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	Case Study Shop floor integration at Novartis Singapore Read about the integration strategy for recording of all production-related data in a newly-erected pharmaceutical production plant of Novartis. The article provides insights into the high degree of standardization of data communication from the shop floor up to the MES... Click Here Access Full Stories AstraZeneca finds buyer for German plant Reports emerged in the German press yesterday claiming that AstraZeneca has found a buyer for its Plankstadt manufacturing facility... Read PolyTherics gets funding for antibody fragments PolyTherics has been boosted with £350,000 ($723,135) in funding to explore the development and production of long-lasting therapeutic antibody fragments... Read Astellas snaps up cancer antibody specialists Agensys Japanese drugmaker Astellas has agreed to acquire US biotech firm Agensys as part of its plan to ramp up antibody research, especially in the field of cancer... Read Akorn and Cipla team up again Specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn has signed up with India-based Cipla in an exclusive manufacturing and supply agreement for an undisclosed inhaled drug... Read Contract manufacturing news in brief Dr Reddy's, China Aoxing Pharmaceutical, Cook Pharmica and Alpha Biologics have all recently announced contract manufacturing news... Read
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	Advertisement Related Industry News Private equity firm puts crores into Indian CRO GVK Bio has reinforced its claim to be India's top CRO with $25m of private investment that will be used to expand its drug discovery services and push further into preclinical and clinical development... Read Xenome and Amylin team up to poison metabolic diseases Xenome, which specialises in extracting therapeutic peptides from the venom of poisonous animals has penned a deal with Amylin Pharmaceuticals to find drugs that tackle metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity... Read Preclinical services news in brief In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, news has emerged involving ChemDiv, SRI International, ShangPharma, Ranbaxy and Xceleron... Read Targeted Genetics restarts trial after death The US Food and Drug Administration has allowed Targeted Genetics to restart testing its arthritis gene therapy after deciding the drug wasn't at fault when one person died in the original clinical trial... Read Weekly Comment South Africa 'underutilised' for clinical trials While India, the Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America are all gaining recognition as potential new hot spots, South Africa remains 'underutilised as a clinical trial destination,' according to a prominent industry figure. Read Product Presentation More color for tablets and capsules: Candurin® pearlescent pigments Candurin® pearl effect colors are a unique and innovative range of food and pharmaceutical grade color pigments developed to provide your products with a truly eye-catching and distinctive visual appearance, as well as rendering counterfeiting of original products significantly... Click Here Previous Headlines Singapore's pharma output continues to slow Singapore's biomedical manufacturing output was down again over October, stunting growth for the region's entire manufacturing sector... Read Sanofi expands flu vaccines in China Sanofi-Aventis is to build a new influenza vaccine manufacturing facility in China... Read MHRA launches new action plan to combat UK counterfeit hub The UK has become an unlikely hub for drug counterfeiters, with the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) last week launching its new three-year action plan to tackle the recent surge in... Read Paediatric drugs and testing highlighted The importance of paediatric drug formulations and clinical trials in children was highlighted at this month's American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) conference in San Diego... Read Schott takes aim at Russia Pharmaceutical packaging specialist Schott has announced plans to head to Russia and establish its first pharma production site in the country... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Shop floor integration at Novartis Singapore - Case Study Product Information - brochures, Web centers The Safe'n'Sound Passive Safety Device for Prefilled Syringes - Product Presentation A Review of Dissolution tests with the Flow Through Method - Application Notes Product Innovation Alerts - Free of Charge Indicate your research interests and receive alerts on relevant products and market innovations Cleanroom, safety equipment, supplies Contract services (outsourcing) Drug delivery systems Ingredients, excipients and raw materials IT solutions Lab equipment & consumables Packaging machinery & supplies Processing (automation, control, separation...) QA/QC & validation Tabletting, coating & ancillary equipment

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