Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Essentra has signed an agreement to acquire Clondalkin's Specialist Packaging Division for a cash consideration of approximately $455 million.

Consort announced that it has completed the acquisition of Aesica.

Facility will provide manufacturing services for inhalation, liquids, topicals and oral solids dosage forms

Catalent Pharma Solutions announces additional packaging and storage space for highly potent and cytotocix drugs at Kansas City facility.

Capsugel gives lead users access to intrinsically enteric capsule technology and support services.

SGS Life Science Services has been awarded cGMP accreditation from AIFA for its analytical laboratory in Livorno, Italy.

Roche announced it will spend 450 million Swiss Francs on a new manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.

FDA releases guidance specifying its preferred unique facility identifier system.

FDA gives orphan drug designation to Merrimack Pharmaceuticals MM-141 for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Construction has started on Novo Nordisk's laboratories for diabetes research in Denmark.

MedImmune enters into an agreement to acquire the image analysis and data mining company.

AstraZeneca announced a partnership with Pharmacyclics and Janssen for combination trials of MEDI4736 (AstraZeneca) with Imbruvica (Pharmacyclics and Janssen) for the treatment of hematologic cancers.

An FDA warning letter to Hikma Pharmaceuticals cites violations of CGMP at its plant in Portugal that manufactures finished drugs.

Bristol-Myers Squibb entered into an agreement with Galecto Biotech AB to gain exclusive rights to TD139, a novel inhaled inhibitor of galectin-3 for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

LabCorp announced it will purchase contract research company Covance Inc. for approximately $6.1 billion in cash and stock.

Spectranetics announced that it acquired Covidien's drug-coated balloon platform, Stellarex, for $30 million.

Industry veteran Peter Bigelow to guide PBOA Board.

Sigma-Aldrich's custom manufacturing services business unit, SAFC, has launched a new protein quality supplement for biological drug production, including biosimilars.

SGS Life Science Services announced the completion of its Glasgow, UK testing facility for cell banks in biological medicines.

CDMO DPT Laboratories, a specialist in semi-solid and liquid dosage forms, announced that it has implemented a high-speed bottle-filling center at its San Antonio location.

The new Argos biomanufacturing facility in North Carolina will include automated production using the company's Arcelis technology.

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that they have reached an agreement with F-star Alpha, giving BMS the exclusive option to acquire F-star's HER2-targeted breast and gastric cancer treatment.

GSK's investigational Ebola vaccine is in Phase I safety trials.

Johnson& Johnson is collaborating with WHO and others on clinical testing, development, production, and distribution of an Ebola vaccine.

Contract Packaging Resources issued a voluntary recall of naproxen sodium tablets because some cartons contain bottles of ibuprofen.

Ashland Specialty Ingredients opened a drug development and bioavailability enhancement facility in Wilmington, Delaware.

FDA approved a Cook Pharmica facility and a Patheon facility for manufacturing of Halozyme products.

AbbVie to pay Shire $1.635 billion break fee for terminating purchase agreement.

The agency recommends that companies developing drugs to treat Ebola apply for orphan drug designation.

Lilly announces the closure of its Guayama, Puerto Rico manufacturing facility amid continued investments at other plants.