Schneider Electric has teamed up with automated handling company
PES Technology to develop a bespoke packaging line for a hazardous
and time-critical pharmaceuticals process.
The Netherlands has set up a programme to boost its biotechnology
sector by helping small and medium-sized biopharma firms to develop
and manufacture products, writes Phil Taylor.
Owens-Illinois has received an Ease-of-Use Commendation from the
Arthritis Foundation in the US for its 1-Clic Packaging System,
first introduced in 2002.
Polychromix, a company specialising in optical systems, has
branched out into the spectroscopy sector with a new range of near
infrared (NIR) spectrometers that are targeted at users who need a
low-cost, portable system.
Having opted to hang onto its pharmaceutical packaging business
instead of selling it off, Denmark's Superfos has now expanded the
production capacity of the unit 'to extend its position as one of
the leading suppliers in...
Worldwide demand for packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical and
personal care products sector is forecast to post the strongest
gains of any market through 2008, reaching $4.4 billion in that
year.
US company Codexis has acquired Germany's Juelich Fine Chemicals,
one of Europe's leading producers of specialty enzymes or
biocatalysts for the production of chiral pharmaceutical
intermediates.
A pilot project aimed at combating pharmaceutical fraud using a
combination of radiofrequency identification (RFID) tagging and bar
coding, set up by UK firm Aegate last November, has come to a close
and the results should be made...
UK processing and packaging machinery specialist Isopak has added
to its product range with a spiral jet mill - intended for
pharmaceutical laboratories and R&D departments - that can
micronise very small batches of powder.
Pall is gearing up to launch a new filter technology in Europe that
can remove prions - the infectious agents that cause mad cow
disease and its human form Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) - from
blood and blood products.
Emerson Process Management has launched a new sensor device to help
pharmaceutical companies ensure that their clean-in-place (CIP)
procedures - essential for aseptic processing - are working
effectively.
Understaffing and heavy workloads are constant problems for
hospital pharmacies in the US, but one company believes it has a
packaging solution that could speed up dispensing.
The use of chemical imaging as a quality control measure for
mixtures of pharmaceutical ingredients before tabletting has taken
a step forward with the first deployment of a prototype system at
Pfizer that is currently in the process...
MIP Technologies, a Swedish firm specialising in polymers with
binding properties, has signed a deal which could take its
technology out of the laboratory sector and into the realms of
large-scale production of pharmaceuticals.
The global market for spectroscopic equipment used in process
monitoring is tipped to grow by 30 per cent between now and 2009,
helped by an increasing focus on process analytical technologies
(PAT) to streamline the drug manufacturing...
The world's largest drug company, Pfizer, has been fined $22,500
for failing to properly notify state and federal officials about a
chemical release at a Connecticut research and development plant.
Fine and specialty chemicals company Avecia is planning to spin out
part of its pharmaceutical technologies portfolio into a new
company to be called Reaxa. The move should complete before the end
of this quarter.
A new safety training scheme, designed to deliver accredited
'safety passports' for service engineers and other outside
contractors working in pharmaceutical, healthcare, toiletries and
cosmetics factories has been introduced...
Fine chemicals company Rohner is to work together with
Switzerland's Solvias on the provision of development and
manufacturing services for complex active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs).
The marriage between US chemicals group Dynamic Synthesis and
French separations specialist Novasep has been completed, creating
what the new company claims is a unique company to serve the life
sciences industry.
Applied DNA Sciences, a specialist in the use of DNA as a security
and anti-counterfeiting technology, is to work with the US
Department of Energy to develop an improved process for identifying
its marker technology that should bring...
A dual-stage membrane bioreactor (MBR) for advanced treatment of
industrial wastewater takes up less space and has lower operating
costs than conventional activated sludge processing systems.
Germany's Sartorius has decided to call off the initial public
offering of Vivascience, which makes products for the analysis and
purification of proteins.
The first new leukaemia treatment approved specifically for
children in more than a decade was approved as Ash Stevens are to
manufacture Clofarabine, the active ingredient in Clolar, used to
treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
US filtration specialist Argonide has introduced what it claims is
a new generation of turbidity filters with a capacity more than 20
times greater than conventional cartridges.
Millipore has launched a new version of its control software for
its separation and purification systems, bringing the package into
line with recent regulatory requirements such as the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)'s...
UK-based separations specialist Whatman has fleshed out its plans
in the wake of the acquisition of Schleicher & Schuell, and
says it plans to cut 13 per cent of its workforce after 2004 sales
disappointed.
GE Infrastructure, a business unit of General Electric, is to
acquire US water purification and wastewater treatment company
Ionics for around $1.1 billion (€813m), plus the assumption of
debt.
Degussa Homogeneous Catalysts, an internal start-up company
operating as part of the Degussa chemical group, introduced a new
family of ligands at the CPhI meeting.
Codexis has signed a research collaboration agreement with generics
company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to develop improved
processes for the manufacturing of a currently marketed fermented
pharmaceutical product.
A non-profit pharmaceutical company, the Institute for OneWorld
Health, has been awarded a $42.6 million (€32.1m)grant from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to find a new way of producing
a valuable drug for malaria, which...
Quadrant Engineering Plastics Products (EPP) has launched a range
of standard colours for extruded acetal stockshapes in response to
increasing market demand for products that enable and enhance
colour identity.
German packaging machinery company Groninger & Co has bought a
new computer-aided design software package that it says will enable
it to meet the demands of its customers more closely.
Manufacturers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can
reduce the risk of exposure to highly toxic active ingredients
using a new process system developed by Collette, part of Niro
Pharma Systems.
A new weighing system developed by BOC Edwards Pharmaceutical
systems can be used in a pharmaceutical filling line but does not
come into contact with the weighed materials.
US packaging giant MeadWestvaco has made progress in its
collaboration with Cypak, a Swedish company specialising in the
development of 'smart' packaging.
Niro Pharma Systems recently launched a new laboratory fluid bed -
the STREA-1 - for the processing of fine powders, pellets,
granules, crystals, tablets and organic solvents. The system,
developed by Aeromatic-Fielder, is designed...
Germany's Christ Water Technology has developed a ready-to-connect
water filtration plant that is specifically designed for use in the
pharmaceutical, chemical and cosmetics industries.
In-Pharmatechnologist.com's periodic round-up of manufacturing
developments from around the world sees Fujisawa expanding in
Ireland, Solvay partnering in Russia, Vietnam's machinery firms
undercutting competitors and...
Canada's SemBioSys Genetics has been granted a US patent on a
vaccine production system that uses genetically modified seeds as
biological factories of vaccine antigens.
Printing solutions specialist Zebra Technologies, a specialist in
radio frequency identification (RFID) labels, has launched two new
UHF (ultra high frequency) EPC (electronic product code) multi-
protocol printer/encoders, the Zebra...
Dimensional Dosing Systems has received US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approval for over-the-counter use of the
company's insulin dosing technology in clinical trials.
Emulsions are widely used in the formulation of pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics and foods, and researchers are continually striving to
increase the complexity of emulsions as a delivery vehicle.
Cambrex has recorded a loss in the third quarter of this year after
writing down goodwill in its biopharma division in a move that
paints a pessimistic picture of the market for outsourced
manufacturing of biological drugs.
Invitrogen, which supplies reagents, services and software for the
life science market, has continued its acquisitive streak with the
announcement that it is paying $35 million (€27.5m) for a UK firm -
DNA Research Innovations - specialising...
Novis, now with almost half a million readers, last week earned
broad industry recognition with two further publishing awards,
following on from its best publication prize earlier this year.
Various options exist for freezing biopharmaceutical bulk material, but selecting the most effective and efficient approach for each cold chain can be...
Indena offers custom development by leveraging the expertise of a specialized team devoted to designing and developing processes and analytical methods....