PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management-05-04-2016

Booming market demand is driving early development services for formulation development and manufacturing of early-phase clinical trial materials.

The production of antibody-drug conjugates requires biopharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, and conjugation capabilities.

Risk assessment may be the best defense when outmoded technology, complex transportation systems, and Murphy’s Law disrupt pharmaceutical supply chains.

Progress is being made, but work remains to be done. Brian Daleiden, vice president of marketing at TraceLink, discusses the state of the industry, as companies attempt to meet complex, and changing, global requirements.

Hacene Mekerri will serve as vice-president of PPD’s central laboratory organization.

Air Cargo Community Frankfurt takes steps to make Frankfurt Europe’s largest certified pharmaceutical hub.

Quotient Clinical has expanded its clinical spray drying capability through the acquisition of a Niro Mobile Minor Spray Dryer.

Worthington’s CryoScience by Taylor Wharton business will design and manufacture biostorage and logistics equipment for use in Cryoport’s life-sciences cryogenic logistics solutions.

Platinum Press provides serialization-ready printed materials to apply final track-and-trace data onto packaged pharmaceutical products.

Almac partnered with Optel Vision to provide a line-level solution (hardware and software) integrated with Almac’s proprietary level three, site-level software.

Instruments are introduced for elemental impurity analysis and materials identification.

Pfizer announced the launch of Pfizer CentreOne, a CMO formed by the combination of Pfizer CentreSource and Hospira One 2 One.

Through two acquisitions, Recipharm will acquire Kemwell’s United States, Swedish, and Indian operations.

The new system will be used for multiparticulate dosages.

WellSpring Pharma formed a strategic partnership with IDT Australia and invested $3 million in new equipment.