Chitra Sethi

California-based biopharmceutical company Spectrum Pharmaceuticals will develop a biosimilar version of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG's monoclonal antibody drug rituximab. Spectrum aims to achieve this through a partnership with Viropro Inc (Irvine, CA).

How did biopharmaceutical professionals fare during a year of hiring freezes, high anxiety, and increased workload? Our survey finds out.

ATMI, Inc. has acquired the Belgian biotechnology firm Artelis SA, which offers technologies for cell culture research and manufacturing scale-up.

On September 21, 2010, Gilead Sciences (San Dimas, CA) received a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration, citing violations of current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for its manufacturing and quality processes related to the production of antifungal agent AmBisome at its California facility.