Bionovo, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Trius Therapeutics, Exelixis,
AmerisourceBergen Corporation and Kindred Healthcare have all had
people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Italian glassware specialist Stevanato Group has consolidated the
engineering side of its business through the acquisition of fellow
Italian company Optrel.
The traditional adversarial relationship of wholesalers with
manufacturers must change to true partnership if both are to
achieve better profits and secure the integrity of the drug supply
chain, delegates of the annual general meeting...
The European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers
(GIRP) has outlined measures it is taking to keep counterfeit
medicines out of the legitimate supply chain while urging
pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacists...
Superfos Pharma, one of Europe's leading suppliers of plastic
packaging for the pharma market, has been acquired by Gerresheimer
in a move that should double the group's turnover in plastics to
€50 million.
Samson Medical Technologies has signed a co-marketing agreement
with Baxa for its novel packaging system designed to improve
patient safety by reducing the risk of medication errors in
prescription drug compounding.
Baxa Corporation launches its medication validation system that
validates narcotic returns and identifies counterfeit medications.
The system also offers validation of medication to ensure the type
and strength of high-risk medications.
Aegate will launch a software solution to combat one of the
pharmaceutical industry's biggest and growing patient safety issues
- counterfeit drugs - in the UK, US and Belgium in 2006 following
the recent success of its UK pilot...
US company Flavorx will make good tasting medicine a reality when
it expands its blockbuster medication flavours into the UK pharmacy
market, after a continuous stream of consumer and business
interest.
Elkhart General Healthcare System has purchased Omnicell SafetyPak
medication packaging technology to help increase dispensing
accuracy and improve patient safety.
Multisorb Technologies has launched a new oxygen-absorbing product
to increase the shelf life of pharmaceuticals at the ongoing Pack
Expo Las Vegas exhibition.
UK pharmaceutical testing company Cirrus Laboratories has been
acquired by Bodycote Materials Testing, an international provider
of materials testing services to industry.
Packaging company Alcan has said it plans to close its Cayey
pharmaceutical glass vial operation, based in Puerto Rico, in order
to streamline its North American vial manufacturing network.
