Parexel has collaborated with Stora Enso to add an integrated temperature recording system which can save up to 48 hours compared to traditional cold chain.
AMRI recorded a $6.0m (€4.6m) operating loss in the second quarter as restructuring charges and the lack of milestone payments offset contract service gains.
High tech packaging sales and revenue from acquired delivery businesses drive West Pharmaceutical Services growth in second quarter, but US firm cuts guidance.
Indian contractor Terrene Pharma has filed a DMF for hard gelatin capsules with the US FDA, signalling its intention to expand in the world’s most lucrative drug market.
Penn Pharma and Xcelience have formed an Xcelodose-focused joint venture to meet client demand in Europe and Asia for powder-in-capsule (PIC) services.
CRL has said the WuXi buy could add up to $100m (€78m) in additional annual revenue and spoken of clients’ enthusiasm for the deal as its attempts to shore up investor support.
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Converters and manufacturers will be able to measure the real-life performance of packaging barrier products with greater speed and accuracy thanks to an enhanced water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) instrument, said Mocon Inc.
West Pharmaceutical Services and Japan’s Daikyo Seiko team on container technology they claim will help drugmakers ensure consistency during scale-up operations
New Gerresheimer CEO Uwe Roehrhoff wants the German firm to become the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry “first choice” partner for high-tech packaging.
Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging has revealed details of its US-based ready-to-fill syringe production line capabilities in a manufacturing sector that has traditionally been the strong hold of countries like Germany and France.
Massachusetts-based Pharmalucence is constructing a 70,000 sq ft production facility to boost the contract manufacturing capacity it can offer local biotechs.
CMOs are set to gain biologics business and capacity in the coming years as large pharma increasingly outsources to cut costs and speed development, according to a report published today.
Ampac Flexibles continues to utilise its High-Speed (HS) Laminate technology by launching its laminate films – a product, which the makers claim will heat seal at temperatures 40 degrees lower than standard laminate materials.
DPT Laboratories has added bulk production and packaging capacity at its liquid and semi-solids plant in San Antonio, Texas in a continuation of its recent manufacturing reorganisation.
Concerns about the quality and capabilities of Baxter’s manufacturing operations have led to Halozyme issuing a notice of breach and stating it may terminate their Hylenex relationship.
Delegates lucky enough to have made the trip to Interphex 2010 in New York, US bore witness to the launch of a wide range of new drug manufacturing technologies with products by O'Hara, Corning and PTI being some of the highlights.
MLawGroup and WS Partners are collaborating to offer pharma and biotech advisory services, including help in preparing and negotiating agreements with CROs and CMOs.
Baxter’s BioPharma Solutions unit has expanded its manufacturing facility in Halle, Germany, adding capacity to meet clients’ demand for large-scale production of cytotoxics.
“Good business development” in the pharma and “slow spending” in the cyclical cosmetics and life sciences sectors dominated Gerreshimer’s performance in the first quarter of 2010.
The drug industry will gain new options for sterile contract development and manufacturing in the near future with DPT Laboratories, NextPharma and Vetter each working on new dedicated units.
Hyde Engineering + Consulting has opened an office in Dublin, Ireland, enhancing its ability to provide Europe-based biopharm with compliance, qualification and automation services.
A new nano-based coating that is claimed to reduce packaging waste is initially being targeted at the pharmaceutical sector but could be used in chocolate packaging as well, claims the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
The market for “nano-enabled” pharmaceutical packaging is growing 16.5 per cent a year and will be worth $8.1bn (€6bn) by 2014 according to new research by iRAP.
New specialist development and manufacturing “centres of excellence” increase efficiencies and customer access to expertise, DPT Laboratories spokesman tells Outsourcing-pharma.
Patheon attributes Q1 loss to charges and plant closure costs and says there has been “an encouraging increase in new sales activity” in calendar 2010.
Stason Pharmaceuticals’ subsidiary Standard Chem and Pharm will act as primary distributor for the Unitract 1ml safety syringe in China, Japan and Taiwan under a five-year new deal with US delivery device maker Unilife.
Cambridge Major Laboratories (CML), Avantium, Xcelience and Beckloff have formed a consortium to offer tailored, client-focused CMC packages which are particularly suited to atypical compounds.
In the economic downturn biotechs have cut back on outsourcing to Asia and opted to use the US instead because they lack the resources to manage overseas relationships, according to a SOCMA representative.
Helvoet Pharma is to build a €14m ($19m) rubber parenteral packaging component facility in India to meet rising demand for products made to international quality standards.
