manufacturing
Steris to buy UK’s Synergy Health for $1.9 billion
October 13, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing health, manufacturing, steris, synergy, tax
US-based medical technology firm Steris Corporation is to purchase Synergy Health in the UK for $1.9 billion and will shift …
Parexel acquires ClinIntel for trial supply services
October 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production CRO, Paraxel, clinical research organisation, clinintel, manufacturing
Clinical research organisation Parexel has acquired all of the outstanding equity securities of privately-owned ClinIntel, a UK-based provider of clinical …
West to build new manufacturing plant in Ireland
October 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Pharma services, US, manufacturing, west
West Pharmaceutical Services which focusses on injectable drug administration, is expanding its global manufacturing operations to include a new site …
Gilead to shift plant and expand US manufacturing
September 30, 2014Manufacturing and Production AmBisome, Cayston, Gilead, San Dimas, Viread, california, manufacturing
Gilead Sciences will move its US manufacturing plant about 15 minutes down the road to a 23-acre site in the …
Lucideon expands pharma testing facilities
September 29, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing bioburden, ceram, freeman, labs, lucideon, manufacturing, stoke
Materials development firm Lucideon has opened new pharmaceutical quality control testing laboratories at its UK headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent. The £1.5 …
Ben Venue problems continue for Boehringer
September 2, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Ben Venue, Boehringer, fad, german, manufacturing, recall
Boehringer Ingelheim’s tribulations at its US production site Ben Venue Laboratories are refusing to leave as more of its products …
Merck Serono breaks ground in China with new plant
August 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Merck Serono, manufacturing, metformin
Merck Serono has broken ground for its new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Nantong, China. The new facility, which will be …
GSK manufacturing woes continue
July 8, 2014Manufacturing and Production Canada, FDA, GSK, Paxil, Vaccine, manufacturing
Health Canada has told GlaxoSmithKline that it wants to see the firm fix major problems at the country’s only flu …
Teva to close half its sites
June 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Teva, cuts, generics, manufacturing
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is to close around half of its 75 manufacturing sites within the next five years, chief financial …
Pfizer opens R&D hub in US Cambridge
June 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pfizer, kit, manufacturing, research
Pfizer has open a new 280,000 sq.ft. R&D hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts which also serves to bring together 1,000 of …
Penn Pharma starts operations
June 9, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing API, Penn Pharma, Wales, manufacturing, south
Penn Pharma has opened its expanded facility in South Wales, after a £3 million investment which will allow it to …
AbbVie expands Sligo plant
June 5, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Ireland, Sligo, manufacturing
AbbVie has officially opened its expanded manufacturing plant in Sligo, Ireland. The US company has put €85 million into the …
China manufacturing slips in May
June 3, 2014Manufacturing and Production China, hsbc, manufacturing, pmi
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector slipped slightly in May, according to figures from HSBC, with the bank suggesting that the …
Merck sells Colorado biologics plant to KBI
May 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production KBI, Merck, manufacturing
Merck & Co has swung the axe over its M&P operations again – this time for its biologics plant in …
Ranbaxy woes hit profits
May 13, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Q1, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, manufacturing, recall
Indian generics maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has slipped up in the first quarter of the year, with profit sliding to 0.3 …
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