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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Monday, September 22, 2014
The rise of high value specialty pharmaceuticals, growth of the generics market, smaller order sizes and increasing label complexity are driving demand for shorter batch color labels. With the Drug Quality and Security Act’s (DQSA) impending ...
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Automatic inspection of 600 containers per minute with a low space requirement and fast availability: the new Seidenader CS-60 offers all the benefits for a quick return on investment. Now the new German-produced high-speed development is making its ...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies has announced continued expansion of its cell culture manufacturing capabilities with the addition of two 2000L single-use bioreactors. One each of these is being installed at the company's sites in Research Triangle...
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Cytovance Biologics, a leading full-service contract manufacturing organization (“CMO”) of mammalian and microbial biologics, welcomes Mark Ambrose, Ph.D., as Senior Director of Quality Systems and Compliance and Anne Garstka as Director of ...
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DSM, a global leader in materials science and regenerative medicine, announced today the launch of its cellular therapy development services. Cellular therapies use a patient’s own cells to improve healing of an injury or disease. DSM develops ...
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Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (PCI) is pleased to announce it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Penn Pharmaceutical Services Limited (Penn Pharma). Penn Pharma is headquartered in Tredegar, Wales in the United Kingdom and operates ...
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Capsugel recently published a study[1] in AAPS’ PharmSciTech journal confirming that Capsugel capsules are suitable excipients for Quality by Design (QbD)-based product development and manufacturing. The study examined the Critical Quality Attributes...
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ELPRO has updated its liberoMANAGER database service for collecting and analyzing temperature records created during shipment or storage of temperature sensitive goods.
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Aesica, the global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), is pleased to announce the 20th anniversary of its site located at Zwickau in Germany. The facility possesses multiple solid oral dosage form technologies and service ...
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Today, ATS Labs, Inc. (ATS), majority owned by Ampersand Capital
Partners, announced that it acquired the assets of MicroTest Labs, Inc. (MTL) of Agawam, MA. The
acquisition of MTL is the first step in the strategy of ATS to expand its microbiology...
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Harlan Laboratories, Ltd., a privately held provider of general and specialty toxicology services through its Contract Research Services (CRS) business, and Fluofarma, a contract research organization specializing in high content analysis, have ...
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Hovione and Merrion Pharmaceuticals [ESM; MERR] announced today that they have concluded a strategic partnership directed to the use of Merrion’s patented GIPET absorption enhancing technology by Hovione clients. Hovione, an international contract ...
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Jones Packaging Inc. recently invested in a fully automated solid dose plastic vial filling line to address the growing market demand for convenience packaging. The line is operating in the company’s Contract Packaging Services facility in the ...
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It is my pleasure to announce to you that Pharmalucence has been acquired by Sun Pharmaceuticals
(www.sunpharma.com), a world leader in the development and marketing of generic drugs.
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Aesica Pharmaceuticals, the global pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), is adding additional services in its oral solids capability including a new roller compaction unit for dry granulation production in Zwickau...
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