DSM now offering commercial cytotoxic services
30-Mar-2008 - DSM Pharmaceuticals now has its new commercial scale cytotoxic contract manufacturing facility up and running,...
Heparin scare spreads in Europe
27-Mar-2008 - France, Italy, and Denmark are the latest countries to recall heparin products as the contamination...
Contract manufacturing news in brief
27-Mar-2008 - Eden Biodesign, Archimica and Hikal have all recently announced new contract manufacturing news.
Heparin recall widens in US
25-Mar-2008 - The heparin recall has widened after a lot of heparin sodium USP active pharmaceutical ingredient...
Generic drag cant hold back Siegfried's API momentum
20-Mar-2008 - Switzerland's Siegfried Holding says that a significant jump in 2007 net profit, up 54 per...
Nycomed takes bulk of API production offshore
20-Mar-2008 - Mid-sized European pharma company Nycomed has struck a deal to offshore the vast majority of...
FDA makes progress in plans for China presence
18-Mar-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted the media that it has taken...
Teva to invest $100m in Hungary
18-Mar-2008 - Israeli generics maker Teva will spend $100m to double its manufacturing capacity in Hungary, as...
GMP an unnecessary burden for excipients, review concludes
17-Mar-2008 - The costs of introducing any formal good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements for potentially high-risk pharmaceutical...
China-made heparin scare spreads beyond US
11-Mar-2008 - The made-in-China heparin scare has now spread beyond the US, with Germany and Japan both...
Contract manufacturing news in brief
11-Mar-2008 - Cobra Biomanufacturing, Crucell, Vetter, Arch Pharmalabs and Lonza have all recently announced new contract manufacturing...
Patheon's Q1 profits drop as it continues to address Puerto Rico
11-Mar-2008 - Patheon's first quarter results have continued to be impacted by its underperforming Puerto Rico operations,...
Hovione makes latest investment in China
10-Mar-2008 - Portugal's Hovione has become the latest in a spate of pharma industry players to invest...
Pharmaceutical outsourcing: people on the move
10-Mar-2008 - Patheon, Keller Crescent, Bilcare and Molecular Profiles have all had people on the move in...
FDA 'concerned' after inspection of China heparin plant
04-Mar-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted the media to the preliminary findings...
GSK's UK plant to lose out to outsourcing
03-Mar-2008 - A UK chemicals plant has become the latest casualty of GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) pledge to make...
China tells drug importers to take responsibility for quality
28-Feb-2008 - China's drug watchdog has revealed its stance on drug exports from the country: the bottom...
AMRI stuck with stagnant sales
28-Feb-2008 - AMRI edged back into the red during the fourth quarter of 2007 after stagnant sales...
Investigation fingers Cambrex for safety breach after plant explosion
26-Feb-2008 - An investigation in the aftermath of a fire and explosion at one of Cambrex' US...
India's largest CRAMS firm gathers momentum
26-Feb-2008 - Jubilant Organosys, India's largest custom research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) provider, has scored new contracts...
Genmab slakes capacity thirst with PDL facility purchase
25-Feb-2008 - Genmab, the Danish antibody specialist with three product candidates in Phase III clinical trials, is...
Contract manufacturing news in brief
25-Feb-2008 - Dextra Laboratories, Akorn, Metrics and Xcelience have all recently announced new contract manufacturing news.
FDA mix-up caused failure to inspect Baxter's Chinese supplier
20-Feb-2008 - More details have emerged over the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) failure to vet...
Cambrex cost cutting beginning to pay
20-Feb-2008 - Cambrex' cost cutting resolve is starting to pay off for the firm, who achieved an...
Aceto makes determined pitch for Japanese intermediates
19-Feb-2008 - Aceto, the US-based distributor and marketer of fine and industrial chemicals, is making a determined...
