This month’s round up includes Adent’s new product management director who joins the company from Eli Lily and a new CEO at Clinipace, as the CRO’s co-founder steps down after 14 years.
Sponsors using a single-source outsourcing partner could potentially save up to $45m through reduced time to market, according to a recent Tufts study.
Pharmaceutical companies are more likely than their suppliers to cite cost improvement over time as the most effective metric for measuring supplier performance, according to a recent report.
Storm Ophelia hit the Green Isle this week, forcing the closure of schools, public institutions, and a number of drug manufacturing sites across the country.
AmerisourceBergen (ABSG) has pleaded guilty to distributing misbranded injectable cancer drugs processed at an unregistered facility in Alabama and agreed to pay $260m (€220m).
Implementing ‘aggregation’ – the term used to describe pharmaceutical product unit-to-case hierarchy – is not mandatory in Europe, however industry delegates say there is incentive to push its adoption.
The global pharmaceutical contract services industry continues to face several challenges and changes, from ubiquitous consolidation among all industry players to uncertainty in a turbulent political climate.
Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. has added a new aseptic fill/finish line in response to client's concerns regarding active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing costs.
Hikma has ramped up capacity at manufacturing facilities in the US and Portugal manufacturing to meet the growing demand for its lyophilised and oncology products.
Corning has penned separate collaboration agreements with Italy-based Stevanato Group and Germany-headquartered Gerresheimer to supply glass packaging for injectable drugs.
PCI Pharma Services continues to expand its serialization capabilities following an extended regulatory deadline that will provide much-needed “breathing room” for the industry.
Merck KGaA has announced a plan to close some EU production sites and invest in others, citing the centralization strategy employed by Sigma-Aldrich as inspiration.
German Merck and Sigma-Aldrich broke EU merger procedures and could face a fine equivalent to 1% of the combined firm's annual revenue according to the European Commission
Avista Pharma Solutions, Inc. has been contracted to manufacture an opioid-derived small molecule, which is a component of a conjugate vaccine being developed to treat opioid addiction.
Corning says it is on the brink of capturing an increased share of the $12bn glass quality and packaging markets through material advancements in the space.
3D printing, augmented reality and deep learning algorithms will shape the future of the pharmaceutical supply chain says Dr Bertalan Mesko, the Medical Futurist.
India's largest polyester-based packaging film company Jindal Poly Films Ltd (JPFL) is allegedly in talks to buy the European production assets of DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) for an estimated $300m.
This month’s roundup includes new executive leadership teams, hires on both sides of the Atlantic for CRO Smithers Viscient, a new VP and medical director at Clinipace, among others.
LSNE Contract Manufacturing has signed a manufacturing supply agreement with Selecta Biosciences, Inc. through which the CDMO will advance Selecta’s lead candidate, SEL-212.
With almost 40% of attendees coming from outside the US, the political climate has had no effect on the latest CPhI franchise which starts today in Philadelphia.
Pfizer CentreOne has recently expanded its fill-finish and highly potent solid oral dose service offerings at two of its contract manufacturing facilities as it aims to fulfill a promise to grow its capabilities.
As many as 400 contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs) will not be ready for upcoming US and EU track-and-trace regulations, says supply chain services firm TraceLink.
PCI Pharma Services has tripled its serialization capacity ahead of US DSCSA and EU FMD deadlines with follow-on investments planned to finalize its serialization infrastructure.
