Excipients, raw materials and intermediates

CPhI Festival of Pharma

CPhI Pharma Awards recognize industry achievements

19-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The 17th annual awards program, announced during the CPhI Festival of Pharma virtual event, hails professionals from various aspects of the industry.

SPI Pharma taps Thomson as CEO

15-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma ingredients company has named veteran Scott Thomson, a 29-year veteran with chemicals firm BASF, to its executive leadership team.

CPhI Festival of Pharma

CPhI Pharma Index survey reveals minds of CEOs

01-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The survey, unveiled ahead of next week's CPhI Festival of Pharma, reveals perspectives, concerns and future plans of more than 500 industry executives.

CPhI Festival of Pharma

Hovione to boost output of COVID-19 treatment excipient

30-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The CPhI Festival of Pharma exhibitor will work with Ligand to increase output of Captisol, a key ingredient in Gilead’s Veklury COVID-19 treatment

CPhI Festival of Pharma

CPhI: SPI Pharma talks supply chain challenges

30-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The pharma ingredients provider discusses new products, supply-chain obstacles, and what the future of the industry might hold, ahead of the online event.

Seqens launches HPAPI manufacturing at 100-year-old site

14-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The global pharmaceutical ingredient producer has opened a high-potency active pharmaceutical ingredient unit at its century-old facility in France.

Ajinomoto grows small-molecule capabilities in India

18-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The CDMO is expanding its small-molecule manufacturing capacity with a new 8,500-square-meter production facility at its Visakhapatnam, India site.

Minakem: collaboration could elevate pharma supply chain

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Representatives from the CDMO offer perspective on problems plaguing the global pharma supply chain, and possible ways to improve them.

COVID-19 highlights US dependence on foreign pharma: CEO

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

An executive from Pharmaceutical Associates Inc. believes bringing drug manufacturing back to the country will help avoid shortages and other disasters.

Senate bill proposes study of the US pharma supply chain

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The bipartisan bill calls for an assessment of the country’s pharma supply chain, including potential vulnerabilities and impact of foreign manufacturing.

TraceLink unveils FDA DSCSA pilot program results

05-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

Initial information from the life-sciences specialist’s pilot program shows potential pathways to solving common pharma supply chain challenges.

Kodak Pharmaceuticals lands $765m US loan

30-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The imaging company’s newly launched division, created to produce drug ingredients, received the loan from the US International Development Finance Corp.

Colorcon expands pH range of enteric coatings

28-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The new Acryl-Eze II coatings line increases the pH range offered for delayed-release oral solid-dosage drugs and other items.

Absorption Systems: complex generics offer obstacles, opportunities

21-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the CRO shares perspectives on the challenges and rewards associated with the category, and approaches in getting generics to market.

Evonik launches Resomer Precise custom functional excipients

15-Jun-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company reportedly is harnessing sophisticated technology to enable process validation of polymers to tight specifications in parenteral drugs.