Manufacturing

The new center will integrate biologics drug discovery, development, clinical manufacturing, and commercial manufacturing.

FDA has issued a warning letter to Mylan citing GMP violations of finished pharmaceutical products manufactured at the company’s Morgantown, WV, facility.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers must stay compliant with changing regulations for hazardous waste disposal.

The University of South Australia is working to develop needle-free vaccines for Zika, chikingunya, and peanut allergy in a collaboration with Australian biotechnology company Sementis and Enesi Pharma, a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical company.

The vaccine producer announced an expansion to its Holly Springs, NC, manufacturing facility where it will increase production of its cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine.

The new collaborative center aims to serve as a hub for innovations in drug development and manufacturing.

Under the new long-term agreement, Sartorius Stedim Biotech will continue to offer Lonza media and buffer products under non-exclusive terms.

In preparation for the upcoming US Drug Supply Chain Security Act deadline, Metrics Contract Services has expanded serialization capabilities at its oral solid-dose commercial manufacturing site in Greenville, NC.

A robotic tray-loading system from ESS Technologies gently handles glass prefilled syringes.

Wilden’s new air-operated double-diaphragm pumps can be installed in vertical or horizontal positions with various inlet and discharge options.

Collaborative robots work beside laboratory employees to improve efficiency in pharmaceutical research and quality control labs.

Improving the manufacturing of gene therapy vectors will be crucial to making advanced treatments accessible to more patients who need them, agreed panelists at the 2018 Galien Forum.

Experts believe that the contract development and manufacturing organization market will reach $17.38 billion by 2022, with disruptive business models using Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) and single-use technologies proving more profitable and efficient in the long term.

GE Healthcare will collaborate with Wego Pharmaceutical in China for local production and supply of GE Healthcare’s Fortem single-use consumables.

The new program will provide cell and gene therapy companies a more efficient way to ensure quality compliance across collection center networks and to minimize quality system audit burden on these centers.

The expanded Frederick, MD, site will help meet global demand for diagnostic instruments and cell and gene therapies for clinical trials.

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) named Shire as the ISPE 2018 Facility of the Year Awards Overall Winner for a facility integration project in Los Angeles, CA.

The expansion adds new capabilities and enhances existing service offerings for both oral and parenteral dosage forms.

The company has rolled out the first batch of TRACON Pharmaceutical’s lead product candidate from its Singapore-based single-use bioreactor.

An ERP solution provides for the management of multiple business activities and traceability requirements resulting from regulations, customer demands, sourcing, and international business needs.

A matrix of multi-functional cleanrooms can be adapted for launching products.

Mechanistic process and product modeling turns data into knowledge that can be extrapolated with known confidence for design space characterization and risk assessment.

Irish manufacturer of generic medicines for both human and animal health, Chanelle Pharma, has been named as Pharma Industry Company of the Year 2018.

This article will explore the requirements for media and supplements needed to maintain newer cell lines, such as those based on human cells and fungal cells.

This paper describes how the concept of acceptance value can be redefined to remove bias and more closely reflect quality targets.