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Allergan

Allergan recalls eye drugs after complaints of blurred vision

August 25, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Allergan, manufacturing, product recalls, production, recalls

Allergan has issued a recall for batches of eye ointments sold in the US, after customers complained of foreign bodies …

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Pharma pill manufacturing

FDA hits Mylan’s Indian plants with warning letter

August 20, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Contamination, FDA, Mylan, Pfizer, manufacturing, production

The FDA has served Mylan with a warning letter citing contamination at three of its manufacturing facilities in India. Inspections …

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GSK closes Legionella-hit US site

August 14, 2015
Manufacturing and Production GSK, Legionnaire's disease, legionella, manufacturing, production

GSK has temporarily shut down its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to the discovery of the bacteria which causes …

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Pharma pill manufacturing

US to lead global contract manufacturing market by 2020

August 11, 2015
Manufacturing and Production APIs, United States, manufacturing, production

The global pharmaceutical contract manufacturing market was worth $58 billion in 2014 and is projected to reach $84 billion in 2020, according to a …

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Spritam

First 3D-printed drug approved by FDA

August 4, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development 3d printing, FDA, manufacturing, production

The world of medicine saw a new pharma milestone this week, with the first approval by the FDA of a …

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Lupin buys Gavis to gain first US manufacturing site

July 28, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Gavis, Lupin, manufacturing, production

Indian drug manufacturer Lupin is expanding to the US by purchasing Gavis pharma for $880 million, in a major boost …

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FDA

FDA bans drug imports from Indian plant

July 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Emcure, FDA, GMP, Good Manufacturing Practices, India, compliance, manufacturing, production, safety

The FDA has blocked US imports from the manufacturing plants of a major Indian pharmaceutical firm over safety fears. The …

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Actavis facility in Iceland

Allergan closing manufacturing facility in Iceland

July 14, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Allergan, Iceland, manufacturing, production, redundancies

Actavis is shutting a plant in Iceland, where its recently-acquired company Actavis has roots, and cutting 300 jobs in the …

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Actavis contraceptives recalled after packaging errors

July 9, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, FDA, manufacturing, packaging, product recall, production, recalls

Actavis is voluntarily recalling more than half a million boxes of contraceptive pills in the United States due to problems …

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Pfizer expands in China with $95m consumer products plant

June 16, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Asia, China, Pfizer, brett wells, production

Pfizer says it has broken ground with a $95 million production facility in Suzhou in China to expand its production …

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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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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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EMA completes review of Ben Venue-made drugs

March 19, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, EMA, cancer drugs, production

The European Medicines Agency has recommended that manufacturing of two cancer medicines be transferred from Ben Venue Laboratories plant in …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 19, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Recipharm, manufacturing, production

  Sweden’s Recipharm has been contracted by ViroPharma to carry out commercial-scale production of Plenadren (hydrocortisone modified release tablet), developed …

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GSK-funded project will print APIs onto tablets

June 14, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturing, production, tablets

Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline and two UK universities are working on a technology that could allow active pharmaceutical ingredients to be …

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