Manufacturing

Packaging Coordinators, Inc. expands its services with acquisition of Penn Pharmaceutical Services.

Study provides first substantive reference data on key quality attributes of empty capsules

Sandoz is first to file for FDA approval of a biologic under the biosimilars pathway created in the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009.

American Health Packaging announced a voluntary nationwide recall of ibuprofen and oxcarbazepine tablets due to mislabeling on the inner unit dose blister packaging.

Unique Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary recall of sterile compounded preparations, but aired concerns about FDA?s recall demand.

Modular design and quick-changeover features help deliver flexibility and maximize return on investment.

Hovione will use Merrion's GIPET absorption-enhancing technology for solid-dosage drugs.

Isolators should be designed to enhance working conditions for end-users.

Pharmaceutical Technology’s survey collected industry feedback on trends and the utility of equipment used in finished drug-product manufacturing.

West's new plant in India will manufacture primary packaging for injectable drugs.

Puncture in container and overwrap cause leak in intravenous solution, leading to recall by Hospira.

Baxter Healthcare has initiated a nationwide recall of more than 20,000 containers of a pre-mixed beta blocker due to the presence of particulate matter.

The MG2 Selekta is a high-speed checkweigher and sorting machine for tablet production.

Fette's FE75 Tablet Press is designed for large batches.

A hygiene-grade conveyor chain from FB Chain improves wear compared to stainless-steel chains.

Gerresheimer's Gx G-Fix adapter integrates prefilled glass syringes with polymer-based autoinjector devices.

Kraemer KD60 equipment conveys and dedusts vitamin and nutraceutical tablets.

The authors look at the cleanability of pharmaceutical soils from a variety of materials of construction to determine the relative ease of cleaning and explore potential grouping strategies as part of a comprehensive cleaning validation program.

PharmTech's annual equipment and manufacturing survey shows gains in process analytical technology and indicates areas for future innovation.

The Modular Automated Sampling Technology platform allows sampling of bioreactors.

Nitrogen dioxide can sterilize and depyrogenate an aseptic fill area in a blow-fill-seal process.

Stakeholders face challenges and benefits from a more secure pharmaceutical supply chain.

Biotage has launched a purification technology, Accelerated Chromatographic Isolation (ACI), which converts simple flash purification into a faster and more economical way to isolate pure compounds.

PharmSource special report shows demand for cytotoxic injectable drugs could tap existing CMO capacity.

Aesica Pharmaceuticals S.r.I. collaborates with QAD to meet China&s Food and Drug Administration's shortened serialization deadline.