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Chinese contract manufacturers to benefit from downturn

February 2, 2009 Manufacturing and Production CMO, China

China's contract manufacturing organisation market was valued at more than $70 billion in 2007, with pharmaceuticals comfortably the largest contributor, …
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Pharma additives ‘risk to premature infants’

January 30, 2009 Manufacturing and Production additives, excipients

Difficulties in dosing medicines for premature babies mean some may be exposed to high levels of pharmaceutical excipients which, despite …
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Roche and Novo Nordisk to restrict distribution

January 27, 2009 Manufacturing and Production supply chain

Roche and Novo Nordisk are the latest companies to cut the number of wholesalers allowed to supply their medicines to …
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Xoma slashes manufacturing to cut costs

January 22, 2009 Manufacturing and Production Xoma

Xoma has instigated a major cull of its workforce, with 144 jobs to go in a move that will cut …
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Roche to cut 780 production jobs

January 21, 2009 Manufacturing and Production Roche, restructure

Roche will shed 780 production jobs over the next two years as it continues to streamline its manufacturing operations, but …
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FDA moves to make imports safer

January 16, 2009 Manufacturing and Production FDA, supply chain

The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up efforts to prevent counterfeit and contaminated  medicines entering the US, and is …
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GSK opens US hub for vaccine manufacturing

January 14, 2009 Manufacturing and Production GSK

GlaxoSmithKline has officially unveiled a $300 million manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania that will serve as the cornerstone of its US …
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End of the line for European paracetamol

January 12, 2009 Manufacturing and Production EU

The last European plant manufacturing paracetamol closed for the final time at the turn of the year, another sign that …
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Actavis agrees deal with FDA on manufacturing problems

January 9, 2009 Manufacturing and Production Actavis

Generic drug manufacturer Actavis will continue the lockdown of its New Jersey manufacturing facilities that breached quality standards, but hopes …
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Lifeline for troubled LyondellBasell

January 8, 2009 Manufacturing and Production Lyondell, excipients

LyondellBasell, the world’s third-largest petrochemical company and a supplier of a number of pharmaceutical raw materials, has filed for Chapter …
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AZ to cut 1,400 manufacturing and supply chain jobs

November 21, 2008 Manufacturing and Production AZ

AstraZeneca has announced the loss of 1,400 jobs in its European manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure.The company says the introduction …
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GSK to close Dartford manufacturing site by 2013

November 14, 2008 Manufacturing and Production GSK

GlaxoSmithKline has announced plans to close its manufacturing site in Dartford in the UK, with operations being phased out over …
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Pfizer repackages range for safety

October 17, 2008 Manufacturing and Production packaging

Pfizer is repackaging its medicines in a bid to make dosing instructions clearer. The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) estimates …
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Weak currency helps UK pharmaceutical industry

October 1, 2008 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing parallel trade

Pharmaceutical companies operating in the UK are experiencing reduced competition from European parallel importers, thanks to the weakness of the …
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Pfizer to close Irish manufacturing site

August 15, 2008 Manufacturing and Production

Pfizer is to close its manufacturing site in Cork with the loss of 180 jobs, following a failed 18-month effort …
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