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Schreiner MediPharm adds RFID label customization to manufacturing line
Schreiner MediPharm this week launched its late-stage customization capabilities for its RFID-Labels series. The new offering allows the company’s smart labels to be supplied quickly with order-specific programming for integrated RFID chips. Schreiner MediPharm’s RFID functional labels give pharmaceutical companies the flexibility and agility to provide the best possible security of supply and quality assurance…Eli Lilly acquires new injectable medicine manufacturing plant
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) announced today that it agreed to acquire a manufacturing facility from sterile manufacturer Nexus. Buying the FDA-approved facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, further expands Lilly’s global parenteral (injectable) manufacturing network. It also supports increased demand for the company’s medicines, Lilly said in a news release. The company expects that production at the…Sponsored Content See More >
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FDA approves Merck’s Winrevair to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
Merck recently won FDA approval for its sotatercept-csrk Winrevair for treating adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension. The drug was approved to increase exercise capacity and reduce the risk of clinical worsening events, according to the Rahway, N.J.-based company. It previously received FDA breakthrough designation and is the first FDA-approved action signaling inhibitor therapy for pulmonary…
Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Eicos Sciences’ FDA-approved Aurlumyn promises to drastically reduce frostbite amputations
AbbVie launches Produodopa in the EU to treat Parkinson’s
FDA taking hands-off approach in enforcing medication promotion on TikTok
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Personalized medicine: advanced technology is saving lives
The concept of a “batch size one” in pharmaceutical manufacturing is closer than ever. There are companies advancing cell therapies in which body cells are used to heal or support the individual patient. These cells are manipulated or edited to change certain biological characteristics before being transferred to the patient. Personalized medicine is truly about…
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Sen-Jam Pharma, KVK-Tech partnering for manufacturing and formulation for anti-inflammatory injectables
Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical this week announced it is partnering with specialty pharmaceutical manufacturer KVK-Tech for formulation and chemistry, manufacturing and controls for anti-inflammatory injectables. The partnership is the third development, manufacturing, distribution and license agreement the pair have signed. The new partnership will further advance Sen-Jam’s first injectable anti-inflammatory therapeutic, SJP-100. Sen-Jam is developing an immunomodulator…
Fujifilm invests $1.2 billion in North Carolina biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility
Kintara Therapeutics, TuHURA to merge in all-stock transaction
Schott Pharma commits $371 million to new U.S. manufacturing facility for GLP-1, mRNA therapies
Pfizer gives up on Washington state manufacturing plant project
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Telix Pharmaceuticals to buy ARTMS and its isotope production platform
Telix Pharmaceuticals announced that it agreed to acquire radioisotope production technology firm ARTMS Inc. ARTMS also brings with it an advanced cyclotron-based isotope production platform and manufacturing plant. It has a stockpile of ultra-pure rare metals required for consumable target production, too, according to a news release. The company specializes in the physics, chemistry and…
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Report: Japan health authorities investigate Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory after five deaths
Japanese health authorities searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Japan following reports of five deaths related to dietary supplements, Reuters reports. The plant inspection in western Japan is the second in recent days as health authorities inspected the company’s Osaka facility. In addition to the five reported deaths, there have been more than 100 hospitalizations…