The clinical-stage gene therapy company Voyager Therapeutics has entered into collaborations with Brammer Bio and Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies to expand its manufacturing capabilities.
Biovation expands its technology portfolio with all-encompassing tableting equipment to grow its production capacity and change specifications ‘on the fly’.
Catalent’s existing clinical packaging facility in Shanghai is nearing the end of its expansion, ready to meet the needs of the growing Asia-Pacific region.
Fusion Antibodies signed an agreement with Analytics Engines to bring machine learning and AI to its humanization platform in an aim to bolster product quality and manufacturability.
Messenger RNA is demonstrating success in vaccine manufacturing and CureVac is giving it the place to do so with the development of a prophylactic vaccine with mRNA at its core.
Bernard McGarvey, formerly of Eli Lilly, spoke with us about first principles of engineering in pharma, following his keynote ‘Engineering First Principles Applications to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.'
Metrics Contract Services’ newly-opened manufacturing site has qualified two commercial bottling lines for serialization with DSCSA requirements set to be enforced this month.
This week in-PharmaTechnologist attended AAPS PharmSci360 in Washington, D.C. where discussions and thought-provoking ideas bounced across sessions – here, we highlight some of the most significant.
Nascent next-generation processing technologies are expected to have a significant effect on how drugs are brought to market – faster and more cost-effectively than ever before, says industry expert.
Quotient Sciences, a drug development services organization, will expand its operations with a new early phase formulation development and clinical trial manufacturing facility.
The pharmaceutical supply services provider Experic has marked its official launch with plans to construct its headquarters at a newly leased Class A research, manufacturing, and packaging facility.
Specialized capsules and encapsulation techniques can streamline early phase clinical studies – and help researchers meet drug program timelines, says CDMO.
The China-headquartered CDMO PharmaBlock has purchased a GMP compliant manufacturing facility and is investing in new technology and capacity to support clients long term, says chairman.
The middle-market private equity firm Nautic Partners has acquired Mikart, an Atlanta, GA-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).
Cambrex, a small molecule and API manufacturer, announced it will expand to establish a ‘center of excellence’ for process and development of its API clinical supply.
Alcami is working with a local university on a program designed to enhance biomanufacturing workforce education and prepare students for careers in the industry.
GSK is shutting down its Bangladesh manufacturing plant in an effort to streamline its emerging market operations, laying off 1,000 employees in the process.
Pfizer says ongoing remediation to the quality validation process at its supplier has resulted in a shortage of EpiPen auto-injectors in the 0.3 mg format.
Investment firm LeBaronBrown Llc has acquired American International Chemical Inc (AIC), a distributor of ingredients for the pharmaceutical sector and other industries.
“Small molecule products should be packaged at the location where they are produced,” says Roche, which is laying-off 235 jobs at a packaging plant in Switzerland.
Merck KGaA will install a new aseptic filling line at its facility in Bari, Italy for multiple sclerosis drugs, fertility treatments and growth hormones.
Communication difficulties are hampering drug industry efforts to assess damage to manufacturing operations caused by the hurricane that struck Puerto Rico last week.
BASF has announced plans for a specialty amines plant at its site on the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China, citing increasing demand from customers in Asia.
Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. has opened a GMP production suite in its newly constructed High Potency Products (HPP) commercial manufacturing facility in San Diego, CA.
Aging pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities have become a major concern as the industry tries to keep pace with advancements in technology while balancing costs.
Centurion Labs has recalled two lots of cold and allergy meds after the US FDA warned they may have been made at a Pharmatech LLC plant linked to a Burkholderia cepacia outbreak.
French technology firm Cellnovo has selected Flex Ltd to build a production line in Romania, to manufacture insulin cartridges for its diabetes management system.
The EMA has cleared Janssen to make the HIV drug Prezista (darunavir) using a continuous manufacturing (CM) process as well as the previously approved batch method.
Continuous manufacturing equipment installed at a CordenPharma French facility has reduced cycle time and cost of making a hypertriglyceridemia drug, says Acasti Pharma.
The US FDA has warned Lonza about operations at its facility in Walkersville, Maryland, raising concerns about validation and aseptic process simulations.
