GSK CEO Andrew Witty has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours list in recognition of his services to the UK economy and pharmaceutical industry.
Microbiology media maker Cherwell Laboratories has announced plans to expand its manufacturing capacity in response to growing industry demand for environmental monitoring products.
Novartis has recalled two batches of meningitis C vaccine from the UK after the solvent used in their preparation was discovered to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.
Contract development firm Azopharma has established a new laboratory facility in Welwyn Garden City, UK, which it hopes will facilitate its move into the European market.
The pharmaceutical industry has lost confidence in the UK as a
place to do business to an "alarming degree" and the
situation is only set to deteriorate, reveals new research.
The UK has become an unlikely hub for drug counterfeiters, with the
UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) last
week launching its new three-year action plan to tackle the recent
surge in drug fakes head on.
Three more individuals have been sentenced following last month's
exposure of the largest counterfeit drugs conspiracy ever to be
encountered in the UK.
According to a review of public healthcare funding, the current
method of developing drugs is unsustainable and must be updated if
the UK is to remain at the forefront of European bioscience.
Bespak is now ramping up manufacturing of Chiesi Farmaceutici's new
dry powder inhaler (DPI), in preparation for clinical trials of the
device in patients with asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease).
Fine chemical and pharmaceutical intermediate manufacturers may be
affected by supply disruptions due to ongoing UK shortages of
natural gas. Price spikes in gas are becoming both higher and more
frequent in the UK.
SR Pharma, specializing in RNAi therapeutics, will be the first
company to use the new UK National Biomanufacturing Centre (NBC),
operated by contract manufacturing organization (CMO) Eden
Biodesign, when it opens on schedule early...
A new report suggests that up to 30 biopharmaceutical products
developed by UK companies using cell-based manufacturing techniques
could be approved by 2012, reinforcing the idea that
biopharmaceuticals are increasingly being seen...
Acambis has commenced clinical trials of its investigational
vaccine against Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) - a common
hospital-acquired infection, in which a new virulent strain has
emerged, causing sharp increases in the number...
The UK's figures on recycling waste is skewed because companies are
exporting their problem rather than increasing reprocessing rates,
the UK's second largest packaging waste compliance company claims.
US packaging specialist Chesapeake Corp has launched a design
studio and product development group in the UK, dedicated to
pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging, to strengthen its position
in paperboard packaging in Europe.
Pharmaceutical industry groups today welcomed new government
legislation, which ensures animal extremists who are found guilty
of 'economic damage' to research laboratories will face
imprisonment of five years.
The UK government has given the national biotechnology industry
trade group £3 million (€4.3m) in funding to support the
development of bioprocessing, continuing a string of projects aimed
at boosting the UK biotech sector.
In a defiant gesture to animal activists, Britain's pharmaceutical
companies have joined forces to launch a £4m research fund to
finance animal experiments in universities.
In the UK, a groundbreaking partnership between government and
industry has led to the creation of a National Biomanufacturing
Centre, designed to make it easier for fledgling biotechnology
companies to get access to contract manufacturing...
Leaving aside the safety concerns surrounding nanotechnology set
out in In-Pharmatechnologist.com's lead article today, a
report commissioned by the UK government has claimed that a lack of
foresight by both policy makers and...
Companies involved in the parallel trade of pharmaceuticals have
been boosted by a court ruling which gives them the right to re-box
products shipped into the UK from another country in the European
Union.
The UK's Cambridge University has scrapped plans to build a primate
research centre to conduct research into neurological disorders
which caught the attention of the scientific press late last year.
Isopak of the UK will be unveiling the latest version of the
automatic benchtop In-Cap capsule-filling machine at the Total
Solutions show in Birmingham, UK, in the spring.
The pharmaceutical industry has welcomed the passage of new
legislation by the UK Parliament that will give police new powers
to intervene in public order offences, including those carried out
by animal extremist groups.
A partnership has been formed between Krauss-Maffei Process
Technology UK and Buss-SMS, an international supplier of thermal
separation solutions for difficult to handle mixtures.
A UK programme aimed at identifying the environmental, health and
safety, ethical and societal implications of nanotechnology has
appointed a working group to oversee the effort.
UK Science Minister Lord Sainsbury this week announced a new
initiative to develop 'a strategic approach' to the future of the
bioscience industry in the UK and to encourage growth in the
sector.
