News

The process-driven system reduces total cost of ownership.

FDA's FY 2014 budget includes more than $10 million above the 2012 budget for inspections of products and ingredients manufactured in China.

The alliance will develop treatments based on Isis? antisense technology.

FDA inspections of compounding pharmacies result in FDA-483 citations.

Prefilled-syringe line features automation and novel disinfection techniques.

The company expands to add process-development and clinical-manufacturing capabilities at its large-scale bulk biologics facility.

Company is notified of GMP violations at facility in Catania, Italy.

Maryland is the latest state to consider whether to include additional requirements for substitution of biological products.

Catalent Pharma Solutions has acquired a license to market Redwood Bioscience 's proprietary SMARTag precision protein-chemical engineering technology.

Regeneron, a biopharmaceutical company based in New York, has announced plans to expand its corporate headquarters and laboratories in Westchester. This expansion will create more than 400 new highly skilled jobs and further cement Hudson Valley's reputation as an emerging epicenter for biopharmaceutical growth.

Company considers investment in insulin cartridge-filling and insulin API manufacturing capacity in the US.

Teva and Lonza have announced that their joint venture will continue to develop, manufacture and market affordable, efficacious and safe biosimilars.

Company issues voluntary recall after learning of complaints of an uncharacteristic odor coming from Levoxyl bottles.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced the companies confirmed to present at the 2013 BIO International Convention.

Ajinomoto Co. Inc. reported the completion of a previously announced acquisition of Althea Technologies.

Novartis loses an appeal in seeking patent protection in India for its anticancer drug.

Shire has announced plans to acquire dry eye specialist SARcode Bioscience with the aim of expanding its ophthalmics portfolio. Under the terms of the agreement, Shire will pay $160 million upfront and SARcode shareholders will receive additional undisclosed payments upon achievement of certain clinical, regulatory and/or commercial milestones.

AstraZeneca announced further downsizing in response to an expected period of declining revenues in the face of patent expirations. The company will eliminate 2300 positions in sales and general administration.

The New Jersey-licensed specialty pharmacy recalls magnesium sulfate products and halts all production operations.

At Pittcon 2013, Bruker introduced a range of instruments and software updates including two LC-triple quadrupole (LC-TQ) mass spectrometers.

Metrohm and FOSS have entered into a strategic alliance in which Metrohm will become the sole global distributor of FOSS NIR instruments for the pharmaceutical sector.

The 2013 Excipient Information Package (EIP) User Guide is now available for free download from the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC)-Americas.

The Excellence Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer DMA 1, introduced by Mettler Toledo offers six different deformation modes to gauge materials performance.

Rigaku Raman Technologies announced an updated version of the FirstGuard handheld Raman analyzer at Pittcon 2013.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduced several new products at Pittcon 2013.

AstraZeneca announced that it will consolidate its R&D capabilities into three centers located in Cambridge, UK; Gaithersburg, MD in the US; and M?lndal, Sweden. The reorganization will result in a net loss of 1600 position, mostly in the US and the UK.

At Pittcon 2013, Water Corp. announced improvement to chromatography systems and software.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. launched new software, instruments, consumables, and services for analytical applications at Pittcon 2013.