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Merck extends biocatalysis collaboration with Codexis

May 29, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Codexis, Merck, Phil Taylor, Victrelis, manufacturing

Biocatalyst specialist Codexis has signed a three-year extension of its catalyst and process development collaboration with Merck to develop enzymes …

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Genentech taken to task over Avastin production

May 15, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Genentech, Phil Taylor, avastin, manufacturing

FDA inspections of a manufacturing facility for Roche/Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) uncovered a number of deficiencies which could increase …

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Patheon starts winding down Swindon operations

May 10, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CMO, Patheon, Swindon, manufacturing

North American contract manufacturer Patheon is winding down some operations at its facility in Swindon, UK, with the aim of …

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BASF to build plant in US

May 8, 2012
Manufacturing and Production BASF, Taylor, manufacturing, production

BASF has said it plans to build a new manufacturing facility for formic acid at its production site in Louisiana, …

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Novartis will restart production at Lincoln plant in May

May 1, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, Lincoln, Nebraska, Novartis, manufacturing

Novartis chief executive Joe Jimenez has said that production at the firm’s troubled consumer health plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, will …

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FDA approves greener process for Januvia production

May 1, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Codexis, FDA, Januvia, Merck, manufacturing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, more environmentally-friendly manufacturing process for Merck & Co’s diabetes …

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Baxter planning $1 billion plasma facility for Atlanta

April 24, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Atlanta, baxter, manufacturing, production

Baxter International has unveiled plans to build a major new manufacturing complex for its plasma-based therapies in Atlanta in the …

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China bans medicines formulated in toxic capsules

April 17, 2012
Manufacturing and Production China, SFDA, impurities, manufacturing

China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has banned the sale of 13 medicines thought to be manufactured using contaminated …

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Codexis and Merck develop green Victrelis production

April 10, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Codexis, Merck, manufacturing

Merck has teamed up with catalyst specialist Codexis to develop a more efficient manufacturing process for recently-approved hepatitis C treatment …

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Drugmakers ‘premature’ in requests for metal impurity data

April 5, 2012
Manufacturing and Production ICH, manufacturing, metal impurity

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are acting ‘prematurely’ when asking excipient suppliers to provide metal impurity levels, according to a new position paper …

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Novasep expands in China, raises €40m for investments

April 3, 2012
Manufacturing and Production China, Novasep, Shanghai, manufacturing

French processing equipment supplier Novasep has opened a new facility in China to meet what it says is increasing demand …

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Novartis to construct pharma plant in Turkey

April 2, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Novartis, Turkey, manufacturing

Novartis has selected Turkey as its headquarters for central Asia, the Middle East and Africa and intends to set up …

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Teva sells Canadian plant to CMO

March 30, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CMO, Halo Pharmaceutical, Teva, manufacturing

Teva has said it plans to sell a manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada, to US contract manufacturing organisation Halo Pharmaceutical. …

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Merck KGaA manufacturing under scrutiny by FDA

March 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Merck KGaA, Rebif, Violations, manufacturing

The US Food and Drug Administration has asked Merck KGaA to undertake a ‘comprehensive and global assessment’ of its manufacturing …

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FDA warns against phthalate use in medicines

March 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, SUPAC, manufacturing, phthalates

The Food and Drug Administration has warned pharma companies not to use two phthalates as excipients in both biological products and drugs, …

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