A new non-glycosolated protein production method using E.coli can cut manufacturing costs by up to 50 per cent as well as speeding up the process, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas.
Cobra Biologics claims a new micro bioreactor technology it has adopted can cut three months off cell line development timelines and facilitate faster production scale-up.
in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its weekly round-up of the latest chops and changes in the pharmaceutical development and manufacturing industry, including news from Pfizer, Cresset, and Avantor.
A new hydrogel which can provide a sustained drug release of up to six months could cut diabetes dosage down from 365 injection per year to just two, according to researchers.
Scientists at UCF (University of Central Florida) believe they have found a simpler and more efficient way to mass produce the structured nanoparticles used for drug delivery and production.
DSM will conduct further cost cutting at its Pharma business as part of a wider ‘profit improvement initiative’ that will see it cut 1,000 jobs over the next 18 months.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents the low down on new services forged by partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions), including a molecular biology offering for Quotient, Onyx’s added purification and separation capabilities, and Accenture’s new...
West Pharmaceutical Services is sticking with plans to lessen CMO (contract manufacturing organisation) activities and boost proprietary products despite a hefty uptick in contract production in Q2.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its latest round up of career moves in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from Theorem, FMC Technologies and EMD Serono.
GE Healthcare has started designing a vaccine manufacturing facility for an unnamed drug company, just days after expanding its collaboration with plant-cell production technology firm iBio.
US Preclinical CRO Ricerca has launched two new assay services one of which is designed to help assess the risk a biologic drug will induce a cytokine storm.
BioFocus and Activiomics have teamed up to offer a drug discovery and biomarker service which it says will improve the identification of novel targets.
Industrial gas supplier Linde claims its 'cryogenic fog' technology is the first commercially-feasible way of controlling ice-crystal formation during the lyophilisation of biologic drugs.
in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its weekly round-up of the latest chops and changes on the pharmaceutical careers ladder, including news from ABPI, Cubist and Oxford Pharmascience.
in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its weekly round-up of the latest new hires in the pharmaceutical industry, including news from the FDA, Cipla and Array.
Aegis Therapeutics has been granted a US patent for a novel formulation method and excipient that it claims reduces the risk of oxidative damage during MAb production and storage.
Novasep has joined the growing number of manufacturers betting on the antibody drug conjugate (ADC) market with a €3m investment at its plant in Le Mans, France.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its weekly low down of the movers and shakers in the world of pharmaceuticals, including news from Parexel, Ricerca, and CSC.
Hollow nano shells capable of holding both cancer fighting drugs and immune-system boosters could be the solution to oncology’s greatest delivery riddle, according to Yale University researchers.
Prokarium – a biotech company that was formerly part of UK CMO Cobra Biologics spin-out - has bought an oral vaccine technology from Emergent BioSolutions.
The US FDA has published a 483 detailing the violations it observed during an inspection of stem cell firm Celltex Therapeutics in April and the document does not make for comfortable reading.
in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its weekly round-up of the latest comings and goings in the pharma industry, including news from BioAlliance, Cangene and Sucampo.
Drug regulators and the biomanufacturing industry need to embrace drug delivery via the skin to solve solubility problems with peptides and proteins, according to Across Barriers’ Udo Bock.
New 'similar biologics' guidelines will curb the rising cost of innovation, attract overseas investment and ensure patients have access to drugs according to the Indian Government team which launched them at BIO 2012.
SAFC has coupled its chiral screening and small-scale purification services to meet what it says is a boom in demand for more complete chemical analysis from drugmakers.
Catalent has upgraded its North Carolina, US, sterile development and analytics plant to increase its aseptic fill-finish activities four-fold in a bid to boost its integrated biologics offering.
US CRO Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) predicts that new CEO Dave Simmons' ‘pharmaceutical industry experience’ gained at Pfizer will be an asset in guiding partnerships.
The US FDA will have more powers to inspect ‘risky’ overseas pharmaceutical plants according to supporters of a bill being considered by the US senate this week.