Pharmaceutical Outsourcing covers news of importance to the contract services segment of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Ligand Pharmaceuticals has announced the signing of an agreement with Ab Initio Biotherapeutics whereby Ligand will acquire Ab Initio for $12 million in cash.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Aurobindo Pharma and COVAXX have entered into an agreement to develop, commercialize and manufacture UB-612, the first Multitope Peptide-based Vaccine to fight COVID-19, for India and UNICEF.
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Monday, November 01, 2021
WuXi Biologics a global company with leading open-access biologics technology platforms, announced it has successfully launched the GMP operation of its new drug product facility located in Wuxi, China, which is the eighth operational drug product ...
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Juniper Pharmaceuticals has entered into a definitive agreement with Catalent to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Juniper at a price of $11.50 per share in cash.
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Marken, the leading clinical logistics organization, and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES), a multi-sector non-profit dedicated to excellence in clinical research, have created a strategic partnership with the goal of ...
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Symeres announced the appointment of Henning Steinhagen as Chief Executive Officer, marking a key transition as the company scales its operations and broadens its market reach.
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BioNTech SE has announced plans to expand its global footprint to Asia with the establishment of its Regional Headquarters for south east Asia in Singapore.
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Wednesday, March 06, 2024
In 2023, the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 55 new drugs, 17 of which were biopharmaceuticals. Rentschler Biopharma SE, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biopharmaceuticals, ...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
INC Research Holdings, a global Phase I to IV contract research organization, is commemorating its milestone of managing the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry (APR), the largest and longest-running pregnancy exposure registry of its kind that has ...
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Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services announced leadership changes at the company's site in San Diego, effective immediately.
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
BioStorage Technologies, Inc. a provider of comprehensive sample lifecycle management for the life sciences industry and subsidiary of Brooks Life Science Systems, has announced the expansion of its sample storage services in the U.S. and ...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Under this agreement AGC Biologics will provide Good Manufacturing Practice manufacturing for AAVantgarde’s two novel candidates designed to address progressive and irreversible vision loss where there are currently no approved therapies.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Sterling Pharma Solutions has reached an agreement with Novartis to acquire its Ringaskiddy campus (Novartis Ringaskiddy Limited), near Cork, Ireland. Financial details of the sale, which is expected to close in Q4, 2022, have not been disclosed.
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Oligo Factory, a provider of high-quality custom DNA and RNA oligonucleotides for therapeutic, diagnostic, and life science applications, announced the launch of its new low-scale oligo synthesis capability. This expansion enhances the company’s ...
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Monday, September 29, 2025
Veranova announced the appointment of Joe Torres-Ocasio as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will lead Veranova’s global operations across its manufacturing network in Europe and North America, and will also oversee the ...
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