09-Feb-2012 - GSK is bringing outsourced work back in-house and placing manufacturing at existing sites in a bid to boost efficiency.
08-Feb-2012 - United Drug has inked a four-year, €30m packaging services deal as it continues to grow the division, particularly in the US.
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.
25-Jan-2012 - Lonza has fired its CEO after a halving of net income prompted the board to find another leader for “the challenging years ahead”.
17-Jan-2012 - J&J has enough Doxil to meet the needs of patients on its waiting list but warned CMO Ben Venue is unlikely to resume supply until late 2012.
12-Jan-2012 - Outsourcing to Indian CRAMS and bulk drug businesses will drive the country’s export growth, a credit rating agency said.
20-Dec-2011 - Patheon posted a fourth quarter operating loss as costs related to restructuring offset an uptick in revenues.
07-Dec-2011 - Outsourcing-Pharma presents its round-up of the latest contract manufacturing updates, including news from Hospira, Aveo, and Shasun.
23-Nov-2011 - The EMA is recalling cancer drugs manufactured by CMO Ben Venue Laboratories after inspectors found quality shortcomings.
21-Nov-2011 - Ben Venue Laboratories has voluntarily suspended manufacture at the Ohio plant linked to drug shortages.
16-Nov-2011 - United Drug plans to win strategic packaging relationships in Europe as biopharm companies cut fixed costs through outsourcing.
14-Nov-2011 - Piramal will use the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) grant to create new roles at its UK plant.
08-Nov-2011 - A private equity consortium has bought WellSpring Pharmaceutical and its Canadian contract manufacturing plant.
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.
26-Oct-2011 - Effectively outsourcing a significant portion of work will give biopharm a competitive advantage in 2020, KPMG said.
18-Oct-2011 - Danish neurodrug developer H Lundbeck is cutting back its Chinese outsourcing after establishing an R&D centre in Shanghai.
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.
21-Sep-2011 - Biopharm is continuing to spend on R&D in China despite the economic dip, and CROs in the region should benefit, an analyst said.
13-Sep-2011 - Patheon is exiting semi-solids, clinical packaging and cutting facilities in response to ‘poor historical performance’.
06-Sep-2011 - Japanese CMO Toyobo says it will increase capacity for injectable drugs to secure its position as a service provider in the expanding biopharmaceutical sector.
31-Aug-2011 - United Drug is set to lay off around 150 staff from its Irish supply business.