Primary packaging maker Schott has joined the growing list of drug industry companies seeking to tap Russian government demand for increased domestic manufacturing.
PTI Inspection Systems and Nikka Densok USA have teamed up to take high-voltage leak detection (HVLD) from the factory floor to the pharmaceutical lab.
Unilife has begun a ‘scheduled realignment’ of its operating infrastructure to support the production and sale of its Unifill prefilled syringe, according to a statement released by the company.
Sepha, the Belfast, Northern Ireland-based packaging machinery expert, has developed what it claims is the world’s first tool-less vision-based leak detection machine for blister-packs.
US contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Catalent has reported that no employees were injured in the fire that occurred at its packaging facility in the UK last week.
Pfizer’s Capsugel unit has bought an injection molding technology that, it believes, will expand its capsule filling business into new “high value segments.”
Unilife saw its losses increase in the second quarter of fiscal 2011 on the lack of industrialisation revenue, higher R&D spending and the cost of its move to the US.
Demand for compliant, patient safe packs will help drive the global blister packaging market to a total value of $32.5bn by 2015, according to new research.
West Pharmaceutical Services will close a plant in Pennsylvania, US and sell part of a factory Cornwall in the UK to reorganise production operations ahead of impending contract expiries.
US Contract research laboratory Metrics reveals that benzophenone, a component used in varnish on labels, is able to migrate through HDPE bottles to reach the pills inside.
India-headquartered pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer Bilcare has rolled out a new unit, Bilcare Research, which merges its existing films and foil businesses with those of recent acquisition Ineous Films.
Narrowly defined pharma self-interest and lack of coordinated political effort means, despite the best effort of some, the problem of counterfeiting may be worsening.
SCM Pharma says demand for specialised contract manufacturing services is growing as the pharma industry focuses on niche indications, biologics and the development of potent medicines.
Syringe maker Unilife attributed increased first-quarter losses to higher expenditure, costs associated with relocation to the US and the construction of its new global headquarters and production facility in York, Pennsylvania.
Lonza is seeing increased capacity utilisation and project pipelines in custom manufacturing but warned more stringent regulatory approval is creating volatility.
iGPS is offering what it claims is the world’s first pallet rental service to supply plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
“Musty smells” associated with three Lipitor bottles indicate a problem within the supply chain, says Rexam of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, who were confirmed by Pfizer as the “third-party recalling supplier.”
Rexam and Med Time Technology, a US manufacturer of plastic prescription vials, have launched “Pill Timer,” a packaging solution designed to boost treatment compliance rates.
