Aastrom Biosciences will acquire Sanofi's CTRM business for $6.5 million.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals issues voluntary nationwide recall of one lot of CUBICIN single use vials due to presence of particulate matter.

Roquette America and Quadra Ingredients enter a partnership for the distribution of pharmaceutical products in Canada.

Hospira announces nationwide voluntary recall of propofol injectable emulsion, USP, and lidocaine HCI injection, USP due to visible particuluates.

Thomson Reuters names three potential drugs anticipated to bring in over $1 billion in sales through 2019.

SI Group agrees to purchase certain Albemarle assets and products.

The cleaning validation lifecycle includes assessment, development, validation, and monitoring.

BASF builds a new plant for specialty amines in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

GSK receives FDA approval of Tanzeum for adults with type 2 diabetes.

EMA notifies EU healthcare professionals of the falsified cancer drug Herceptin.

Mallinckrodt will acquire Questcor to create a diversified, high-growth specialty pharmaceuticals company.

Metrohm appoints Edward Colihan as president and CEO of Metrohm USA.

EMA sends its results on Roche investigation of pharmacovigilance non-compliance to the European Commission.

A new report from PhRMA outlines potential growth trajectories affecting the biopharmaceutical industry.

ThioBridge linker technology to attach different payloads to a range of antibodies

Ian Read, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, is elected chairman of the PhRMA.

CBER will move to the FDA White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Aesica's consortium project receives grant to investigate an industrial biotechnology process to improve the manufacturing of an API.

FDA develops an assay that could speed the release of pandemic influenza vaccines.

Fette Compacting America appoints Sean Scully as its new president.

The Advanced Tissue-engineered Human Ectypal Network Analyzer project team is developing realistic human organs for testing.

Molecular Profiles expands technology with GMP hot melt extrusion.

uniQure appoints a new COO and vice president, Medical affairs.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly announced that they plan to challenge a $9 billion judgment in a lawsuit that alleged Actos caused a patient's bladder cancer.

ChemCon passes its fourth FDA inspection in the 17-year history of the company.

European scientists have discovered a method to improve the efficiency of the pharmaceutical production through plant biotechnology.

Dalton Pharma completes its $2.5 million expansion in Toronto for sterile and aseptic filling capabilities.

Sun Pharma acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories will create the fifth-largest specialty generics company in the world.