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SAFC Offers Global Vendor Audit Services

March 20, 2009
SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has announced its new Vendor Audit Services aimed at companies seeking enhanced traceability and quality confirmation for critical raw materials and key intermediates for their manufacturing processes.  Read More »
Catalent Shakes Up Printed Operations

March 19, 2009
Catalent Pharma Solutions will close its folding carton printing facility in Pennsauken, NJ in August 2009 and will expand capabilities at its Moorestown, NJ facility.  Read More »
Werum Expands Asia Footprint

March 19, 2009
Werum Software & Systems is expanding its business footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with subsidiaries in Japan and Singapore.  Read More »
Schott Developing U.S. Syringe Production

March 19, 2009
Schott's Pharmaceutical Packaging business plans to expand both its product line and production capacity in the U.S.  Read More »
Vetter To Launch Subsidiary

March 18, 2009
Vetter will launch a new subsidiary, Vetter Pharma International, on April 1 . . .  Read More »
Ferring

March 18, 2009
Paul Korner, M.D., M.B.A. has been named Senior vice president of the Ferring International PharmaScience Center U.S. . . .  Read More »
Cedarburg Acquires InB: Hauser

March 18, 2009
Cedarburg Pharmaceuticals has acquired InB: Hauser Pharmaceutical Services. The acquisition is intended to strengthen Cedarburg’s position in the rapidly growing CDMO market . . .  Read More »
Sanofi-aventis U.S.

March 17, 2009
Paul Chew, M.D., has been appointed to Chief Science Officer/Chief Medical Officer, for sanofi-aventis, U.S., effective April 1. He was previously President, R&D, sanofi-aventis, U.S. In these roles, Dr. Chew will establish a unified medical v…  Read More »
Roche To Acquire Innovatis

March 16, 2009
Roche has signed an agreement to acquire Innovatis, a German-based provider of automated cell analysis solutions, for $19.4 million. Innovatis will become a fully-integrated part of Roche Applied Science, the company’s diagnostic division.  Read More »
ICON, MedAvante Enter Alliance

March 16, 2009
ICON and MedAvante, Inc., a provider of centralized psychiatric patient evaluation, have signed an alliance agreement combining ICON's global reach and expertise in clinical trial management with MedAvante's platform to centralize and calibrate the assess  Read More »
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Acquires Zevalin

March 16, 2009
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has completed the transaction acquiring control of RIT Oncology, LLC, to commercialize Zevalin ([90Y]-ibritumomab tiuxetan) in the U.S.  Read More »
Pfizer Stops Pancreatic Trial after Strong Results

March 13, 2009
Pfizer's Phase III trial of Sutent has been stopped early after the drug showed significant benefit in patients with advanced pancreatic islet cell tumors, or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.  Read More »
Biogen Idec

March 13, 2009
Cecil B. Pickett, Ph.D. will retire from his position as president, R&D of Biogen Idec. The company has initiated a search for a successor, and will consider both internal and external candidates.   Read More »
Covance Acquires Swiss Site

March 13, 2009
Covance is expanding its clinical pharmacology footprint in Europe with the acquisition of Swiss Pharma Contract, a 50-bed clinical research company based in Basel, Switzerland.  Read More »
Roche, Genentech Ink Merger

March 12, 2009
Roche and Genentech signed a merger agreement under which Roche will acquire outstanding Genentech shares for approximately $46.8 billion in cash.   Read More »

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