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Encap lands long-term manufacturing contract

01-Feb-2012 - Encap Drug Delivery has won a contract manufacturing deal for a European licensed liquid-filled capsule product after the owner parted from its current CMO.

CMO Cytovance adds 1,000L bioreactor for trial supplies

01-Feb-2012 - Cytovance Biologics has added a 1,000L bioreactor at its Oklahoma site to support scale-up as clients move through clinical trials.

HUYA Bioscience wants stronger bonds with international drugmakers

30-Jan-2012 - HUYA Bioscience says it will strengthen bonds between Chinese drug innovators and worldwide developers and through its new partnership with the Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research (TIPR).

Contract manufacturing round-up

26-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a round-up of the latest headlines within the world of contract manufacturing. Catalent and Patheon have each launched oral dosage partnership news, whilst Frontage and AMPAC have received regulatory go-aheads.

EU CMO market to top $20bn as big pharma ups outsourcing

25-Jan-2012 - A patent loss-fuelled surge in big pharma outsourcing will push the European CMO market through the $20bn barrier by 2018, analysis claims.

Polytherics buys Warwick Effect Polymers for biodrug modification tech

23-Jan-2012 - UK-based Polytherics has acquired Warwick Effect Polymers (WEP) to expand biologic drug modification offering.

US DoD awards CMO Paragon Bioservices $15m vaccine deal

18-Jan-2012 - CMO Paragon Bioservices has won a $15m DoD contract to develop a large-scale mammalian process for a trivalent filovirus vaccine.

Patient derived tumours can take candidate selection to a 'new level', says VivoPharm

18-Jan-2012 - VivoPharm says its new agreement with primary patient-derived tumour creators EPO-GmbH will bring drug candidate selection to a “new level” for US drug researchers.

Biopharm ink New Year service deals in drive to enter clinic

05-Jan-2012 - Biopharm companies have inked a raft of contract service deals at the start of 2012 in efforts to push compounds into the clinic.

Parexel discusses transdermal drug delivery techs

22-Dec-2011 - Electroporation is the wave of the future for transdermal drug delivery, according to Parexel’s Ravi Harapanhalli.

Patheon posts Q4 loss as cost of restructuring takes toll

20-Dec-2011 - Patheon posted a fourth quarter operating loss as costs related to restructuring offset an uptick in revenues.

Quotient says screening of prototype formulations is crucial to drug delivery

13-Dec-2011 - Quotient has stressed the importance of screening prototype formulations early in the development process to ensure efficient drug delivery in later phases.

Patheon mulls drug delivery tech deals to accelerate development services growth

14-Nov-2011 - Patheon is considering buying unique drug delivery technologies to expand its development service capabilities.

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Icon completes partnership deal with Empire Genomics

09-Nov-2011 - Icon has formed a strategic alliance with Empire Genomics as part of its first steps into the field of personalised medicines.

Catalent eyes acquisitions in emerging market and drug delivery expansion

07-Nov-2011 - Catalent is considering acquisitions as it adds scale, drug delivery technologies and capacity in emerging markets.

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West inks pre-filled syringe deal with Vetter

03-Nov-2011 - Injectable drug delivery systems maker West has struck a new joint venture with Vetter to provide source filled Daikyo Crystal Zenith syringes.

Round-up of news & views from AAPS & CPhI 2011

31-Oct-2011 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of news and views shared by exhibitors and attendees at AAPS and CPhI.

Aenova sees CMO demand coming back to Europe

31-Oct-2011 - CMO Aenova says demand for contract manufacturing capacity in Europe is increasing.

Almac to expand pharmaceutical development services with new Craigavon facility

27-Oct-2011 - Almac is to expand its pharmaceutical development services with the creation of a new facility at its headquarters in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.

Effective outsourcers will have competitive edge in 2020; KPMG

26-Oct-2011 - Effectively outsourcing a significant portion of work will give biopharm a competitive advantage in 2020, KPMG said.

Bend Research gets novel formulation boost through Hovione manufacturing deal

20-Oct-2011 - Novel drug formulations specialists Bend Research will receive manufacturing manpower from Hovione, after inking a nonexclusive agreement.

VaxyGen & Georgia State join for protein purification services

20-Oct-2011 - VaxyGen is working with Georgia State University (GSU) to offer protein purification, optimisation and production services.

CMO Angel & Russian pharma plan drug production JV

18-Oct-2011 - Angel Biotechnology is negotiating a joint-venture with a Russian firm that would see it add dedicated production space at a UK site.

Execs the winners after tax holiday, Senate report says

13-Oct-2011 - A Senate report has slammed the ACRO-backed overseas profit tax break for doing more to help execs’ pay packets than US employment.

Akorn to enter India in five facility takeover deal

06-Oct-2011 - Akorn is to expand its CMO business into India and add sterile injectables capabilities by acquiring five manufacturing plants.