Phil Taylor
EMA backs MabThera despite contamination issue
May 29, 2012Manufacturing and Production EMA, MabThera, Phil Taylor, Roche, manufacturing
The European Medicines Agency has completed a safety review of Roche’s MabThera convened after bacterial contamination was discovered in bioreactors …
Merck extends biocatalysis collaboration with Codexis
May 29, 2012Manufacturing 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 …
Gene therapy specialist and Lonza forge production pact
May 22, 2012Manufacturing and Production Avalanche, Lonza, Phil Taylor
Avalanche Biotechnologies, a US company developing gene therapies for ocular diseases, has signed a manufacturing collaboration with Lonza of Switzerland. …
Mitsubishi Tanabe exits API business
May 22, 2012Manufacturing and Production API, Mitsubishi, Phil Taylor, Tanabe
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has said it will withdraw from the fine chemical business, including active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) supply, and …
Genentech taken to task over Avastin production
May 15, 2012Manufacturing 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 …
BASF buys Equateq to tap into growing health ingredient business
May 11, 2012Manufacturing and Production BASF, Equateq, Phil Taylor, omega-3
BASF has said it intends to buy Equateq, a UK-based specialist in lipid ingredients that represent a ‘global growing market’, …
Outsourcing on the up, but contract manufacturing still under pressure
May 11, 2012Manufacturing and Production CMO, Jim Millar, PharmaSource, Phil Taylor, outsourcing
The pharmaceutical contract services sector experienced something for a recovery in 2011 after a lean couple of years, although the …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
November 23, 2010Manufacturing and Production Alpah Biologics, Alpha Biologics, Kemwell, Lonza, Phil Taylor, Roche
Facility updates from Roche, Alpha Biologics, Kemwell and Reinnervate, new contract services from Lonza and Patheon, plus a milestone in …
