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News Sartorius joins the community of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals
Company hopes to contribute substantially to further optimizing and accelerating the current manufacturing processes in the biopharmaceutical industry. -
News Particle Sciences partners with Encube Ethicals to develop novel vaginal rings
The partnership will focus on rings for the administration of existing approved drugs, improving drug effectiveness and patient compliance. -
News Manufacturing consultancy up 150% as life sciences prepare for a digital future
Increasing appetite for digitised manufacturing and using data to improve GMP manufacturing. -
News UK and Russia sign MoU on regulatory co-operation on medicines
Medicines regulators of the UK and Russian set out key principles to support their collaboration on improving public health. -
News SGS expands testing capabilities at its Glasgow facility
Clients will benefit from a fully comprehensive range of validated biosafety methods to support cell bank and viral vaccine manufacturing and lot release of drug product. -
News BASF and B2B Cosmetics partner to enable individualized personal care products
B2B Cosmetics will contribute their Emuage technology, which has received the “Innovation Award” at the trade show Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. -
News Pharmapack report predicts diversification of innovation leading to a rise in licensing and partnering
New report highlights Germany, France and Switzerland as tier-one nations for ‘drug delivery innovation’, and warns the challenge will be to scale-up and approve promising prototypes. -
News Wasdell Group granted HPRA licence at new EU headquarters
The new Irish facility will allow the company to continue to act as a gateway to Europe for its British and North American customers. -
News ChargePoint Technology expands smart monitoring technology into North America
Company's VERIFI smart monitoring hub allows production teams to manage and maintain their containment solution which, in turn, helps assure operator safety and sterility assurance related performance during pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. -
News TC BioPharm creates allogeneic cell banks for CAR-T cancer therapy products
The first completed bio-banks will be used to develop more cost-effective, safe and efficacious cancer treatments. -
News New API screening program strengthens Particle Sciences' nanomilling offering
Advanced formulation techniques such as nanomilling may provide an excellent route to improved bioavailability and enhanced therapeutic effect. -
News Alvotech completes US $300 million financing deal
Fuels growth and biosimilar development in a fast-growing market. -
News Sartorius introduces BIOSTAT RM TX single-use bioreactor
Flexsafe RM TX bags enable reliable process performance for optimal cell growth. -
News FDA approves first generic version of Sabril tablets
Approval of generic vigabatrin tablets granted to Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. -
News New software platform improves freeze drying process control
The LyoS 2.0 control system software is fully configurable and fully validatable for regulated pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications. -
News BASF’s new active ingredients target skin conditions’ root causes
New active ingredients coming from the research of BASF’s innovation platforms on epigenetics, microbiome and extraction. -
News MedPharm expands to de-risk customers' development programs
The $4-million investment will be used to expand topical dosage formulation development services and innovative performance testing on topical and transdermal pharmaceutical products. -
News Univercells introduces breakthrough vaccine manufacturing platform
The automated NevoLine bioproduction system that facilitates safer, faster and closed bioprocessing in a much smaller footprint. -
News Allergan to establish R&D presence in Cambridge, Massachusetts
The new, strategic presence will allow the company to more easily interact and engage with venture firms and start ups in the area. -
News Expedeon signs supply and license agreement for is Lightning-Link technology
The technology will enable Cell Guidance Systems to manufacture TRIFic detection assays on-demand with highly reproducible and scalable results. -
News Lilly launches new robotic laboratory
Web-based platform provides broad access to the first-ever cloud laboratory to integrate automated biology and chemistry research capabilities in a closed-loop system. -
News Lilly to bag Loxo Oncology for $8 billion
Acquisition will broaden the scope of Lilly's oncology portfolio into precision medicines. -
News BMS and Celgene merge to create premier innovative biopharma company
Significantly expands Phase III assets with six expected near-term product launches, representing greater than $15 billion in revenue potential. -
News Sharing knowledge to improve scientific exchange in UK drug discovery
ELRIG UK and British Pharmacological Society initiate a 2-year strategic alliance. -
News Novartis offers to acquire CellforCure
Proposed acquisition will expand manufacturing capacity for innovative cell and gene therapies. -
News BMS receives offer from Taisho to purchase UPSA
The potential transaction would position BMS to further refine its portfolio to focus on transformational medicines for patients facing serious diseases. -
News An increased risk of a hard or ‘no deal Brexit?
A ‘no deal’ Brexit will change and burden how all industries that move materials and goods across borders, including the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, do business. -
News Recipharm to potentially end operations in Ashton-under-Lyne facility
The operation has not been profitable for several years; no likely prospect of it being able to deliver an acceptable return in the medium term. -
News Alcon acquires Tear Film Innovations
Tear Film's iLux Device offers innovative, customizable treatment for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, a leading cause of dry eye. -
News Pall opens Center of Excellence in Shanghai
The CoE showcases the latest end-to-end technological solutions for biomanufacturing. -
News Croda acquires market-leading vaccine adjuvant specialist
Croda will not only gain ownership to Biosector’s rich development pipeline but will become the only adjuvant supplier in the world with an aseptic and GMP-certified manufacturing site for vaccine adjuvants. -
News New gene therapy manufacturing facility for Orchard Therapeutics
Enhances company's capacity to develop and deliver lentiviral vector and gene-corrected hematopoetic stem cells for wide range of diseases on a global scale. -
News One month on: medical cannabis is still taboo despite change in law
Restrictive guidelines have led many to buy CBD products online, leading to a boom in production with many products going to market without sufficient quality control. -
News SGS to expand bioanalytical testing capabilities
The €3.5 million investment in equipment, facilities and expert staff will significantly increase the capabilities at the site to match increasing demand and shorten processes for pharmaceutical clients. -
News MIT engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug
Altered peptides from a South American wasp’s venom can kill bacteria but are nontoxic to human cells. -
News Spanish CDMO working ahead of EU serialisation deadline
Company now able to serialise commercial batches manufactured by them for clients; it can also offer standalone serialisation services as an outsourcing partner. -
News Fluidic Analytics raises $31m to launch new lab tools and unlock biology behind major diseases
The financing will power the global commercial launch of the company's Fluidity One system. -
News India to have strongest global growth in 2019?
Main drivers cited as ‘high-growth domestic market’ and ‘expanding manufacturing exports’. -
News OnDosis and Recipharm partner to advance a novel treatment regimen for ADHD
The new treatment will leverage OnDosis’ proprietary technology, which integrates oral drugs in form of micro units and individualised dosing, in a handheld device. -
News Merck successfully divests Consumer Health
Closing of sale to Procter & Gamble at a cash purchase price of €3.4 billion completed. -
News Digital manufacturing is a top priority for life sciences
Zenith Technology survey reveals that more than half of those surveyed believe that Industry 4.0 will drive the most change. -
News NIH to evaluate effectiveness of male contraceptive skin gel
The gel formulation includes the progestin compound segesterone acetate, in combination with testosterone, and is applied to the back and shoulders and absorbed through the skin. -
News Hikma announces injectable licensing agreement
Company provided with exclusive rights to market a suite of Hansoh's injectable oncology medicines within the US for the next 5 years. -
News QPS expands US-based Phase I clinical trial capabilities
Expansion supports the growing needs of the company's pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CRO partners. -
News Grant winners to investigate continuous manufacturing for gene therapies
Cobra Biologics, Pall, and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult share £1.5 million grant from the UK's innovation agency. -
News Recipharm’s proprietary molecule Erdosteine recognised as COPD treatment
Products containing Erdosteine from Recipharm are now marketed in over 40 countries across the world and is available in four different dosage forms. -
News Manufacturing of life-enhancing medicines boosted by new government funding
Patients could receive faster treatment following boost to streamline the production of medicines and treatments. -
News ADC Bio secures additional equity round investment
Extra funding for strategic move into downstream formulation and fill finish capabilities and full exploitation of Lock-Release as new ADC manufacturing paradigm. -
News SGS expands elemental impurity testing services
Company has successfully developed and validated impurity test methods in line with ICH Q3D regulatory guidelines. -
News SSB and Lonza modify relationship for supply of cell culture media
Sartorius Stedim Biotech will continue to offer Lonza media and buffer products but under a non-exclusive agreement. -
News BASF introduces new solutions for the personal care market
Wax-based and readily biodegradable: Euperlan OP White and Cegesoft Peel. -
News Record year for pharma packaging and drug delivery innovation
Event sees more innovation centralising at the Paris hub with entries for the awards and Start-up Hub opening. -
News EU FMD - time is running out!
Companies that have left it too late to implement their own solution will have to rely on support from providers, whose resources are already in high demand as the deadline approaches. -
News Virtual manufacturing system training service launches
Trainees are provided with real-world examples of process workflows. -
News Ardena cements growth and expansion with new HQ
Larger headquarters will enable the company to free up space for additional laboratories and further expand capabilities. -
News Concept Life Sciences extends GLP accreditation to support regulatory studies
Accreditation ensures quality and integrity of non-clinical laboratory studies to support pharmaceutical and biotech industries. -
News Sartorius receives award for outstanding performance in its production chain
Company's manufacturing building for laboratory instruments in Göttingen wins the Global Excellence in Operations Award. -
News Proprietary nasal delivery formulation of diazepam reaches NDA
The absolute bioavailability of the Valtoco intranasal formulation was 96% of intravenous diazepam in a Phase I cross-over trial. -
News bioLIVE to merge with BioProduction Congress for 2019 event
BioProduction’s content platform will be added to the bioLIVE exhibition, creating one of the world’s largest event hubs for the bio industry. -
News Record growth at The Wasdell Group
Despite Brexit looming, the company's EU & UK business has increased by almost 30% in the last 12 months. -
News Plasticell receives EU funding to advance neurodegenerative disease research
Th company's CombiCult combinatorial cell culture technology will be used to generate high fidelity, progenitor and terminally differentiated neuronal and glial cell subtypes for incorporation into next-generation models. -
News Lonza acquires controlling stake in Octane Biotech to further develop Cocoon autologous technology
Acquisition further strengthens Lonza’s commitment to drive the next generation of manufacturing patient-specific and personalized therapies. -
News DSCSA one-month countdown!
With only a month to go, it really is too late to start trying to develop an in-house solution. -
News Elpis Biomed human cell models could potentially replace animal experiments in drug discovery
OPTi-OX technology allows the company to produce human cells of unprecedented quality, purity, and consistency. -
News Manufacturing licence restriction at Recipharm
Restriction due to potential cross-contamination. -
News Global pharma set for strong year
Eight of the top ten pharma nations reporting improving market conditions. -
News New method for characterising liposome formulated drugs
CF3 coupled with UV-Vis detection able to separate and quantify the amount of free drug in a liposome-drug product. -
News Hovione increases oral dosage production capacity
‘One Site Shop’ expands to respond to growing demands. -
News Advanced porous plastics for medical & life science applications
BioVyon range have been incorporated into products to achieve more sensitive analysis, better healthcare, improved medical knowledge and faster diagnosis and treatment of diseases. -
News SIRIO Pharma opens multimillion gummy production plant
The new ‘Centre of Excellence’ already boasts one of the world’s most advanced gummy production line designed to meet demand from global markets. -
News Tjoapack and Veratrak launch EPOCH initiative
The virtual platform is designed to allow the healthcare industry to effectively research and explore new technologies that will help to shape the future of the pharmaceutical supply chain. -
News Sanofi's formulation patents on multibillion-dollar Lantus are Invalidated by US PTE
Mylan achieves key milestone to provide US diabetes patients with more affordable generic version of Sanofi's Lantus insulin glargine vials. -
News Particle Sciences to open new commercial facility
New facility will offer customers the full range of services from development through to commercial-scale manufacturing -
News Generics companies to move away from "little white pills"
Accepting more complexity and risk is key for those generics companies seeking competitive differentiation by diversifying their product portfolios. -
News Pharma manufacturers warned to invest in continuous manufacturing
CMOs hit by reduced volumes of opioid manufacturing from DEA quota changes, but cannabis sales to ignite. -
News CPHI Worldwide announces the winners of the 15th Pharma Awards
17 winners chosen from over 250 entries, with Nanobiotix winning both ‘CEO‘ and ‘Pharma Company of the Year’ categories. -
News CMOs to benefit from double digit approvals for ADCs in the next 3 years
Therapeutic ADC market expected to reach $4 billion by 2023. -
News Micro-Sphere increases capsule filling capacity
The MG2 Tekna increases the CDMO’s manufacturing capacity to up to 500 million capsules per year. -
News Symbiosis secures FDA viral vector process approval
Strengthens the CDMO's position as a centre of excellence as part of the viral vector drug development supply chain. -
News Three-way collaboration to advance gene therapy
Partnership aims to increase the robustness and reduce costs for the manufacturing of AAV vectors. -
News Movement on the market reflected at CPHI Worldwide 2018
Companies new to CPHI to showcase an exciting range of products and services ranging from electroceuticals to refrigerant alternatives. -
News New horizontal flow wrapping machine for hermetic packages
Greater product protection thanks to reliable sealing technologies. -
News Custom scalable turnkey PODs for flexible continuous bioprocess and viral vector facility solutions
The PODs ease verification, qualification and validation challenges, and their flexibility allows them to support multiple products. -
News Niche CDMO confirms spray drying for highly potent drugs
Idifarma's GMP spray drying technology for highly potent drugs up to Category 4 OEL/OEB is now operational. -
News Bioconjugation expertise and increased productivity in bio over next 5 years
Smaller bioreactors and high-density perfusion techniques needed as manufacturing makes significant efficiency improvements. -
News Alvotech receives manufacturing licence for its biopharmaceutical facility
Facility to focus on developing and manufacturing the company's biosimilar portfolio. -
News New oral treatment for metastatic melanoma receives EU authorisation
Encorafenib in combination with binimetinib demonstrated 14.9 months median progression-free survival compared with vemurafenib monotherapy (7.3 months). -
News Complete product lifecycle management in one location
Lonza expansion includes drug substance development, and drug substance and drug product manufacturing. -
News First biomarker-based chemical allergy test launched
GARDair removes the need for animal testing and opens a completely new market. -
News BIA Separations expands with new upstream processing facility
Provides single source of expertise for scaled production of complex biologics for gene therapy and vaccines. -
News Sanofi to refocus two global business units
The new Primary Care and China & Emerging Markets global business units are expected to launch at the beginning of 2019. -
News Bosch to unveil new laboratory device for continuous manufacturing
The Xelum R&D offers pharmaceutical manufacturers an ideal start to continuous OSD production. -
News Recipharm connects to European Hub for serialisation compliance
Connection allows the marketing authorisation holders within the Recipharm Group to continue to supply medicines to patients post the EU FMD implementation date. -
News Experts warn trade and patent changes could increase healthcare cost by $100bn over next 5 years
China is harmonizing to ICH standards at feverish pace and will force poor quality manufacturers out of market. -
News Partnership to deliver integrated, off-the-shelf biosimilar manufacturing solutions
Pall and Aetos to advance the market impact of biosimilars and deliver lower-priced, high-quality options to end users. -
News NMPA approves fruquintinib capsules for metastatic colorectal cancer
Fruquintinib - innovative medicine that has not previously been launched in China or internationally - provides a new therapeutic approach for metastatic colorectal cancer patients. -
News New SGS biopharmaceutical testing capabilities in Illinois
The new services will focus on quality control analysis and stability testing of biopharmaceuticals. -
News Novartis to divest the Sandoz US dermatology business and generic US oral solids portfolio
The Sandoz US portfolios to be sold to Aurobindo include approximately 300 products, as well as additional development projects. -
News Exciting skincare to protect against blue light emitted by phones and devices
Novel, dual-acting product revitalizes and protects skin against blue light and environmental aggressors around the clock. -
News 24/7 life science manufacturing IT service launches
Faster GMP incident response and resolution times when manufacturing IT applications fail or are not running to their optimum capacity. -
News Sartorius and Repligen partner to introduce next-generation perfusion-enabled bioreactors
Customers to benefit from simplified, scalable solutions for intensified cell culture. -
News Plasticell wins military contract to develop regenerative medicines for the battlefield
Company to use its combinatorial stem cell screening platform to develop technologies for the conversion of pluripotent stem cells into platelets. -
News Bio processing and manufacturing league table ranks US top and China bottom
US, Germany and Japan revealed as tier one nations in all categories with Sweden ranking the best of the rest. -
News Tjoapack and Veratrak launch first live blockchain tool
Secure data sharing across the pharmaceutical industry. -
News Wasdell to open new 'futureproof' facility in Ireland
New facility to carry out EU release testing ensuring continuous supply for customers regardless of the outcome of Brexit negotiations. -
News Sartorius sets up Life Science Factory for startup entrepreneurs
Life Science Factory gGmbH offers labs, co-working spaces and consulting services for life science entrepreneurs. -
News New biopharmaceutical testing laboratory to open in Geneva
SGS's expansion will enable the service provider to offer a full ICH Q6B physico-chemical characterization of biological products. -
News Innovation "hindered by regulators"
CPHI Annual Report expert sees CDMOs as potentially a source of process innovation but warns both regulator and license holders need to move past regulatory diktats. -
News Sharp begins validation phase of £9.5 million Clinical Services Centre of Excellence
Investment will triple Sharp’s clinical service capacity for the pharmaceutical, biotech and clinical research sectors. -
News Ammonia filtration key to efficient antibiotics production
Leading antibiotics manufacturer reduces unacceptable levels of production downtime. -
News Simultaneous automated and continuous monitoring of glucose and lactate in cell cultures
C-CIT Sensors launches its innovative and easy-to-handle single-use wireless bi-parametric metabolic monitoring system. -
News TraceLink $93 million investment to accelerate expansion of information-sharing network platform
Investment will fuel the digitalization of the global pharmaceutical supply chain through the integration of real-time information-sharing, to create a highly predictable supply chain for the industry. -
News The 6-month FMD countdown - are you ready?
With only 6 months left in which to become EU FMD-compliant, how can companies make the best use of their now limited options? -
News Sartorius earns silver in EcoVadis CSR rating
The company’s engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility includes reducing consumption of water in manufacturing by using innovative technologies. -
News Middle East and Africa pharma economy to reach US$38.8 billion by 2021
CPHI Middle East & Africa opens in Abu Dhabi as finished dosage formulations expand quickly, driven by government reforms to further increase local manufacturing. -
News Leaf Expression promises rich harvest for drug industry
Company's multimillion pound purpose-built facility becomes fully operational amidst growing interest worldwide in its potentially game-changing plant transient expression technology, Hypertrans. -
News Protecting the links between the UK and the EMA
Now less than a year away from when the UK officially leaves the EU, the main goal remains the same - maintaining access to new drugs for patient health. -
News Mylan launches first generic for Adcirca tablets
Tadalafil is indicated in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension to improve exercise ability. -
News Exosome isolation manufacturing and characterization
New service to reliably and reproducibly isolate exosomes from almost any biofluid. -
News Oxford Genetics signs major supply and licensing agreement for CRISPR engineered mammalian cell lines
Company moves away from manual processing in favour of automated, scalable platforms.
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