Manufacturing

Recipharm is investing EUR3.7 million (approximately $4.18 million) to increase lyophilization capacity at its Masate facility in Italy.

The company is opening two offices in the United States that will offer serialization, automation, and process control services.

Fresenius Kabi will add to its generic, sterile injectable manufacturing at its Melrose Park, Illinois site.

Arbor Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling Cetylev (acetylcysteine) effervescent tablets due to inadequate seal of the blister pack.

TOPAS Advanced Polymers announces its COC materials are compliant with new USP standard for pharma plastic packaging systems.

The Group is focusing on standardizing data exchanges between the enterprise serialization management function and product packaging lines.

Piramal Enterprises has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% stake in Ash Stevens all by cash for a consideration of $42.95 million plus an earn-out consideration capped at $10 million.

Irvine Scientific’s new product range includes chemically-defined, serum-free media, to increase productivity of viral vectors and recombinant proteins in suspension cultures.

The agency has adopted guidelines on the pharmacovigilance of biological drugs.

The GMP-certified facility will produce TruTag microtags for global pharmaceutical customers.

Herma’s wrap-around, high-speed labelling machine will be available for demonstration at its new facility in New Jersey.

The Claristep filtration system from Sartorius improves preparation of samples for analytical testing.

Jacobs Engineering Group was awarded a contract to provide engineering services and procurement for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ new manufacturing facility in Norton, Massachusetts.

The design of Baxter BioPharma Solutions’ aseptic filling lines provides a case study in customizing containment systems for multi-product lines

Three-dimensional printing allows unique benefits to be built in to solid-dosage forms.

Susan Schniepp, Distinguished Fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, discusses the regulatory requirements for improving manufacturing lines.

CMOs are working hard to improve performance by investigating new technologies for filtration and purification.

Regulators and manufacturers address economic and ethical issues for scarce medicines.

New technology introduced in 2016 aids innovation growth for pharmaceutical manufacturing.

A technology management process identifies and evaluates new technologies in biopharmaceutical manufacturing to aid business decisions.

A Q&A with FDA to gain insight on FDA's views of three-dimensional printing and its regulation in drug manufacturing.

PharmTech’s 2016 survey shows general satisfaction with existing solid-dose and parenteral manufacturing equipment, and slow adoption of continuous manufacturing processes.

The acquisition will add to the company's cell therapy base and potential impact in treating rare diseases.

Airlines, airports, freight forwarders, and other cold-chain partners are taking a crash course in pharma cGMPs.

Recent revisions to the European Union’s good distribution practices, which were updated in 2013, reflect increased regulatory focus on the supply chain.

This paper describes a unique Prep-rP-HPLC technique that uses a C-18/C-8 derivatized silica coated with a hydrophobic quaternary ammonium salt or quaternary phosphonium salt that acts as an additional/surrogate stationary phase (AsP/ssP).

An MIT-developed system uses microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies.

Stability testing programs should provide drug owners the information needed to establish the proper handling, shipping, and shelf-life recommendations for drug products.

The success of a pharmaceutical manufacturing transfer from one facility to another requires detailed operational plans, attention to detail, and coordination between all parties. \