Equipment and Materials

Roche recently announced it opened its latest Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED) Center in Basel Switzerland. The new facility is equipped with cutting-edge technologies and houses around 1,000 laboratory and office workspaces, according to the company. It is located at the company’s global headquarters and brings together teams of scientists and researchers to accelerate…

Eugia Pharma Specialties’ manufacturing hub in India has received an FDA warning letter based on inspections of its facility. The new warning letter is tied to previous warnings about the company’s Unit III Formulation manufacturing facility. The unit makes terminally sterilized products. Eugia’s Hyderabad, India-based facility received an official action indicated (OAI) status notice in…

Lotte Biologics and Merck recently signed a strategic partnership deal for biopharmaceutical manufacturing and process development. Through the agreement, Merck and Lotte Biologics will ensure the supply of essential raw materials and solutions for biopharmaceutical development and production, establish a stable supply chain system for raw materials, and develop a support system for the Bio…

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…

NEWS RELEASE: FREUDENBERG Launches New TPE Tubing for Biopharma Freudenberg, a global manufacturer of medical and pharmaceutical tubing, components, and devices, has introduced HelixFlex™, a high purity thermoplastic elastomer TPE tubing designed for use in biopharmaceutical fluid transfer applications. This is an expanded offering from Freudenberg, adding to its existing biopharma product portfolio of silicone…

Pharma packaging company Schott Pharma has unveiled plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. Schott Pharma says the $371 million investment in the U.S. facility will create more than 400 jobs in the region and significantly expand the company’s presence in the U.S., an increasingly important strategic market for the German…

NEWS RELEASE: Nordson Medical unveils Pharma+ tubing retainers: a breakthrough in fluid transfer efficiency Loveland, Colorado – November 29, 2023 – Nordson Medical, a Nordson company (Nasdaq: NDSN), is proud to announce the launch of Pharma+ tubing retainers, a revolutionary addition to their product portfolio that promises to redefine excellence in fluid transfer applications. These…

Drug containment company Schott Pharma recently celebrated major milestones related to its longstanding U.S. presence and high-profile stock market debut in Germany. The company, a division of specialty glass manufacturer Schott AG based in Mainz, Germany, commemorated 60 years of operations in the U.S. in August. Its primary American facility located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania…

With the rise of biologics and personalized medicine, the biopharmaceutical industry is adding single-use technologies (SUTs) to their manufacturing options. Manufacturers are realizing the benefits of being agile, and many are adopting SUTs to turn over smaller batches of new products quickly and efficiently. Single-use technologies use disposable bioprocessing equipment, such as bags and flexible…

Single-use instrumentation, especially new pH sensors designed for upstream and downstream applications, are helping manufacturers develop production suites for creating a greater variety of small-run yet highly targeted drugs. Life sciences manufacturers already incorporate leading measurement and automation technologies to ensure the quality of the drugs and medicines they bring to market. Yet because the…