Manufacturing and Production

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Merck averts day in court over Dutch plant closure

September 7, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck & Co, Netherlands, job cuts

Merck & Co has postponed the planned closure of the former Organon facility in Oss, the Netherlands, after weeks of …

FDA cites another Sun Pharma unit for GMP violations

September 7, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Sun Pharma, manufacturing compliance

Sun Pharmaceuticals’ manufacturing operations have been found wanting by FDA for the second time in recent months, once again for …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

September 7, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Aegis Protek, Alexion, Halozyme, Ranbaxy, SemBioSys

A round-up of pharma manufacturing developments from Ranbaxy, SemBioSys, Halozyme, Aegis Protek, Alexion and Thomson/Rondaxe. Ranbaxy Laboratories of India has …

Russian API manufacturer eyes IPO and acquisitions

September 7, 2010 Manufacturing and Production API, Pharmsynthez, Russia

Russian active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Pharmsynthez is planning a listing on the MICEX stock exchange to help it expand beyond …
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Roche set for jobs cuts from 2011

September 3, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, job cuts

Roche has confirmed it will take wide-ranging steps to reduce costs, following local reports the Swiss pharma firm was poised …
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Roche coy on job cut reports

September 1, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, job cuts

Roche is reportedly set to cut thousands of pharma jobs to reduce costs and boost profitability following a series of …

Sanofi’s $18.5bn bid for Genzyme rejected

August 31, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis has gone public with its $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme after the US biotech’s board unanimously rejected the bid …

Lonza buys Vivante to get bigger in biologics

August 31, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Lonza, Vivante

Swiss contract manufacturer and fine chemicals firm Lonza has expanded its biologics production capacity with the purchase of US firm …

Swiss API manufacturer opens high-potency plant

August 31, 2010 Manufacturing and Production API, Cerbios-Pharma

Cerbios-Pharma SA of Switzerland has officially opened its new high-potency active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing plant in Barbengo, a district in …

Hyaluron pulled up over particle contamination

August 31, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Hyaluron, manufacturing compliance

US manufacturer Hyaluron has been sent a warning letter by the FDA after a routine inspection uncovered concerns with aseptic …

SOCMA welcomes US law easing raw material imports

August 27, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Obama, SOCMA

US President Barack Obama has signed into law the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010, designed to do away with import …

CMC Bio unveils disposable biomanufacturing facility

August 26, 2010 Manufacturing and Production CMC Biologics, disposables

Contract manufacturer CMC Biologics has completed the construction of a new manufacturing facility at its site in Bothell near Seattle …

J&J chalks up ninth product recall in 2010

August 26, 2010 Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ

 Johnson & Johnson has recalled around 100,000 boxes of its disposable contact lens because of a manufacturing defect, bringing the …

J&J appoints quality tsar to oversee manufacturing revamp

August 24, 2010 Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, recalls

 Johnson & Johnson plans to beef up senior management across its three business units as part of a broader programme …

‘Smart’ vial cap reminds patients to take their medicine

August 24, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Med Time, Rexam

 UK packaging giant Rexam has thrown its weight behind a ‘smart’ pill vial that reminds patients when to take their …
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