20-Dec-2011 - Patheon posted a fourth quarter operating loss as costs related to restructuring offset an uptick in revenues.
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.
14-Nov-2011 - Patheon is considering buying unique drug delivery technologies to expand its development service capabilities.
09-Nov-2011 - Icon has formed a strategic alliance with Empire Genomics as part of its first steps into the field of personalised medicines.
07-Nov-2011 - Catalent is considering acquisitions as it adds scale, drug delivery technologies and capacity in emerging markets.
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.
31-Oct-2011 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents a roundup of news and views shared by exhibitors and attendees at AAPS and CPhI.
31-Oct-2011 - CMO Aenova says demand for contract manufacturing capacity in Europe is increasing.
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.
26-Oct-2011 - Effectively outsourcing a significant portion of work will give biopharm a competitive advantage in 2020, KPMG said.
20-Oct-2011 - Novel drug formulations specialists Bend Research will receive manufacturing manpower from Hovione, after inking a nonexclusive agreement.
20-Oct-2011 - VaxyGen is working with Georgia State University (GSU) to offer protein purification, optimisation and production services.
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.
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.
06-Oct-2011 - Akorn is to expand its CMO business into India and add sterile injectables capabilities by acquiring five manufacturing plants.
03-Oct-2011 - CDMO Aesica is to add manufacturing capacity in Asia and the US following a cash injection from private equity firm Silverfleet Capital.
26-Sep-2011 - UK-based SCM Pharma is to begin offering formulation development services as part of a collaborative deal with the University of Sunderland.
19-Sep-2011 - SAFC announced its new aggressive growth strategy, including plans to expand in the developing markets, at its conference in Irvine, Glasgow last week.
13-Sep-2011 - Patheon is exiting semi-solids, clinical packaging and cutting facilities in response to ‘poor historical performance’.
12-Sep-2011 - Shares in drug discovery company Sareum have soared by 36 per cent after the firm announced the selection of a preclinical development candidate for its Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) inhibitor programme.
07-Sep-2011 - Esoterix Clinical Trials Services has forged a strategic alliance with the David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) to provide its clients with access to enhanced assay development services.
05-Sep-2011 - Asterand says it must raise additional funds after share prices dropped by more than half last week.
01-Sep-2011 - Advantar Labs has allied with DavosPharma to accelerate clients’ development programmes with chemistry and analytical services.
22-Aug-2011 - JB Chemicals and Asymchem Laboratories are expanding in response to interest in outsourcing manufacturing to India and China.
17-Aug-2011 - Encap Drug Delivery now offers a ‘feasibility package’ to assess the potential of its Phoral coating technology as a vehicle for therapy in colonic diseases.