Outsourcing

Vetter plans to invest approximately 300 million Euros during the course of five years to expand drug product manufacturing and logistic services in Germany; upgrades will include an improved RABS system for aseptic processing.

Sterigenics International will triple West Memphis sterilization capacity with $15 million expansion.

The Grünenthal Group’s Tecnandina manufacturing plant in Ecuador has received the country’s first certification from the Regulatory Authority of Brazil.

The CDMO is striving to become a market leader in the development and manufacturing of antibody-drug conjugates.

Pharma development and manufacturing firm Patheon announces new tagline and logo.

Cobra Biologics and the University of Manchester announce a collaboration to improve industrial scale-up of mammalian cell bioprocessing.

Abenza acquired biopharmaceutical CDMO PacificGMP and expanded the company’s San Diego facility.

PharmSource forecasts slow growth in a new report on the outlook for the contract manufacturing industry.

SGS Life Science Services announced that its facility in Fairfield, NJ, has been upgraded to be Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) compliant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

The partners will collaborate on a project to capture and integrate clinical trial data metrics on investigational cancer medications.

Suppliers indicate prices for single-use equipment are likely to increase.

Kason’s Vibro-Bed fluid-bed agglomerator is equipped with imbalanced-weight gyratory motors and mounted on a spring suspension.

Mayne Pharma plans to double oral-dose manufacturing space and expand contract services.

Recipharm will be responsible for the supply of the remaining clinical-trial material and ongoing future commercial supply of RHB-105, the lead drug candidate developed by RedHill for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori bacterial infection.

WuXi's Laboratory Testing Division will be the exclusive supplier of laboratory testing services for Hong Kong-based Lee's Pharm.

Cytovance Biologics anticipates continued expansion plans following acquisition by Hepalink USA

With this acquisition, Source BioScience is now able to offer integrated solutions to customers, with environmentally controlled storage in combination with the required up- or downstream analytical testing services.

*This article is an opinion piece and does not necessarily represent the views of BioPharm International.

Companies in the US will now have the opportunity to tap into Hermes Pharma’s technical expertise in effervescent and chewable tablets, instant drinks, lozenges, and orally disintegrating granules (ODGs).

CMC Biologics will manufacture monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and provide process development services for the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.

Catalent selects advisory board members to complement Redwood Bioscience Scientific Advisory Board.

Contract research, development, and manufacturing organizations (CROs, CDMOs and CMOs) are embracing lean manufacturing, while Big Pharma is applying it, not so much for inventory management, but to improve supply chain visibility and control.

FDA issues guidance regarding fees for drug compounding outsourcing facilities.

Biopharma companies are outsourcing more jobs to cut costs.

The YDP30 printer from Sartorius automatically performs thermal transfer or direct thermal printing, without the need to change settings, to meet requirements for fade-resistant printout in regulated areas, such as quality-control laboratories.