02-Sep-2010 - CMO Vetter Pharma has set up a US sales office in Skokie, Illinois to attract customers in growing Midwest drug industry hub.
02-Sep-2010 - Boehringer Ingelheim has opened its ‘Centre of Competence’ (CoC) in Shanghai to optimise API and chemical intermediates sourcing in China.
01-Sep-2010 - RecipharmCobra Biologics has received US and EU patent protection for an antibiotic resistance gene-free plasmid maintenance technology it claims can boost biomanufacturing yields.
01-Sep-2010 - ScinoPharm, a Taiwan-based API maker invested Tanvex Biologics, expanding presence in US biosimilars contracting market.
31-Aug-2010 - Ricerca Biosciences say newly developed HPLC process offers drug firms API production that surpasses regulatory purity guidelines.
26-Aug-2010 - Catalent Pharma Solutions has landed a “labelling and kitting” supply contract for a Ph III trial of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals’ candidate acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment vosaroxin.
26-Aug-2010 - A fully-equipped disposable manufacturing facility has been added to CMC Biologic’s Seattle, WA site, as the first stage of a major expansion plan.
25-Aug-2010 - Biotec Services International has opened a new primary packaging suite tablet and capsule filling suite to cater for demand for “just in time” Ph I and Ph II trial supplies.
25-Aug-2010 - Stirling Pharma’s state-of-the-art Canadian plant will open its doors in late September, and first to come off the production line will be the drug, acetaminophen.
23-Aug-2010 - Chemir Analytical Services launches custom synthesis service for organic molecules for drug R&D, aimed at small pharma companies with rush or emergency projects.
19-Aug-2010 - SAFC and Novozymes Biopharma have agreed to extend their partnership by ten years for the exclusive distribution of LONG R3 growth factor, used for industrial cell culture applications.
19-Aug-2010 - Lonza has licensed the worldwide marketing rights for its tissue-engineering skin substitute technology to Regenicin.
18-Aug-2010 - CMO BioVectra is appealing against a building permit for residential property near its facility, according to CBC News.
18-Aug-2010 - Aesica will build a “high containment” manufacturing plant to expand its high potency drug formulation capabilities in line with growing demand.
17-Aug-2010 - Patheon is partnering with TraceLink to increase manufacturing efficiencies through closer integration and collaboration with clients.
17-Aug-2010 - A Japanese pharmaceutical company has contracted UK-based Quay Pharma to make trial stocks of two NCEs used to treat genitourinary disorders. One of the products will be entering the first phase of its clinical studies in Europe, while the second is progressing to Phase II.
16-Aug-2010 - Clondalkin aims to expand its pharmaceutical cartoning and labelling business with reorganised operations in Ireland and Poland.
16-Aug-2010 - The EMA and FDA are seeking pharma manufacturers to participate in a joint GMP (good manufacturing practice) inspection pilot programme.
12-Aug-2010 - Xcelience has installed a Piccola B10 Minipress to expand its formulation development and manufacturing capabilities.
11-Aug-2010 - Elan puts plans to sell EDT delivery division on hold because market is not “conducive to an appropriate valuation.”
10-Aug-2010 - Lower overseas demand from key customers hurt fine chemicals maker Synthetech in first quarter fiscal 2011, continuing the decline seen in the previous financial year
09-Aug-2010 - SCM Pharma wins another deal with French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis.
05-Aug-2010 - AMRI recorded a $6.0m (€4.6m) operating loss in the second quarter as restructuring charges and the lack of milestone payments offset contract service gains.
05-Aug-2010 - Norwich Pharmaceuticals has added development-stage drug production to its offering with new dedicated non-GMP capacity at its New York plant.
04-Aug-2010 - SCM says addition of sterility and endotoxin analysis capacity is logical extension of its contract fill/finish offering.