Outsourcing

Driven by competitive pressures and using models pioneered in other industries, pharmaceutical companies are extending collaboration efforts well beyond their walls.

Ignoring a contract partner’s ability to handle highly potent APIs (HPAPIs) safely may have serious consequences. Drug owners and contract service providers alike must understand the complexities and liabilities involved in working with HPAPIs.

After a long wait for the new elemental impurities guidelines, the bio/pharma industry must now look ahead to implementation and take action.

Cloud computing has made it easier for pharma companies and their contract partners to gain visibility into their combined supply chains.

Within the past few years, key players have left the sterile manufacturing business. Can new technology and investment revitalize this critical market?

Currently, pharma has only scratched the surface of the potential value of repurposing drugs, says consultant Hermann Mucke. Contract service partners are playing a more prominent role, but could play an even larger one in these efforts.

Sponsors and contract partners alike should not assume that upcoming US federal deadlines will be as elastic as California’s were.

Investment in Powdersize adds particle-size control solutions to Xcelience’s capabilities.

Lupin acquires businesses in Germany, the US, Russia, Brazil, and South Africa.

Avista grows its contract services business, and Scynexis focuses on antifungal development.

AMRI expands its API portfolio and European presence through acquisition of Gadea’s Crystal Pharma Group.

Evans Analytical Group expands into the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry with acquisition of ABC Laboratories.

Catalent’s licensing of Excelimmune’s antibody combination therapy platform can enable the manufacture of multiple recombinant antibodies in a single batch culture.

Keith Moore will support Metrics Contract Services as vice president of analytical services.

While all market signs are pointing up, memories of past setbacks may discourage from expanding capacity.

The addition of a new manufacturing line at Lonza’s Portsmouth, NH site enables Alexion to add dedicated product supply for 10 years.

Gil Roth, Founder and President of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association speaks with Pharmaceutical Technology.

Jim Miller, President of PharmSource, speaks with Pharmaceutical Technology.

Jim Miller, President of PharmSource, spoke with Pharmaceutical Technology about working with CMOs and CDMOs.

The 12th Annual Report and Survey of Biomanufacturing is now available.

SGS Life Science Services expands cGMP chemistry and biotechnology testing facilities in Shanghai.

A new SGS Life Science Services laboratory outside Paris is designed for bio/pharmaceutical quality control testing.

Presenters at IVT's Microbiology Week discussed best practices and recent guidance publications for microbial control in sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical processes.

Catalent’s Singapore facility is awarded GMP certification.

Vetter completes on-site expansion activities of visual inspection and in-process control at Chicago facility.

Huber Kältemaschinenbau will be exhibiting temperature control solutions for the research laboratory and process industry at ACHEMA 2015.

Porvair has developed a 2-ml 96 round-well deep-well plate that enables scientists to use the full 2.00 ml well capacity.

Biopharma companies on both sides of the Atlantic ship more of their assay testing to outside service providers.

ProMetic Life Sciences will use manufacturing and plasma fractionation processes at Emergent BioSolutions’ Winnipeg, Canada facility.

Clinical supplies facility in Frankfurt, Germany will triple Theorem Clinical Research’s current clinical supplies capacity.