Contract Manufacturing

Architects' plans for the Nottingham, UK facility

$47m innovation facility built in Nottingham, UK

By Fiona BARRY

The UK’s BioCity in Nottingham is adding a £30m ($47m) facility to house life science start-ups including CROs. The site will also become a hunting ground for a soon-to-launch venture capital fund which will invest in the SME tenants.

Xellia bucks trend and expands in North Carolina

Xellia moves US HQ to North Carolina

By Gareth Macdonald

Anti-infectives firm Xellia has moved its North American HQ to the lyophilisation plant in Raleigh, North Carolina that it bought from Fresenius Kabi last July.

Merck & CO. makes temozolomide on behalf of Sandoz

Merck recalls 276,000 pill bottles

By Fiona BARRY

Merck & Co. has recalled two chemotherapy products because of cracked caps, including one it manufactures for Novartis’ Sandoz.

WuXi to go private as part of $3.3bn deal

WuXi to go private as part of $3.3bn deal

By Zachary Brennan

A group of investors, shareholders and executives of China-based CDMO WuXi are taking the company private in a deal worth about $3.3bn.

CMOs are looking to consolidate to increase their margins

CMO use on the up, low margins ahead

By Fiona BARRY

Contract manufacturing will rise over the next five years as drugmakers feel the pressure to reduce supply chain time, and choose to focus on in-house R&D rather than conduct their own manufacturing.

WuXi finds success in pilot testing of edible microtags

WuXi finds success in pilot testing of edible microtags

By Zachary Brennan

Service provider and contract manufacturer WuXi PharmaTech is vouching for TruTag Technologies’ edible microtags following a pilot project adding to evidence that they can help root out counterfeits.

AMRI acquisitions driving up contract revenue in Q2

AMRI acquisitions driving up contract revenue in Q2

By Zachary Brennan

With contract revenue growth of nearly 40%, CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) AMRI is seeing its acquisitions of OsoBio, two Aptuit facilities and a UK aseptic facility pay off.

Baxter CMO business to decline 10% after loss of ‘major customer’

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Baxter CMO business to decline 10% after loss of ‘major customer’

By Zachary Brennan

Baxter’s contract manufacturing business is expected to take a nearly 10% hit as one of its "major customers" has elected to self-manufacture products previously made by the CMO (contract manufacturing organization), Baxter CFO James Saccaro...

Xcelience invests in CMO Powdersize

Xcelience invests in CMO Powdersize

CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) Xcelience has made a structured cash investment in Pennsylvania-based Powdersize, which specializes in milling, micronization and powder size classification.  

Albany, New York-headquartered CDMO AMRI

AMRI's business risk profile 'weak,' says S&P

By Dan Stanton

A Standards & Poor analyst has rated contract development and manufacturer AMRI as ‘stable,’ but says it lacks the scale and breadth of offerings of its competitors in the CDMO industry.

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