Manufacturing and Production

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Manufacturing news in brief

July 20, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Apicore, Emergent, Merck & Co, PPS, Tianyin, lilly

A crop of facility announcements from Merck & Co, Emergent, Tianyin, Apicore and PPS offset more job loss news from …

Merck Millipore unveiled as $7bn acquisition completed

July 20, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Merck KGaA, Millipore

Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its $7 billion acquisition of processing equipment specialist Millipore, officially launching the combined Merck Millipore …

Lonza wins two biologic contracts

July 16, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Elusys, Human Genome Sciences, Lonza

Swiss fine chemicals firm Lonza has secured two new contracts for its contract manufacturing division for monoclonal antibodies to treat …

Semi-synthetic shortcut could boost supply of antimalarial

July 15, 2010 Manufacturing and Production malaria

US researchers are pushing forward with the development of a cheaper, semi-synthetic version of artemisinin, the basis of the most …

Genzyme says it will double size of its Framingham site

July 13, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Genzyme

Genzyme has unveiled a major expansion of its manufacturing facility in Framingham, Massachusetts, which suggests that the company intends to …

Talking Point: The role of air-freight

July 13, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Swiss World Cargo, logistics, supply chain, talking logistics

The air-freight carrier can play a key role in the shipment of pharmaceuticals, and must be viewed as part of …

Merck names manufacturing and R&D sites slated for closure

July 12, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck, job cuts, manufacturing, research and development

Merck & Co has taken an axe to its network of manufacturing and R&D sites around the world, closing down …

Pfizer plant ready to milk Asian infant formula market

July 9, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, Singapore, manufacturing, nutrition

Pfizer has spent $100 million to double the size of a manufacturing facility in Singapore to help it boost its …

Pharming forges production deal with Sanofi Chimie

July 8, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HAE, Pharming, Ruconest, Sanofi Chimie

Dutch biotechnology group Pharming has signed a toll manufacturing agreement with Sanofi Chimie in order to boost commercial-scale manufacturing of …
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EMA panel advises Fabrazyme switch

July 7, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Fabrazyme, Genzyme, manufacturing compliance

Doctors in Europe have been told they should consider switching patients with Fabry disease away from treatment with Genzyme’s Fabrazyme …

Bind Biosciences appoints Dr Ed Schnipper

July 6, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bind Bioscience, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

US biopharmaceutical company Bind Biosciences has appointed Dr Ed Schnipper as chief medical officer. Dr Schnipper joins the company with …

More woe for Genzyme as shipping delays continue

July 6, 2010 Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Fabrazyme, Gaucher, Genzyme, manufacturing compliance

Genzyme is expecting further delays in shipments of two key products as it struggles to bring its troubled Allston Landing …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

July 6, 2010 Manufacturing and Production BMS, Borregaard Synthesis, Colorcon, JHP Pharma, Saltigo, Sanofi-Aventis, Synthetech, Viropharma, univar

New capital investments from Sanofi-Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Viropharma and Colorcon head up this round-up of developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing …
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Aptuit deal saves GSK’s R&D unit in Verona

July 5, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Aptuit, GlaxoSmithKline, Italy

GlaxoSmithKline has sold off its medicines research facility in Verona, Italy, to contract research and manufacturing service group Aptuit in …

Buoyant growth forecast for contract manufacturing sector

July 2, 2010 Manufacturing and Production contract manufacturing, manufacturing

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing is heading for a period of strong growth as drugmakers continue to outsource production to improve efficiency, …
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