Manufacturing and Production

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J&J charged with US manufacturing violations

March 15, 2011 Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson and Johnson, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, McNeil Fort Washington, McNeil recall, Motrin recall, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare has been officially charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs in violation of federal …

Daiichi recalls contaminated paediatric vaccines

March 15, 2011 Manufacturing and Production ActHIB, Daiichi Sankyo, manufacturing compliance, padiatric vaccine recall, recalls, vaccines

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo has recalled around 1.3 million doses of the paediatric vaccine ActHIB, manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, because of …

Bayer-helmed oncology biomarker project launched

March 14, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Bayer, Janssen, Max Planck Institute, Merck, OncoTrack, Pfizer, Roche, biomarkers, oncology

A project to develop the next generation of oncology biomarkers has been launched in Berlin. The pharma industry and European …

Pfizer sells Irish manufacturing facility to Amgen

March 14, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, Pfizer, pharma manufacturing, pharma manufacturing in Ireland

Amgen has come to the rescue of 280 workers whose jobs were threatened by the closure of a manufacturing facility …

Eisai confirms 20% cut in US workforce

March 8, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aricept, Eisai, Halaven, US, donepezil, eribulin, pharma job cuts

Eisai’s planned job cuts will fall heaviest on its US operations, where 20% of the workforce will be let go …
Merck & Co workers protest job cuts

Merck says sale of Oss facility would be too expensive

March 8, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Holland, Merck & Co, Oss, Oss pharma research, Pantarhei Bioscience

The debate around the closure of Merck & Co’s R&D and manufacturing unit in Oss, the Netherlands, rumbles on, with …

AZ stops making Pulmicort pMDI inhaler

March 8, 2011 Manufacturing and Production AZ, AstraZeneca, Pulmicort, Pulmicort pMDI, Skyepharma, asthma, asthma inhaler, budesonide

AstraZeneca has discontinued production of its Pulmicort pMDI asthma inhaler because of manufacturing issues, and looks set to exit from …

Helsinn expands high-potency plant with cytotoxics suite

March 8, 2011 Manufacturing and Production APIs, CMOs, GMP, Helsinn, Helsinn Advanced Synthesis, Swiss pharma contract manufacturing, contract manufacturing, high-potency APIs

Helsinn is on track to complete construction of a new manufacturing plant for cytotoxic active pharmaceutical ingredients in Biasca, Switzerland, …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 8, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Bristol-Myers Squibb, CSM GlobalPharma, Carbogen Amcis, Quotient Clinical, SCM Pharma, WuXi PharmaTech

Facility updates from Bristol-Myers Squibb, WuXi PharmaTech, Quotient Clinical, CSM GlobalPharma and SCM Pharma, plus a reorganisation of Carbogen Amcis’ …
The RNA interference process

RNA interference – still the great white hope?

March 3, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development RNA interference, rnai

The emerging field of RNA interference – also known as ‘gene silencing’ – is one of the most promising in …
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Boehringer’s Kay O’Hagan moves to Brecon

March 2, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Brecon, Kay O'Hagan, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Kay O’Hagan has joined commercial packaging and clinical trials supply services company Brecon Pharmaceuticals as director of quality assurance and …

Samsung forges biosimilar venture with Quintiles

March 2, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Quintiles, Samsung, biosimilar production, biosimilars, pharma production

South Korean electronics giant Samsung has formed a joint venture with Quintiles with the objective of breaking into the market …

Fujifilm buys into bio with Merck acquisitions

March 2, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Biomanufacturing, Fujifilm, Merck, Merck & Co, Merck/MSD Biomanufacturing Network, contract manufacturing

Japanese photography and imaging company Fujifilm continued its diversification into other sectors with the acquisition of the Merck/MSD Biomanufacturing Network, …

Dutch government sells off vaccine facility

March 1, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Bilthoven, Holland, NVI, Netherlands, Netherlands Vaccine Institute, vaccine manfacturing, vaccine production, vaccines

The Dutch government has put the manufacturing activities and capacity of the Netherlands Vaccine Institute in Bilthoven up for sale, …

Catalent sells off printed components business

March 1, 2011 Manufacturing and Production Catalent, Clondalkin, pharma packaging, pharmaceutical packaging

Catalent Pharma Solutions has agreed to sell its printed components business to Dutch packaging giant Clondalkin, which has been steadily …
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