Processing equipment

Lonza leader outlines small-molecule trends for 2021 and beyond

06-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The head of small-molecule business for the pharma solutions specialist talks about obstacles, and how companies can work to clear them for future success.

CPhI survey: pharma leaders optimistic about the future

03-May-2021 By Jenni Spinner

According to a recent survey of executives conducted by CPhI, COVID-19’s impact is driving manufacturing and CDMOs are fueling industry growth.

CELLINK launches all-in-one imager, single-cell dispenser

09-Feb-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The UP.SIGHT single-sell dispensing system is designed to boost efficiency in cell-line development workflows and offer double assurance of clonality.

People on the Move: November 2020

05-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The most recent news on pharmaceutical industry hires, promotions, acquisitions and other events includes Lonza, Medidata, Vetter, and Almac Group.

DFE Pharma: adoption of continuous manufacturing on the rise

04-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

According to representatives from the pharma solutions provider, incorporation of CM processes, after a slow period, is expanding across the industry.

TraceLink launches intelligent product serialization technology

03-Nov-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The Serialized Product Intelligence application uses serialization data to help operations streamline supply-chain operations, resolve issues and more.

TFF Pharmaceuticals partners with Experic to expand manufacturing

26-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The clinical-stage pharma firm will install a processing line at Experic’s cGMP facility in New Jersey to handle its thin-film freezing technology.

Sandoz incorporates RFID technology on injectables

20-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The generic drug manufacturer is working with Kit Check to incorporate the company's drug supply-chain management technology into two of its products.

ACD/Labs analytical platforms upgraded for COVID-19 age

15-Oct-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company's Spectus and Percepta platforms offer features to help researchers meet challenges associated with working and collaborating in the pandemic.

Sharp introduces clinical trial IMS

28-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The Clinventory inventory management system is designed to help study sponsors streamline management of their clinical trial inventory and supplies.

Eversana launches its ACTICS predictive analytics solution

24-Sep-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The technology combines predictive analytics and commercial services to help pharma firms and partners maximize drug discovery and development efforts.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing tackles unique expansion

11-Aug-2020 By Jenni Spinner

When growing market demand moved the Michigan CDMO to expand, it opted for a novel design-construction approach to building bigger digs.

Quartic.ai, Sparta Systems partner on ‘smart’ manufacturing tech

14-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The two companies are collaborating on AI-enabled risk detection, intended to increase pharma product quality and process efficiency.

A-Alpha Bio lands Gates Foundation drug development grant

13-Jul-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The $800K grant will fund development of therapeutics for infectious diseases, including respiratory viruses like COVID-19, using machine learning.

ChargePoint butterfly valve safely handles APIs

29-Jun-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The company’s PharmaSafe containment split butterfly valve is designed for safe handling of non-sterile API and formulation ingredients.

FDA advises API makers on COVID-19 safe practices

24-Jun-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The agency's latest guidance offers advice on keeping manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Romaco Kilian unveils high-speed tablet press

12-May-2020 By Jenni Spinner

The double-sided S 710 Prime rotary press is designed for compressing single- and dual-layer tablets, promising high productivity.

Pharma Integrates

Pfizer’s ‘long and complex’ journey to continuous manufacturing

27-Nov-2019 By Vassia Barba

‘Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate’ – a Pfizer executive explains how the integration of continuous manufacturing helped the company deliver drugs to patients faster.

Heraeus adds ‘much-needed’ capacity for chemo components manufacture

25-Nov-2019 By Vassia Barba

Heraeus adds production line to expand its capacity for the manufacture of platinum-based HPAPIs.

CPhI Worldwide 2019

Exothermic reactions at -60°C for continuous API manufacture

11-Nov-2019 By Vassia Barba

Driven by market demand, De Dietrich develops an API production set that enables continuous manufacturing of molecules that require exothermic chemical reactions.

Embracing the digital world for optimised drug manufacturing

30-Oct-2019 By Vassia Barba

In-PharmaTechnologist steps inside Siemen's Digital Experience Centre to learn about the digital services that aim to transform the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals.

GSK and AZ on continuous manufacturing platform ‘grand challenge’

14-Oct-2019 By Vassia Barba

A consortium between CPI and the University of Strathclyde aims to create a direct compression platform for continuous manufacturing of oral solid dosage drugs.

‘This case is about the color purple’: GSK’s suit against Sandoz refuted

07-Oct-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

England’s High Court throws out the claim that Sandoz’s inhaler product passed off the appearance of GSK’s rival through its use of the color purple in packaging.

The five potential sources of nitrosamine contamination

02-Oct-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

With nitrosamines back in the headlines due to the recent discovery of contaminants in ranitidine, the EMA releases the five potential causes of the impurities plaguing the industry.

Merz completes construction of new plant and filling line

17-Sep-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Merz announces that it has completed the construction of a new plant for its botulinum neurotoxin product and unveils a ‘robot-controlled’ filling line.

Mallinckrodt agrees to sell CDMO business for $250m

11-Sep-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Amid opioid lawsuits, Mallinckrodt looks to slim down its overall business by agreeing the sale of BioVectra to HIG.

Urovant ramps up spending on Codexis ingredient ahead of commercial production

13-Aug-2019 By Nick Taylor

Urovant Sciences’ preparations to file for US approval of vibegron add to Codexis’ sales in the second quarter.

Permira Funds acquires Cambrex in $2.4bn deal

08-Aug-2019 By Vassia Barba

Cambrex is acquired by an affiliate of Permira Funds for $2.4bn, and will continue investing ‘aggressively’ to support its global customer base.

Is ‘lack of control’ in supply chains the root cause of API impurities?

07-Aug-2019 By Maggie Lynch

API recalls have sparked discussion on the development of impurities during manufacturing and the ways in which risks can be mitigated, according to an industry expert.

GSK completes $95m investment for continuous manufacturing in Singapore

06-Aug-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

GSK opens two continuous manufacturing facilities and expands an existing production building to shorten timelines in the production of daprodustat.

Acquisition adds European design to ACG’s manufacturing services

06-Aug-2019 By Maggie Lynch

ACG Engineering acquires Xertecs to add European design to its existing Indian engineering and manufacturing capabilities as it globalizes.

Demand for Gardasil leads to $650m investment in Merck’s operations

30-Jul-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Merck to invest in its North Carolina facilities as it expands production capacity to meet demand for its HPV vaccine Gardasil, and grow its packaging operations

Processing seals market accelerated by Industry 4.0

10-Jul-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

The pharmaceutical processing seals market is set to grow by a CAGR of 6% through to 2023, according to a report by TechNavio.

Novel manufacturing technologies ‘fit poorly’ into regulatory models, says EMA

05-Jul-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

The EMA looks to the future by posting its five key priorities to address in the coming five years, which includes the need to recruit expertise in ‘novel manufacturing technologies’.

Piramal expands high potency API facility in Michigan

27-Jun-2019 By Vassia Barba

Piramal’s $10m expansion at its site in Michigan supports ‘dramatic growth’ and ‘brings more to the table’.

Migraine treatment ‘on track’ for NDA after site qualification

25-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Zosano completes site qualification batches for its subcutaneous investigational migraine treatment and readies itself for NDA submission by the end of year.

An ‘immutable record’: Blockchain pilot program to establish security frameworks

18-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

To investigate blockchain processes and make distribution information retrieval more efficient, the FDA tapped big name companies for a supply chain security pilot program.

Boehringer opens €120m facility to meet half of global demand for Respimat

18-Jun-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Boehringer’s plant opens in Barcelona and will produce 25m units per year of Respimat to be distributed to more than 100 countries.

Lonza’s Swiss site adds HPAPI manufacturing capacity after AZ deal

17-Jun-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Lonza expands its HPAPI production capacity at its Switzerland facility after entering an agreement with AstraZeneca, and invests in manufacturing to establish efficiency.

Cambrex completes $11m labs and logistics center expansion

11-Jun-2019 By Vassia Barba

Cambrex announces the completion of a 600-square-meter facility in Karlskoga, Sweden, alongside a 3,000-square-meter warehouse.

Iovance builds gene therapy manufacturing facility in Philadelphia

30-May-2019 By Maggie Lynch

Iovance amps up clinical and commercial immunotherapy production with a $75m (€67.3m), 136,000 square-foot build in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard.

Novo Nordisk sees ‘growing interest in sustainability’ across industry

29-May-2019 By Ben Hargreaves

Although the industry may not be among the ‘frontrunners’, Novo Nordisk is seeing the benefits when it comes to recruitment and developing mutually beneficial partnerships, says director.

How can AI change the industry? Faster diagnoses and improved treatment options

22-May-2019 By Vassia Barba

Artificial intelligence tools will allow the pharmaceutical companies to make predictions about diseases more effectively than before, says ImaginAB’s CEO.