Press Releases

Solida and parenteral blister packs are often produced on monobloc machines designed for specific applications. Format changes are complex and expensive procedures. In packaging medication, the pharmaceutical industry must not only meet the highest quality standards, but also increasingly...

AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), achieved the on-schedule completion of a drug substance Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) campaign, focused on teplizumab (PRV-031) for partner Provention Bio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to...

Intravacc, a global leader in translational research and development of viral and bacterial vaccines, has partnered with American, Buffalo, NY, based Therapyx, to further develop and optimize the world's first prophylactic vaccine against gonorrhea, NGoXIM. For this Therapyx received...

Trialbee, a leading global technology provider for patient matching and engagement in clinical trials, announced a partnership with Clinerion, a worldwide leader in medical data informatics with a global research network comprised of 30.2 million patients online across 69...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced that KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, has received two new approvals from the Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). KEYTRUDA monotherapy is now approved for the treatment of...

AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), in combination with etoposide plus a choice of platinum chemotherapy (either carboplatin or cisplatin). SCLC is a highly aggressive,...

The first participants have been dosed in a Phase I trial of AZD7442, a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in development for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The trial, called NCT04507256, will evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics...