Manufacturing

The pharmaceutical industry is adopting Industry 4.0 and emerging technologies to improve product quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Pharma 4.0 envisions highly efficient automated processes, which could be continuous, batch, or a hybrid of these, driven by an integrated manufacturing control strategy.

Particle engineering using jet milling or spray drying can be used to obtain appropriate particle characteristics for inhalation drug products.

Keystone Folding Box has added a new line of secondary packaging systems for injectable pharmaceutical products.

Ross Systems and Controls (SysCon) touchscreen purged panels have been certified under the standards of Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL)-698A Code and the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA)-496 Code.

CMOs/CDMOs that are easy to work with, have demonstrated performance track records, and plan for the future are preferred.

Nik Leist’s keynote address will explore the manufacturing of digital medicines at the CPhI North America 2018 conference in Philadelphia, PA, on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Research suggests that radiation can have a significant impact on the composition and rheology of hydroxyethyl cellulose-based medicinal gels.

Taking vendor product data at face value puts pharmaceutical manufacturers and their supply chain partners at risk.

Equipment and product innovations improve pharmaceutical manufacturing tasks.

The new premises have been built-to-spec to offer efficient, high quality, and environmentally friendly service to customers.

The company’s close communication with customers has enabled it to bring advanced pipetting products to market.

Natoli acquired Carlisle Precision Machining, which supplies replacement parts for encapsulation equipment.

The QF10k pump from Quattroflow is a positive-displacement quaternary diaphragm pump with a patent-pending chamber design.

The Visiocover from GEA is a transparent sanitary cover for visual inspection of and process access to non-sticky-powder processes.

Telstar reports that its Boreas, a new 86° ultra-low-temperature freezer, increases average performance by 20%.

Cleanroom floor and wall solutions from Sika meet rigorous standards for pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.

Hitachi will manufacture regenerative medicines developed by Daiichi Sankyo and SanBio Group.

The agreement gives IncoCell Tianjin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based Boyalife Group, access to Cesca’s celluar processing contract development and manufacturing services.

The collaboration between the two companies aims to finish all necessary work needed to file for a first-in-human study by early 2019.

The company plans to install 4000-L disposable bioreactors from ABEC at its new commercial manufacturing facility in Wuxi city, China.

Helsinn will acquire the global rights to Valchlor/Ledaga (mechlorethamine/chlormethine), a topical skin-cancer drug, from Actelion Pharmaceuticals.

Process analytical technology and advanced process control strategies can be applied to either batch or continuous manufacturing of solid-dosage drugs.

ISPE announced BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Shire, Vetter, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals as FOYA Category winners.

An expanded pharma services supply chain facility in Germany boosts Thermo Fisher’s Pharma Services footprint in Europe.

Puncture and aerosolization tests measure the effectiveness of hard-shell capsules used in dry powder inhalers (DPIs) for inhaled drug products.

Hovione plans to continue to expand its sites in Portugal and Ireland for chemical synthesis, spray drying, and laboratory analysis.

Biogen will acquire an AMPA receptor potentiator for cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia in a deal worth approximately $590 million.

Sartorius Stedim Biotech has launched a new automated parallel bioreactor system for perfusion culture.

Sartorius has delivered to ABL’s Strasbourg facility, a GMP viral vector manufacturing package solution that includes single-use bioreactors and an automation platform for normal flow filtration, tangential filtration, and mixing.