The two companies, who had previously established a customer-supplier relationship, have created an agreement to advance the technology and to encourage adoption.
The excipients specialist shares findings from its research into the ins and outs of 3D powder bed printed tablets and how it can benefit drug development.
Cycle looks to benefit from the advantages of Zydis oral disintegrating tablet technology, developed by Catalent, for four of its drug products treating rare diseases.
Biovation expands its technology portfolio with all-encompassing tableting equipment to grow its production capacity and change specifications ‘on the fly’.
Evertogen Life Sciences Limited should recall drugs made at its facility in Mahabubnagar, India according to the MHRA, which identified critical quality and data integrity problems during an audit in August.
The pharma industry could learn valuable lessons from the aerospace and automotive industries when it comes to designing new products, according to Swiss researchers.
Fette Compacting has unveiled its first capsule filling machine, which is capable of outputting 400,000 capsules per hour – a new record in the industry.
Inconsistent tablet colour and issues with compressing procedures have landed Indiana OTC maker American Family Pharmacy (AFP) with a US FDA warning letter.
CDMO Aesica Pharmaceuticals is adding additional services to its Zwickau, Germany oral solids capabilities, including a new roller compaction unit for dry granulation production.
More post-acquisition integration in the pharma excipients space this week with Ashland launching a new product line combining its own techs with coatings it bought with International Specialty Products (ISP) in 2011.
Pharmatek Laboratories has once again expanded service offerings at its San Diego, California facility by adding two roller compactors to its solid oral dosage form manufacturing capabilities.
Colorcon will buy Indian group Pharmaceuitcal Coatings to expand both its tablet film coating business and presence in “rapidly growing” pharmaceutical market.
Colorcon has acquired excipient business NP Pharm, adding sugar spheres to its portfolio and production capacity that will become “an integral part” of its manufacturing network.
German contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Excella will provide pneumatic dry granulation (PDG) tablet making services through a new partnership with Finnish specialty pharmaceutical firm Atacama Labs.
Ownership of FrieslandCampina Domo’s pharmaceutical lactose business will be transferred to DMV-Fonterra Excipients, the 50/50 JV set up by Domo owner Royal FrieslandCampina and partner Fonterra.
O’Hara Technologies has launched a lab-scale tablet coating system that incorporates a blender and tray dry oven inserts to cut capital expense and GMP spaced needed perform these tasks.
Asahi Kasei has added to its range of excipients through the launch of Ceolus UF-711, which it claims is the first high-compactable microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) that makes tablets smaller.
German coating technology specialist Driam hopes its new Driaconti-T continuous tablet coating platform will win over manufacturers wishing to improve process efficiency in times of economic gloom.
Symetix has launched a compact high-volume optical inspection system that is capable of verifying the colour, size and shape of capsules and tablets and removing defective products.
French company Roquette has been awarded a US patent for a
dissolve-in-the-mouth drug delivery technology that makes use of
its novel StarLac excipient.
Tate and Lyle has announced the launch of Meritab - a new direct
compressible dextrose - that allows pharma tablet manufacturers to
stop using wet granulation processes, and so offers a cost
effective and simplified production process.
Chemical firm BASF has announced it has developed a new formulation
for its Ibuprofen DC 85, an active substance in anti-inflammatory
and analgesic products, using a nanocoating which, thanks to its
resistance to high temperature,...
Last month, In-PharmaTechnologist.com reported on
Cargill-Cerestar's plans to unveil a new excipient at CPhI which is
developed on the back of a directly compressible excipient platform
allowing tablets to be produced using lower...
Italian pharmaceutical dosing and packaging equipment manufacturer,
MG2, has launched two new dosing machines for hard gelatine
capsules, which can handle different dosing combinations in the
same capsule, such as powder and tablet,...
Niro Phama Systems and Courtoy have developed a new module for
their range of tablet presses that solves a control dilemma that
has faced the pharmaceutical industry ever since automated tablet
presses came into use.
Niro Pharma Systems unit Courtoy has improved its MODUL rotary
tablet press range with the launch of the MODUL D, a double-sided
version that ramps up the unit's production capabilities, writes
Phil Taylor.
Mathis Instruments has introduced a wireless version of its
effusivity sensor - the ESP - that is suitable for use in
pharmaceutical production settings, reports Phil Taylor.
Niro Pharma Systems is launching a new tablet coating system that
promises to achieve a step forward in the evenness of tablet
coating and make the production of small batches for R&D more
cost effective.
A lactose product developed by DMV International of the
Netherlands, Pharmatose DCL14, has properties that give it
performance advantages over rival excipients used as
filler/binders, according to the company.
Isopak of the UK has introduced a single punch benchtop tablet
press machine that is designed to answer the needs of small
laboratories, pharmacies and hospitals.
