Pharmaceutical Outsourcing covers news of importance to the contract services segment of the pharmaceutical industry.
Collected from the most trusted on-line resources, these news stories are chosen and published here based on their relevance to the pharmaceutical industry.
Topics of interest typically include: mergers and acquisitions, service additions, new capabilities, personnel changes, news from the FDA and other international regulatory and standard-setting agencies, and new outsourcing contracts and deals.
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Thursday, December 29, 2016
Eurofins Scientific has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Villapharma Research SL (“Villapharma”) in Spain. The transaction is expected to close in February 2017, upon fulfilment of customary closing conditions.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Recipharm AB has announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Björn Westberg has resigned from his position with the company.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Eurofins Scientific has acquired Exova’s environment testing business in Eastern Canada for about CAD 13m. The acquired business includes 5 laboratories in Quebec and Ontario, employing about 160 staff, and generated around CAD 19m of revenues in ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Ascendance Biotechnology has announced the execution of an agreement with GE Healthcare providing Ascendance a right to manufacture, market and sell the GE Healthcare Cytiva® brand of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells (“cardiomyocytes”) used...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Catalent Pharma Solutions has announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph (Joe) Reo to the role of Director of Global Scientific Affairs. In his new post, Dr. Reo will be responsible for Catalent’s internal scientific affairs to evolve the company’s ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Mayne Pharma recently announced the U.S. launch of temozolomide capsules, 5mg, 20mg, 100mg, 140mg, 180mg and 250mg, which is a generic version of branded Temodar®.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Eurofins Scientific has acquired ASL Análises Ambientais, one of the leading environment testing service providers in Brazil.
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Friday, December 23, 2016
McKesson Corporation, a global healthcare services and information technology company, and Change Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a provider of software and analytics, network solutions and technology-enabled services, have announced that the companies ...
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BASi) has announced financial results for the full fiscal year and fourth quarter ended September 30, 2016.
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Friday, December 23, 2016
AmerisourceBergen Corporation has been notified of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital Corporation (“TRC”) to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares, or approximately 0.68 percent of the outstanding common stock of AmerisourceBergen as of ...
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has entered into global license and supply agreements with Novartis for the development and commercialization of a Captisol-enabled oral liquid formulation of trametinib, a kinase inhibitor currently indicated as a single agent...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
The global biotechnology services outsourcing market is expected to reach USD 92.9 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The Pharmaceutical industry has been adaptive of the function of outsourcing certain clinical ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
Moffitt Cancer Center has chosen Cryoport, Inc. to provide support for its immunology program, cancer research, and therapy programs and lab moves.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
UK-based contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Sterling Pharma Solutions has established a toll processing agreement with TPI Enterprises to manufacture Codeine Phosphate (CPO) for sale in the UK market.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Symcel, the provider of the cell-based assay tool for real-time cellular bioenergetic measurements, calScreener™, has partnered with Colzyx to test 25 different new collagen VI derived antimicrobial peptides – analyzing their capability to kill ...
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