Processing equipment

The right tech can fill gap between lab scientist and data: ACD/Labs

16-Mar-2022 By Jenni Spinner

An expert from the R&D tech provider discusses how automation, integration, and other tools can help with effective access and analysis of lab information.

Expect higher prices, limited availability of materials in 2022: CPhI Worldwide

06-Jan-2022 By Jenni Spinner

In a report outlining predictions for the coming year, the organization advises industry professionals to brace themselves for supply chain challenges.

People on the Move: January 2022

06-Jan-2022 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s news on mergers and acquisitions, hires, and other developments includes notable firms like Altasciences, Protocol First, WuXi STA, and more.

2021 year-end wrapup

‘Data transformation’ helping adverse event case processing: IQVIA

16-Dec-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the company discusses how advanced analytical tools can be put to work to help tackle adverse event case processing and compliance issues.

Missing machine maintenance can come back to haunt you: I Holland

06-Dec-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the tabletting equipment specialist suggests keeping up with maintenance and repair can boost manufacturing efficiency and effectiveness.

People on the Move: December 2021

02-Dec-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s announcements of awards, expansions, name changes, hires, and other news includes items from CPhI, Almac Group, ICON, and other organizations.

Tech Innovations: November 2021

18-Nov-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s launches, expanded facilities, partnerships, and other news includes items from Veeva, Hovione, Florence, Medidata, and other notable firms.

Baxter investing $100m to bolster German sterile fill/finish facility

11-Nov-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The infusion of funds in the Halle/Westfalen, Germany manufacturing complex is intended to help meet growing global demand for injectable pharmaceuticals.

AAPS PharmSci 360

PharmSci 360 invites industry pros to ‘rethink and evolve’

14-Oct-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The conference (with online and in-person content) is slated to gather professionals for deep conversations and lively collaboration on important topics.

Intelligent digitalization can maximize manufacturing ROI: ACG

10-Sep-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from ACG Engineering shares insight on how ‘smart’ drug manufacturing, accelerated by COVID-19, can best be put to work now and in months to come.

Biden executive order could impact pharmaceutical industry

13-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

US President Joe Biden singled out the pharmaceutical industry in his recently issued Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.

People on the Move: July 2021

08-Jul-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s news on hires, promotions, acquisitions, and expansions includes items about Javara, Elligo, Lonza, Yourway, Medable, and other notable firms.

CPHI NORTH AMERICA

Look for ‘supercharged’ collaboration in coming months: CPhI

28-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

As the industry begins coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts advise keeping an eye on growth and partnership opportunities in the US pharma market.

Tech Innovations: June 2021

23-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

This month’s roundup of new equipment, materials, tech partnerships and other news includes items from Ajinomoto, Evonik, Quanticate, Pharmasol, and more.

Optimizing tablet manufacturing complex but vital: I Holland

08-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

A leader from the manufacturing technology provider talks about how companies can work to streamline oral solid dose manufacturing to remain competitive.

Azzur opens new on-demand cleanroom facility in California

03-Jun-2021 By Jenni Spinner

The company’s Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand division has established another facility in Vista, a city in the San Diego Area, for life-sciences operations.

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’.