Freeman Technology says growing Pharma demand for analytical data prompted the formation of US subsidiary and it behind its plans for a new laboratory.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents a round-up of issues within the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, including Novartis’ plans to restart Nebraska ops and problems for Roche at it’s South Carolina facility.
Rousselot says its acquisition of Eastman Kodak’s Gel Corporation will boost its gelatine production capacity and help it meet soaring drug industry demand.
Seppic has seen a boom in demand for its new natural origin coating agents for pharmaceuticals, which can speed up production time by 50 per cent at lab stage.
High potency APIs are becoming a key focus of the pharmaceutical business, with drug makers from all areas racing to establish a foothold in the market.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has urged the US FDA consider the absorption of nanomaterials in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract within its proposal for new regulations on nanotechnology.
A serialisation system developed by Systech International has been selected by a ‘top 10’ pharma client as a way of meeting Brazil’s Law 11.903 track and trace requirements.
PTI Inspection Systems and Nikka Densok USA have teamed up to take high-voltage leak detection (HVLD) from the factory floor to the pharmaceutical lab.
LB Bohle says healthy level of demand for processing technology demos at its recently opened service centre is an indication of processing tech market recovery.
ATMI LifeSciences has introduced a new method of integrity testing for its range of single-use bioprocess vessels that, it claims, will take QA in the biomanufacturing sector to a new level.
Agilent Technolgies, the Santa Clara, US-based scientific instrument manufacturer, has acquired instrument manufacturer and contract research organisation (CRO), Biocius Life Sciences, for an undisclosed amount.
Pfizer’s Capsugel unit has bought an injection molding technology that, it believes, will expand its capsule filling business into new “high value segments.”
Lanxess has opened an ion exchange resin production facility in India to cater for growing pharmaceutical manufacturing sector demand for ultrapure water.
Demand for high-end capsule filling technologies, particularly those used for early clinical development projects, has increased in 2010 according to Capsugel.
Drug delivery and pharmaceutical coating technologies firm SurModics will cut jobs and reorganise operations in a bid to reverse falling revenues and tumbling profits.
Cellexus has expanded its disposable bioreactor offering with a unit designed to give biomanufacturers greater flexibility in their choice of cell lines.
Colorcon will buy Indian group Pharmaceuitcal Coatings to expand both its tablet film coating business and presence in “rapidly growing” pharmaceutical market.
Penn Pharma and Xcelience have formed an Xcelodose-focused joint venture to meet client demand in Europe and Asia for powder-in-capsule (PIC) services.
ISP Pharmaceuticals has expanded its extrusion spheronisation offering with the installation of new dedicated technology at its laboratory in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Delegates lucky enough to have made the trip to Interphex 2010 in New York, US bore witness to the launch of a wide range of new drug manufacturing technologies with products by O'Hara, Corning and PTI being some of the highlights.
The UK budget was “a missed opportunity” to encourage manufacturing, according to UK Chemical Industries Association (CIA), but was free from unexpected tax increases.
CEO Steffen Mittwich updates in-PharmaTechnologist on Atacama Labs' pneumatic dry granulation (PDG) API processing tech, its deal with German CMO Excella and future development plans.
The SPMC of Sri Lanka is seeking a $10m (€7.1m) loan to buy high-speed tablet and capsule filling machines and ensure it can meet the island’s demand for safe medicines.
GEA Pharma Systems has extended its agency agreement with India’s Ace Technologies to include its range of lyophil freeze-dryers in a bid to further open up the market.
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