Production & Manufacturing

Unigene Laboratories, a provider of design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics, has entered into a clinical manufacturing agreement with Cara Therapeutics. Under the agreement, Unigene is expected utilize its peptide manufacturing technology to offer...

Pharmatek Laboratories, a pharmaceutical chemistry development company, has added spray drying to its drug formulation and manufacturing capabilities.Pharmatek has acquired a Buchi B-290 Mini Spray Dryer for formulation feasibility studies and small-scale clinical manufacture. The technology...

APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., announced that it has entered into a commercialization, manufacture and supply agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,...

Nycomed announced that it is significantly expanding its presence in China through the acquisition of a majority stake in Guangdong Techpool Bio-Pharma Co., Ltd. (Techpool), a fast-growing Chinese bio-pharmaceutical company based in Guangdong. Techpool, founded in 1993, specialises in...

Merck reported that final results from two pivotal Phase III studies of boceprevir, its investigational oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor, demonstrated significantly higher sustained virologic response (SVR)1 rates in adult patients who previously failed treatment (treatment-failure; HCV RESPOND-2) and...

Biocon, Asia's premier biotechnology company, and Pfizer Inc., the world's leading biopharmaceutical company, today announced that they have entered into a strategic global agreement for the worldwide commercialization of Biocon's biosimilar versions of Insulin and Insulin analog products:  Recombinant...

The European Vaccine Initiative, a product development partnership supporting the development of vaccines against diseases of poverty, has brought together to Brussels manufacturers, biotech companies, public/academic researchers, and funding agencies to identify the gaps in vaccine research and development...