Published: 29-Oct-2009

Henry Hussell, marketing manager at Cargill Pharma, talks about Zerose erythritol's development since it was launched at CPhI 2008.

Published: 19-Oct-2009

As CPhI 2009 draws to a close we take a look back on the show, which, despite some negatives, appears to have been an overall success.

Published: 15-Oct-2009

SAFC Pharma has added extra viral and biologics capacity at its California plant in a $12m project that allows it to take projects from the lab to commercial scale.

Published: 14-Oct-2009

We look ahead to CPhI 2009 which takes place in Madrid, Spain next week and will showcase the world’s leading ingredients, contract services, machinery and biotech companies.

Published: 08-Oct-2009

US group Thermo Fisher Scientific and industrial engineering giant Siemens have teamed up to offer the pharmaceutical industry a new way of assessing processes used during early drug development, manufacturing scale up and commercial production.

Published: 01-Jul-2009

At BIO 2009 Symyx was promoting its new CDMO offering, which it believes meets a “real need in the industry” and can save clients time and materials by leveraging its prior knowledge.

Published: 03-Jun-2009

in-Pharmatechnologist's Nick Taylor looks back on BIO 2009, an event at which uncertainty about the development of the biotechnology industry’s future shape dominated proceedings.

Published: 22-May-2009

HEM Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the US, was at BIO 2009 talking about the measures his nation have taken to attract biotechs, including the introduction of the "most favourable R&D tax in Europe".

Published: 20-May-2009

Two recombinant human albumins made by Novozymes' biopharma division have become the first to comply with the USP-NF's recently revised excipient monograph.

Published: 04-May-2009

Tom Beil, SAFC’s VP of Quality and Regulatory affairs, whose talk on fine chemicals supply was a highlight of last month's DCAT week, spoke with in-PharmaTechnologist about the benefits and risks of working with global suppliers.

Published: 07-Apr-2009

Michael Schmitt, president of Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, believes a recovery in the global economy, the increasing demand for quality and the emergence of markets like India and Brazil will be key drivers for the packaging sector over the next few years.

Published: 23-Mar-2009

This week in-PharmaTechnologist's Pharma Phacts podcast focuses on a nanotechnology method that could produce more effective barrier packaging using less material.

Published: 25-Feb-2009

New research suggests that deuteration, the replacement of hydrogen atoms with heavier forms, can alter an API's crystallisation properties and help drugmakers make better more effective drugs.

Published: 09-Feb-2009

Late last week the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Novartis a $490m contract to continue work on its cell-culture influenza vaccine plant in Holly Springs, North Carolina, US. in-PharmaTechnologist spoke with Novartis spokesman Matt Stober about the new plant.

Published: 21-Jan-2009

in-PharmaTechnologist is joined by Aurore Domange, Pharmapack Manager, who details the highlights of this year’s show, which starts in Paris, France, this week.

Published: 19-Jan-2009

Since its inauguration last year, IPEC China has been working to improve the quality of excipient manufacturing in the country. in-PharmaTechnologist spoke with organisation president Nevin Cheng about the steps the body has taken so far and what it will be doing in 2009, including its plans for a new SFDA approved Drug Master File (DMF) scheme.

Published: 12-Jan-2009

The timely identification of contaminants in pharmaceutical manufacture can be critical to avoiding costly delays. While it is relatively straightforward to establish the composition of a contaminating particle, determining its origin in the manufacturing process can be much more problematic. in-PharmaTechnologist spoke with McCrone Associates' Heidi Ullberg at this year's AAPS in Atlanta about a light microscopy that can help drugmakers address this problem.

Published: 11-Dec-2008

After collecting the drug delivery award at this year's AAPS, John Santini, CEO of MicroCHIPS, was on hand to explain what the gong meant to the company.

Published: 25-Nov-2008

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist's (AAPS) president Dr Karen Habucky sets out the programme for the group's forthcoming annual meeting and exposition, which is being held in Atlanta, US between November 16- 20.

Published: 10-Nov-2008

All the breaking news across the pharmaceutical manufacturing and outsourcing sectors.

Published: 03-Nov-2008

Welcome to in-pharma technologist’s podcast. In the next three minutes Gareth Macdonald will take you through the top industry headlines this week. Product authenticity dominated the news, with US regulators announcing increased penalties for those convicted of selling dangerous counterfeits. In Europe IPEC sets out its new third party assessment scheme.

Published: 21-Oct-2008