IDT Biologika unveils plans to expand viral vaccine contract manufacturing operations and says global capacity failing to keep pace with resurgence in drug industry demand.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Norgine, CDRD and Prometheus Laboratories.
Life Technologies has concluded license agreements, providing rights to its proprietary Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines for production of recombinant proteins used as therapeutic agents and vaccines.
Rexam and Med Time Technology, a US manufacturer of plastic prescription vials, have launched “Pill Timer,” a packaging solution designed to boost treatment compliance rates.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at PharmaNet, Kendle, Synexus and Gene Logic.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including J&J strengthening manufacturing and appointments at Alexza and Inspire.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including Ranbaxy’s CEO stepping down and appointments at Avid, the USP and Novavax.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Kendle, Invida and Global Research Services (GRS).
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Watson Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Lupin and AmerisourceBergen.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Roche, Caraco, CMP Therapeutics and Unilife.
Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its $7bn (€b5.2n) acquisition of Millipore, unveiling plans to target “high-growth, high-margin” bio-research and bio-production markets.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing space, including appointments at PRA, Integrium, Ecron Acunova, Parexel, Catalent and Brecon.
Chiltern’s early phase unit in Dundee, Scotland has achieved supplementary accreditation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Malaysia is keen to attract Indian biopharm companies and is offering incentives and infrastructure to encourage firms to establish manufacturing operations, according to local media reports.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at Ricerca Biosciences, Trialytics, CeeTox and Firecrest Clinical.
CRO Quintiles says Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) partnership will improve patient recruitment and, ultimately, accelerate the drug development process.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at the EMA, SCM Pharma, Silence Therapeutics and Akrimax Pharmaceuticals.
EyeGate Pharma is collaborating with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to evaluate the delivery if several of the big pharma’s therapies using an ocular delivery system.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Baxter, Dendreon, Roche, Somaxon and Silence Therapeutics.
PRA has expanded into New Zealand, complementing its Asia-Pacific network and establishing a point of contact for pharmas interested in benefiting from the county’s high recruitment rates.
IT giant Oracle will pay $685m (€507m) for eClinical solutions firm Phase Forward, significantly expanding its presence in the billion dollar contract clinical research sector.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Xcellerex, Bristol-Myers Squibb and KV Pharmaceutical.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Genzyme, PharmAthene and Cadence Pharmaceuticals.
US drugmaker Genzyme has detected an impurity in one vial of the Gaucher’s disease drug Cerezyme produced at its manufacturing facility in Waterford, Ireland.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Noven, Inspire, AP Pharma and Tarsa Therapeutics.
CRO Novella Clinical is providing OSI Pharmaceuticals with clinical research and related services over the next two years and will gain use of facilities in Boulder, Colorado, US as part of the deal.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments PharmaNet, Cardinal Health, CTI, Norwich, Diteba and Catalent.
Conducting trials in smaller patient populations when developing personalised medicines poses challenges, such as how to recruit patients fast enough, but these can be overcome using adaptive methods, according to a CEO.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at DPT Laboratories, Datatrak and Dishman.
The Hong Kong pharma sector should aim to adopt current World Health Organisation (WHO) GMP standards for drug manufacture within two years, according to a new report.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including the retirement of Biogen Idec’s CEO and appointments at Dishman and Noven.
Kaulkin Information Systems (KIS) is launching SaaS KISTrack TrackHealth to help pharma and healthcare staff monitor, manage and share electronic health records (EHR).
Almac has entered into a partnership with FACIT.org to gain PRO and QoL assessments which it believes will help it recruit patients and generate high quality data for regulatory submissions.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up movements in the pharma sector, including CytRx bolstering its manufacturing expertise and KV preparing its management as it strives to resume distribution.
Outsourcing-Pharma presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma outsourcing sector, including appointments at West Pharmaceutical Services, Catalent and Kforce Clinical Research.
A five-day international anti-counterfeiting operation involving regulators, police and customs officials from 24 countries has resulted in the seizure of 167,000 counterfeit pills.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Xoma and Watson Pharmaceuticals, plus a new role for Fred Hasaan.
Canada’s Biovail Contract Research says its stand-alone biostatistics unit will help sponsors “anticipate roadblocks ahead of time and create a sound statistical analysis plan for optimal results.”
Ohio, US-based CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services (CTI) has bought German trial staffing specialist CRS Clinical Research Services (CRS) to build its presence in Europe’s contract research sector.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest roundup of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Intrexon, Cephalon, NeoPharma and Chelsea Therapeutics.
Quintiles is collaborating with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London to establish a 30 bed Phase I site which will help meet demand for early-stage research conducted in patients.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma sector, including appointments at Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Seaside Therapeutics and Eucodis.
SAFC Pharma has added extra viral and biologics capacity at its California plant in a $12m project that allows it to take projects from the lab to commercial scale.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its latest round up of movements in the pharma space, including appointments at Sigma-Aldrich, Novavax and Pfizer’s CEO taking on an additional role.