pharma manufacturing
FDA plea for notice on drug shortages
June 14, 2011Manufacturing and Production FDA, pharma manufacturing
The FDA has asked US drugmakers to give advance warning of production problems which could lead to shortages in available …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
June 14, 2011Manufacturing and Production pharma manufacturing
Baxter loses first heparin lawsuit, Pfizer plans a branded generics push in China, plus there’s updates from GSK, Hovione and …
Gilead manufacturing under investigation by US authorities
June 14, 2011Manufacturing and Production Department of Justice, Gilead, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing
Gilead Sciences is being investigated by the US authorities over the manufacturing and distribution of some of its products, and …
European falsified meds directive: implications for manufacturers
June 7, 2011Manufacturing and Production APIs, GDP, GMP, excipients, pharma manufacturing
The Council of the European Union gave its backing to the new Directive on Falsified Medicines on May 27, setting …
Quality by Design – the new manufacturing paradigm
May 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production Quality by Design, pharma manufacturing
Pharmaceutical manufacturing currently operates using processes that are widely seen as inefficient, inflexible and outdated. In the current system of …
Pfizer will invest $21m in US injectables upgrade
May 25, 2011Manufacturing and Production APIs, Pfizer, pharma manufacturing
Pfizer has announced another upgrade of its sterile injectables plant in Portage, Michigan, earmarking around $21 million for new air …
Uptake of pharma chemicals by crops “an environmental concern”
May 24, 2011Manufacturing and Production manufacturing and production, pharma manufacturing
Chemicals which enter the environment in the wastewater of pharmaceutical production facilities can be taken up by crops and other …
Pharma manufacturing investment in emerging markets
May 23, 2011Manufacturing and Production emerging marketing, pharma manufacturing
The pharmaceutical industry needs to undertake a radical overhaul in its approach to manufacturing which at present is ‘‘inefficient, underutilised …
Bosch boosts pharma processing ops with Oystar purchases
May 3, 2011Manufacturing and Production Bosch, Hüttlin, Manesty, Oystar, pharma manufacturing
Bosch Packaging Technology is planning to expand its position in the pharmaceutical processing equipment sector with the purchase of two …
FDA issues guidance on preventing antibiotic cross-contamination
April 19, 2011Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, pharma manufacturing
The FDA has published a new guidance document to help drugmakers prevent cross-contamination of pharmaceuticals with non-penicillin beta-lactam antibiotics. The …
Organogenesis to build ‘largest automated living cell facility’
April 19, 2011Manufacturing and Production Cell biology, Organogenesis, pharma manufacturing
Regenerative medicine specialist Organogenesis has started construction of an automated manufacturing facility for human cells, which it claims will be …
GlaxoSmithKline OTC sale puts two plants on the block
April 19, 2011Manufacturing and Production GSK, US, pharma manufacturing
GlaxoSmithKline’s decision to sell off a swathe of over-the-counter medicines means that a manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee, has been …
J&J reorganises McNeil as recalls keep coming
April 5, 2011Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, McNeil, TBA, TCA, Tylenol, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls, tribromoanisole, trichloroanisole
Johnson & Johnson has announced a major reworking of its troubled McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, just as quality problems force …
Dendreon wins green light for Provenge production
March 22, 2011Manufacturing and Production Cancer, Dendreon, FDA, Provenge, pharma manufacturing, prostate cancer vaccine, sipuleucel-T
US oncology specialist Dendreon has been boosted by the approval of additional production capacity for its therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine …
Novartis gets FDA warning letter for Puerto Rico plant
March 21, 2011Manufacturing and Production Ciba Vision, FDA manufacturing inspections, Novartis, SoftPerm contact lenses, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing
A manufacturing facility operated by Novartis subsidiary Ciba Vision in Puerto Rico has been cited for manufacturing quality violations and …
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