The latest developments from suppliers of ingredients, development and manufacturing services, and related technologies for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development and production.
AGC Biologics, a Bothell, Washington-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization of biologics, has appointed Jin Wang, PhD, as Site Head/General Manager of its Bothell, Washington operations.
Wang, who will provide leadership...
Almac Group, a Craigavon, UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization, has expanded its US commercial packaging capabilities at its Audubon, Pennsylvania facility.
Almac Pharma Services has added technology for the specialized...
Catalent Pharma Solutions has completed a $5.5-million expansion at its more than 200,000-square-foot site Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to provide additional clinical packaging and storage capacity.
The facility is one of the largest sites in...
Selexis, a Geneva, Switzerland-based provider of mammalian cell-line generation technology, has purchased, installed and invested $2 million in new laboratory equipment as well as hired new employees and signed its 100th commercial license...
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a Goettingen, Germany-headquartered supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry, and Penn State University have partnered to advance multidisciplinary teaching and research in biotechnology.
Part of Sartorius’ investment...
MilliporeSigma has introduced three new products to support flexible manufacturing of biologics.
The products include the following: Pellicon Capsule with Ultracel Membrane, a single-use tangential flow filtration device; Millipak Final Fill...
Cambrex, an East Rutherford, New Jersey-based contract manufacturer of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients, has installed multiple continuous flow reactor platforms at its High Point, North Carolina facility.
The investment aims to...
Wacker Chemie, a Munich, Germany-headquartered company, has acquired from SynCo Bio Luxembourg, a contract manufacturing organization, a Dutch site for manufacturing biopharmaceuticals, live microbial products, and vaccines, plus associated...
Neopac US, a manufacturer of primary packaging for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, has selected Wilson, North Carolina as the location for its first US manufacturing plant and new North American headquarters.
Neopac US creates...
West Pharmaceuticals, an Exton, Pennsylvania-headquartered manufacturer of packaging and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products, and Stevanato Group, through Ompi, its specialist in glass primary packaging for the...
Quotient Sciences, a Nottingham, UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has completed the integration and rebrand of Pharmaterials, a CDMO based in Reading, UK. Quotient Sciences acquired Pharmaterials in November...
MilliporeSigma has partnered with Oxford University’s Jenner Institute to develop more scalable vaccine-manufacturing processes. Separately, MilliporeSigma is developing plans for a vaccine-manufacturing facility in Africa.
The partners intend to...
Frontage Laboratories, an Exton, Pennsylvania-headquartered contract research organization, has acquired Concord Biosciences, which was the company formed from the contract research activities of Ricerca Biosciences, a CRO and contract development...
LGM Pharma, an Erlanger, Kentucky-headquartered active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer, has announced that Dr. Prasad S. Raje, PhD has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
In this capacity, Dr. Raje will be heading up all company...
Lonza has opened a new 300,000-square-foot dedicated cell-and-gene-therapy manufacturing facility in Pearland, Texas, part of the Greater Houston area.
Lonza Houston will serve as a center of excellence for cell-and-gene-therapy process...
