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Alcan Acquires Packaging Facility In India
October 6, 2008
Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging has acquired the Chakan flexible packaging plant from Associated Capsules Ltd. in India. The acquisition expands Alcan's presence in the Indian pharmaceutical market. The Chakan facility has annual sales of $3.…   Read More »
Amgen Wins Injunction In Mircera Case
October 3, 2008
A federal court granted Amgen a permanent injunction prohibiting Roche Holding AG from selling its Mircera anemia treatment in the U.S., as well as upheld a jury verdict regarding certain patent-infringement claims.     Mircera is…   Read More »
BSR, PreLabs To Form CRO
October 2, 2008
Biologic Safety Research, Inc. (BSR) is joining PreLabs, LLC to expand their contract laboratory operations. The existing BSR management team will integrate into the PreLabs organization and continue to guide the expanded group. PreLabs appointed Bor…   Read More »
GSK To Cut R&D Jobs
October 1, 2008
GlaxoSmithKline plans to eliminate as many as 850 jobs in R&D in the U.S. and Britain, which represents 6% of the company's total R&D staff. According to a company statement, the cuts were necessary "to ensure that we can invest in key a…   Read More »
Pfizer To Shift R&D Focus
September 30, 2008
Pfizer will discontinue development of drugs for heart disease, obesity and bone health as part of its plan to focus research on Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, inflammation/immunology, oncology, pain and psychoses (schizophrenia), according to a comp…   Read More »
MedImmune Licenses Vaccine Technology To Japan's Biken
September 30, 2008
MedImmune has licensed its reverse genetics technology to Biken, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University in Japan, for the development of new vaccine strains to produce non-live human influenza vaccines. Reverse genetics is…   Read More »
ABC Labs Opens New Development Facility
September 30, 2008
Analytical Bio-Chemistry Labs (ABC Labs) opened its new 90,000- sq.-ft. pharmaceutical development facility located at the University of Missouri’s Discovery Ridge Research Park, completing the transition of the company’s DMPK, bioanalyti…   Read More »
Cardinal To Spin-Off Clinical And Medical Products Businesses
September 29, 2008
Cardinal Health plans to spin-off its clinical and medical products businesses as a separate public company that will be led by current vice chairman David L. Schlotterbeck. The spin-off is expected to be completed by mid-2009. This plan is an effort…   Read More »
SAFC Pharma Commissions New HPAPI Facility
September 29, 2008
SAFC Pharma has commissioned a new suite at its St. Louis campus that will produce high-potency active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) conjugates to support oncology drug development. The 600-sq.-ft. suite will enable the conjugation of HPAPIs…   Read More »
SAFC Pharma Completes API Expansion
September 29, 2008
SAFC Pharma’s new reactor at its Arklow, manufacturing site has begun operation, expanding the facility's capacity for large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing by approximately 15%. The $4 million project involve…   Read More »
Ligand To Buy Pharmacopeia
September 25, 2008
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Pharmacopeia, in an all-stock deal valued at $70 million. In addition to the share value, Pharmacopeia stockholders will be entitled to a Contingent Value Right (“CVR”)…   Read More »
InVentiv Expands European Operations With Madrid Office
September 24, 2008
inVentiv Clinical Solutions, LLC, a division of inVentiv Health, has continued its expansion outside North America with a new office in Madrid. The company plans to expand operations to other European countries, including Eastern Europe. inVentiv…   Read More »
Parexel Expands Early Phase Capabilities
September 23, 2008
Parexel has expanded its early phase drug development capabilities with a dedicated unit to provide biopharmaceutical companies with support for proof-of-concept studies. The new unit integrates capabilities in regulatory strategies, drug development…   Read More »
Tris Pharma Completes Expansion, Gains FDA Clearance
September 23, 2008
Tris Pharma has completed the expansion of its research and manufacturing facility in South Brunswick, NJ. The expansion provides 15,000 sq. ft. of additional space to the facility and is FDA-compliant with cGMP. It allows for additional commercial-s…   Read More »
Schering-Plough To Cut 1,000 U.S. Reps
September 22, 2008
Schering-Plough plans to cut 20% of its U.S. sales force by October 1 as part of a previously announced restructuring plan aimed at saving $1.5 billion by late 2012. The company said it will eliminate 1,000 sales positions from its U.S. Primary Care…   Read More »
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