Merck is providing WHO with approximately 10 million tablets for Ivory Coast.

Prefilled syringes for commercial supply of the etanercept biosimilar will be produced at Catalent’s Brussels facility in Belgium.

Designing loss-in-weight feeders for accurate and consistent refill is crucial to a continuous solid-dosage process.

Natoli Engineering is hosting a technical training course on the basics of tablet manufacturing and troubleshooting. Natoli is holding the three-day course for professionals in the pharmaceutical, tablet compression, veterinary, nutritional, confectionary, and industrial markets. The dates for the 2017 course are:

The researchers were awarded the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award for a solventless method for coating APIs.

Oxford Genetics increased its laboratory space to 5700 sq. ft. with a move to a new location at Oxford Science Park.

The new guidelines will address bioanalytical method validation and biopharmaceutics classification system-based biowaivers.

A €15-million investment will be made over 2014-2016 in a biotech facility located in Tres Cantos, Spain

An explosion and fire at a BASF plant in Ludwigshafen that left two dead resulted from work on a pipeline containing ethylene and propylene product.

The guidance assists applicants in preparing prior approval supplements for abbreviated new drug applications.

The agency recommended granting conditional marketing authorization of Ocaliva for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis.

The agency awarded 21 new clinical trial research grants to boost the development of treatments for rare diseases.

FDA is working with EMA to treat rare diseases and keep patients involved in healthcare.

Recipharm announced that it has invested 5 million SEK in a new GLP bioanalysis laboratory in Uppsala.

CordenPharma announced the completion of a new highly potent process bay for APIs at the company’s Colorado facility.

The companies will collaborate the manufacture of personalized cancer vaccines.

Laboratoire Sintyl S.A. received an FDA warning letter for CGMP quality violations.

Wallace Cameron International was cited for not registering its Wishaw, Scotland facility with FDA.

Recipharm launched a showcase line to demonstrate the company’s new serialization solutions.

A new study proposes a new way to potentially treat congenital diseases in utero.

A UK appeals court ruled against Pfizer, saying generic-drug makers did not infringe on Lyrica’s pain patent.

Piramal entered into an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals to acquire five of the company’s injectable products.

FDA warned Nippon Fine Chemical Co. for refusing to allow FDA investigators to inspect sections of the company’s laboratory and equipment.

HHS entered into a contract with BioProtection Systems Corp. for commercial manufacturing tests of an Ebola vaccine.

Marken announced the opening of a new depot and logistics operations center in Argentina.

Gamida Cell was granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for NiCord, a novel graft modality for bone marrow transplantation.

The company revealed its new Always Solving corporate identity following its eventual separation from Valvoline.

The companies entered into a collaboration and license agreement for Crescendo’s Humabody-based therapeutics.