Manufacturing and Production

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Boehringer will help develop Aveo’s lung cancer candidate

December 2, 2011 Manufacturing and Production

Boehringer Ingelheim has agreed to help oncology specialist firm Aveo develop its lung cancer treatment ficlatuzumab.  The agreement is for …

Merck KGaA appoints new heads of corporate auditing and strategy

December 2, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA has appointed Dr Friederike Rotsch as its new head of corporate auditing. She reports to Karl-Ludwig Kley, chairman …

FDA approves Ranbaxy’s generic Lipitor

December 1, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Teva

The FDA will allow Ranbaxy to develop a generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster statin Lipitor. The firm has received final …
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Eli Lilly appoints Richard Ascroft as senior director for the ACE region

November 30, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly

Lilly has appointed Richard Ascroft as senior director, corporate affairs, for the Australia, Canada and Europe (ACE) region. His tasks …

Cerenis appoints John Paolini as chief medical officer

November 29, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cerenis

The HDL drug specialist Cerenis Therapeutics has appointed Dr John Paolini as its new chief medical officer. Dr Paolini will …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

November 29, 2011 Manufacturing and Production NIB, manufacturing and production

Fujifilm inks another biosimilars deal, an explosion rocks an Aurobindo plant, plus manufacturing updates from Teva, Bellwyck Packaging and Indian …

FDA gives green light to BioMarin facility expansion

November 29, 2011 Manufacturing and Production

The US FDA has granted approval to BioMarin Pharmaceutical for a $60 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Novato, …
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Roche opens $271m formulations centre

November 29, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Roche, manufacturing

Roche has officially opened a 250 million Swiss franc ($271m) R&D centre in Switzerland that will be used to develop …

Catalent Pharma Solutions Appoints New Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies

November 28, 2011 Manufacturing and Production

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. announced the appointment of Jonathan Arnold as Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies effective …

UCB appoints Peter Theil as head of non-clinical development

November 28, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB

Peter Theil has joined UCB as its new vice president and head of non-clinical development for the firm’s new medicines …

Shire facility could answer rare disease drug shortage

November 27, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Fabry disease, Gaucher, Shire, Vpriv

Shire has filed applications with the European and US regulators to produce its Gaucher disease drug Vpriv (velaglucerase alfa) at …

Pfizer’s Loughbeg first pharma facility to meet green standard

November 27, 2011 Manufacturing and Production ISO 50001, Loughbeg, Pfizer, environmental

A Pfizer facility in Ireland has become the first pharmaceutical plant in the world to meet a tough new standard …

The changing of the guard – Q3 round up

November 25, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Q3, Ranbaxy

 PfizerOf all the patent cliffs in pharma, Lipitor’s expiry represents the biggest. Pfizer is now staring over the precipice, with …

Quality fears prompt cancer drug recalls

November 25, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, EU, Hong Kong, manufacturing

Regulatory authorities around the world are recalling cancer drugs manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ben Venue Laboratories subsidiary after an inspection …
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RSA announces raft of new appointments

November 24, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

RSA, the global life sciences executive search and interim management firm, has announced a series of new appointments. RSA Switzerland …
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