Production & Manufacturing

The FDA has again raised issues at an Alexion plant that three years ago was issued a warning letter. The facility is where Alexion manufactures what has been deemed the world’s most expensive drug, Soliris. Alexion...

Pfizer is being schooled in the challenges of sterile drug manufacturing that come with its $15 billion buyout of Hospira. The New York drug giant has temporarily suspended production at a plant in India that the FDA cited three...

Aurobindo is starting to build on its pledge to expand operations in New Jersey, literally. The Indian drugmaker this week broke ground on the 567,000-square-foot facility that is slated to include a manufacturing and distribution center and warehouse, according...

In yet another expansion of its manufacturing operations, Pfizer ($PFE) plans to lay out nearly $150 million to build a sterile manufacturing facility and warehouse at its site near Kalamazoo, MI. It is the third manufacturing project the drug...

WuXi Biologics, a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company dedicated to biologics and a WuXi AppTec company, announced today the opening of a new commercial-scale cGMP biologics perfusion manufacturing facility in Wuxi city, China. ...

How often do you need pain relief? If you suffer from low back pain, an aching knee, strained muscles, arthritis, throbbing headaches, or any other myriad of painful conditions, you are not alone. According to the Institute of Medicine,...

Tramadol is a centrally-acting, oral narcotic-like analgesic and is approved for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain in adults. The extended-release form of tramadol is for around-the-clock treatment of pain and not for use on an as-needed...