Manufacturing and Production

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Ethex closed down after US court levies $27.6m in fines

March 8, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Ethex, KV Pharma, manufacturing and production

Generic drugmaker Ethex Corp has been fined $27.6 million by a US District Court after pleading guilty to two felony …

FDA encourages cell-based vaccine production

March 5, 2010 Manufacturing and Production h1n1, swine flu

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a new guidance document designed to help encourage the adoption of cell-based …

Dr Olaf Stange to head up Bayer Technology in Singapore

March 3, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Bayer Technology Services, appointment, manufacturing and production

Bayer has appointed Dr Olaf Stange to head up its new Southeast Asia regional office for Bayer Technology Services (BTS) …

Stability data issue holds up Adventrx cancer drug

March 3, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Adventrx, Cancer, vinorelbine

US drugmaker Adventrx Pharmaceuticals has had the marketing application for its cancer drug ANX-530 (vinorelbine emulsion) rejected by the US …
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Merck KGaA invests in bioresearch and bioproduction

March 1, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Biochemistry, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, Millipore, laboratory services

Merck KGaA has bought US life sciences company Millipore Corporation in a $7.2 billion deal to expand its chemicals business. …

Failings at Lilly Humalog plant catch FDA’s eye

February 26, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Humalog, lilly

Eli Lilly has been sent a warning letter about a production facility in Puerto Rico, which says the company failed …

Talking Point: The future for pharmaceutical delivery

February 26, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Polar Speed, Talking Point, logistics, supply chain, talking logistics

Will the future for pharmaceutical delivery need to become more exacting and regulated? An ever greater awareness of the need …

Methylene blue poised to move into the clinic

February 24, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novasep, ProveBlue, Provepharm, malaria

A new purer form of the reagent methylene blue could take the compound out of the testing laboratory and into …

Shire readies Gaucher drug Vpriv

February 23, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Gaucher's, Shire, Vpriv

Shire Pharmaceuticals says it has already manufactured enough of its Vpriv to treat around 400 Gaucher disease patients and could …

Taro will close Irish facility next month

February 22, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Sun Pharma, Taro Pharma, manufacturing and production

Israeli drugmaker Taro Pharma has decided to halt manufacturing at a plant in Tipperary, Ireland, resulting in the loss of …

RTS Life Science Appoints Richard Carpenter

February 22, 2010 Manufacturing and Production appointment, manufacturing and production, rts life science

RTS Life Science has expanded its US field-based sales team, appointing Richard Carpenter Mid-Atlantic sales manager.  The company, which supplies …

UK contractor Excelsyn sold to AMRI

February 19, 2010 Manufacturing and Production AMRI, Excelsyn

UK contract development and manufacturing services company Excelsyn has been bought for $19 million by US rival AMRI, which said …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

February 19, 2010 Manufacturing and Production AMPAC Fine Chemicals, Avrio, Haupt Pharma, NeoStem

German contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Haupt Pharma said its site in Latina, Italy, has passed an FDA inspection. Following the …

Québec supports $38m Galderma investment

February 18, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Canada, Galderma, Quebec, biopharmaceutical

The regional government in Québec in Canada is to contribute 10% of the costs of a new investment in manufacturing …

Hospital criticised for profiting from medicines trade

February 18, 2010 Manufacturing and Production parallel trade, supply chain

An NHS hospital has been heavily criticised for trading in medicines to make a profit. It has emerged that the …

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