Tabletting, coating & ancillary equipment

Excipients Boost Efficacy in Oral Delivery Platform, says Enteris

06-Aug-2013 By Dan Stanton

Enteris has acquired an oral drug delivery platform from Unigene Laboratories and says the excipients used can increase solubility and absorption for both peptides and small molecules.

Catalent Completes Chinese Softgel Acquisition

30-Jul-2013

Catalent has completed the purchase of a Chinese softgel firm following regulatory approval.

Biopharma Companies Look to New Chromatography Columns

24-Jul-2013 By Zachary Brennan

Biopharma firms, particularly those producing insulin and five of its analogues, have another option in the market of sub-2 micron solid-core chromatography columns with a recent offering from Waters.

Customizable Nanoparticle Technologies Offer Look into the Future of Drug Delivery

10-Jul-2013 By Zachary Brennan

US scientists claim their combination of a novel nanoparticle production platform and innovative spray coating technology paves the way for improved drug, biologic and vaccine targeting.

Romaco Owner IPPT Buys IMA's Kilian Citing Tech and Asian Reach

02-Jul-2013 By Gareth Macdonald

IPPT has announced plans to buy tablet press maker Kilian for €21m from IMA citing the German firm’s patent portfolio and Asian reach as the key drivers.

Capsugel Launches Lipidex Encapsulating Platform from New Dosage Form Unit

17-Jun-2013 By Dan Stanton

The latest technology platform from Capsugel's four-month old DFS Unit offers greater bioavailabilty and stability in oral dose formulation, says the company.

BD: Growth in Bio Led to Launch of Neopak Prefillable Syringe

11-Jun-2013 By Dan Stanton

BD says its new quality by design glass prefillable syringe offers added safety in delivering biologics as the industry continues to shift toward biotechnology.

Capsugel: Micro-Dosing Tech Can Cut Drug Development by 6 Months

06-Jun-2013 By Dan Stanton

Capsugel says its Xcelodose Precision Powder Micro-Dosing System can shorten drug development time by up to six months.

Oral Insulin: All Mouth, or an Injection of Hope for Type 1 Diabetes?

23-May-2013

Can oral insulin succeed where other alternative delivery methods have failed? Dan Stanton, from in-Pharmatechnologist.com assesses its chances.

Aspen & Local CMOs to Benefit from GSK's Aus Packaging Plant Closure

22-May-2013 By Dan Stanton

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says some manufacturing from the shuttering of an Australian packaging site will be picked up by Aspen and local third-party contractors.

DISPATCHES FROM INTERPHEX

New DFS Unit Built on Technology, R&D and Manufacturing, says Capsugel

22-May-2013 By Dan Stanton

Following a busy few months, Capsugel spoke about the formation of its Dosage Form Solutions Unit, its technology and the integration of Encap at this year's Interphex in New York.

Live from Interphex

IHolland Talks Tabletting Solutions for Sticky Formulations

24-Apr-2013 By Gareth Macdonald

IHolland says tableting-focused research project will save customers time and money.

Metrics Latest Company to Offer Extrusion and Speronization Tech

18-Apr-2013 By Dan Stanton

Following its acquisition by Mayne Pharma, Metrics says it is to offer proprietary pellet form technology for advanced drug release and to increase bioavailability.

Chinese Drugmakers Still Suffering from Chromium Capsule Scandal

17-Apr-2013 By Dan Stanton

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has blamed end-of-year losses on last year’s chromium-tainted gelatin scandal though it is slowly recovering following a suspension of sales enforced by the SFDA.

US FDA to Require Abuse-Deterrent Formulations for OxyContin Generics

17-Apr-2013 By Zachary Brennan

One day after Purdue Pharma’s blockbuster opioid OxyContin lost its first patent, the US FDA has amended the drug’s label and now requires generic drugmakers to adopt similar abuse-deterrent formulations.

Further Hope for Oral Insulin as Israeli Delivery Tech Gets Patent

04-Apr-2013 By Dan Stanton

Jerusalem, Israel-based drugmaker Oramed Pharmaceuticals has been granted patent approval for its oral insulin technology by the Japanese Patent office.

FDA’s Tablet ‘Scoring’ Guidance Aims to Bridge Generic, Brand Divide

19-Mar-2013 By Zachary Brennan

Marketed drugs will not need to be tested under final guidelines on 'tablet scoring' for branded and generic medicines issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week.

Maquet and GSK Boost Novozymes’ Albumin Business

12-Mar-2013 By Gareth Macdonald

Novozymes says a recombinant albumin product usually used to stabilize vaccines has been approved in Japan as part of a coating for medical devices.

Update

Ashland to Expand Delaware Formulation and Contract Manufacturing

11-Mar-2013 By Dan Stanton

Ashland says it is expanding its contract manufacturing business in order to offer its customers greater scope in drug solubilization.

Oral Dose Competition Intensifies as Qualicaps Expands Manufacturing

26-Feb-2013 By Dan Stanton

Following a bout of investments, the oral dose solution market has been described as “competitive” and “dynamic” by two of the major players.

Capsugel Launches New Oral Formulation Business Unit

21-Feb-2013 By Dan Stanton

Capsugel says it will focus on lipid-based formulations as it launches a new Dosage Form Solutions Business Unit.

PSL says demand for HPAPI containment growing

12-Feb-2013

Powder Systems Limited (PSL) says the low OEL achieved by its redesigned containment technologies meet demands of HPAPI focused drug industry.

Find esophageal transit failure hard to swallow? Fuisz says new pill design can help

24-Jan-2013 By Gareth Macdonald

Fuisz Pharma says a new tablet design will be of interest to pharma formulators who find esophageal transit failures hard to swallow.

Predicting most effective non-stick coatings will save Pharmas money, says I Holland

17-Dec-2012 By Gareth Macdonald

The ability to predict which non-stick coating is best suited to a particular tablet production environment will save drugmakers time and money according to I Holland.

Indian regulations will hike costs but market will remain competitive, Government tells IPT

15-Nov-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Domestic regulatory efforts to improve ingredient quality will increase costs but Indian industry will remain competitive, according to the Secretary of Commerce.

Disptaches from AAPS

Eliminate scale up by using R&D equipment for commercial production: GSK

18-Oct-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Using the same equipment from R&D to scale up will cut costs, time and improve efficiency, according to GSK.

Sumitomo showcases combined coating and contamination assessment tech

08-Oct-2012

Sumitomo Electric has launched a new tech that combines tablet coating assessment with organic materials detection capabilities.

Quadro Engineering believes it has solved the "wet milling problem"

02-Oct-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Quadro Engineering says its new wet milling tech will improve API production by operating at speeds previously thought impossible.

Arkema rejigs to grow specialty chem business

20-Sep-2012

Arkema has restructured its business as part of its bid to generate €8bn ($10.3bn) in 2015 and become a world leader in the specialty chemicals sector.

More patient-centric formulations for the elderly, experts urge

19-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

New formulations and easier drug delivery methods could help elderly patients comply with treatments, experts say.

EU animal welfare means pricier gelatine: Rousselot

17-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Rousselot says EU animal welfare regulations are to blame for its hiked gelatine prices.

Takeda plans to dominate thriving Russian pharma market, starting with a new plant

11-Sep-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Takeda has opened a new $96m (€75m) pharma facility in Russia as part of its bid to “outgrow” the already thriving local market.

Hermes partners to develop taste masking, particle coating tech

10-Sep-2012 By Gareth Macdonald

Hermes Pharma says it can solve the stability challenges that held back development of lipid-based particle coating techs.

Bosch launches"future-proof" filling tech

28-Aug-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Bosch packaging has launched two new capsule filling machines which it says are capable of handling all current and future applications.

Delivery tech deals for Depomed, Silence and funding for Micropoint

28-Aug-2012

New developments in the delivery space with Depomed signing up another Big Pharma licensee, Silence teaming up to test its tech for MiReven and Micropoint securing development funds for its microneedle system.

EXCLUSIVE

Invest in African R&D to boost manufacturing: WAPMA and PMGMAN's plea

23-Jul-2012 By Natalie Morrison

WAPMA and PMGMAN are calling on African Governments to pump more money into R&D in order to boost the continent’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.

Religion plays big part in pharma gelatine shortage for India: Beroe

17-Jul-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Religion is playing a big part in increasing gelatine woes for Indian drugsmakers, according to Beroe.

More HIV drugmakers to stabilise the South African supply chain, says Aspen

11-Jun-2012 By Natalie Morrison

The upcoming tender for antiretroviral meds (ARVs) in South Africa will be opened up to more companies in a bid to tackle shortages, an insider told us.

P-Gels mean cheaper and more varied drug development, says Patheon

31-May-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Patheon says its new soft gel platform is creating cheaper development opportunities for drugsmakers.

UPDATE

Shortage of Indian gelatin makers could be "tremendous" opportunity for foreign firms, says IPEC

24-May-2012 By Natalie Morrison

IPEC (International Pharmaceutical Excipients) Federation is calling on foreign gelatin makers to set up manufacturing plants in India in a bid to tackle an “acute” shortage of the excipient.

Fette's 'common sense' approach to boosting production

10-May-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Reduce changeover time on oral solid dose machinery by cleaning equipment offline, Fette Compacting urged drugsmakers at this year’s Interphex.

SFDA clamps down on chromium-tainted gel capsules

23-Apr-2012 By Natalie Morrison

The SFDA has closed down 10 gel capsule factories and revoked two licenses after finding 23 batches of products tainted with “excessive levels” of the toxic metal chromium.

South Africa will only buy certain drugs if produced locally

19-Apr-2012 By Natalie Morrison

South Africa aims to boost its pharmaceutical production sector by developing a 70-strong list of oral solid dose drugs that it will only buy from local manufacturers.

IHolland teams on anti-stick tablet tooling research

03-Apr-2012 By Gareth Macdonald

IHolland has set out to solve a major tableting industry sticking point, namely sticking during tablet production.

Selecting formulation early cuts time to market, says Formac

21-Mar-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Formac Pharmaceuticals and WR Grace say their silica platform can improve the formulation selection process for poorly soluble APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients).

Trade union brands Sanofi's UK plant closure "appalling"

19-Mar-2012 By Natalie Morrison

The UK’s biggest trade union Unite has lashed out at Sanofi branding its plan to close a plant in Newcastle, England, as “unacceptable”.

Ranbaxy stakes claim on African drugs production market with new Moroccan plant

14-Mar-2012 By Natalie Morrison

Generics and API maker Ranbaxy has opened a plant in Casablanca, Morocco in a bid to strengthen its foothold in the “increasingly important” North African drugs market.

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