Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging has revealed details of its US-based ready-to-fill syringe production line capabilities in a manufacturing sector that has traditionally been the strong hold of countries like Germany and France.
Plastic packaging specialist China Bottles (CB) says that nearly two thirds of the $3.3m worth of contracts it signed in June were with pharmaceutical companies based outside its home territory.
German-based technology group Schott has formed a joint venture
with Kaisha in an attempt to gain access to the glass primary
pharmaceutical packaging market in India.
Copapharm Europe, the pan-European alliance of pharmaceutical
packagers, has significantly raised its game in the Spanish market
with a new member, Artes Graficas Nekar.
Worldwide demand for pharmaceutical packaging is set to grow
steadily over the coming years growing to over $30bn (€21.7bn) by
2011, according to a new report published this week.
Canada's Alcan is selling its New Jersey-based lab equipment
business to private equity company River Associates Investments in
order to focus on its core competencies.
India's largest pharmaceutical packaging company, Bilcare, is
planning to open a subsidiary in Germany, shortly after announcing
a major acquisition in the US, in a move that underlines its
international ambitions.
Pharmaceutical packaging demand in the US is forecast to rise 4.7
per cent per year to $6.8 billion in 2008, driven by new Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) regulations that will require unit dose
containers for a range of drugs,...
There is a growing trend towards patients self-medicating with
over-the-counter products rather than asking their doctors for a
prescription medication, and this promises to benefit companies
involved in pharmaceutical packaging,...
