Need to mass-produce tablets with quality solid dosage in a quick and cost-effective way? The time that a formulation is under compression is one area you should address through the use of innovative tablet tooling. Alex Bunting, I Holland Compaction plays an important role in the quality of the final tablet. In order to produce…
Kodak internal review finds problems but no lawbreaking over pharma loan deal
Shares of Eastman Kodak (NYSE: KODK) are up two-thirds so far this week after a special committee set up by the company’s board found no lawbreaking in controversial stock trades made by top management in the leadup to announcing a $765 million federal government loan to support a shift to pharmaceutical manufacturing. CEO Jim Continenza…
Thermo Fisher to manufacture Inovio COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) will manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Inovio said in a news release yesterday that Thermo Fisher signed a letter of intent to manufacture the INO-4800 COVID-19 vaccine candidate, joining a consortium of third-party manufacturers that aim to produce 100 million doses of Inovio’s vaccine by 2021,…
JanOne selects partner to bottle its PAD drug
JanOne recently announced that it has forged a partnership with a company to bottle and label its JAN101 drug. JanOne said it is preparing its investigational new drug application for FDA submission as a potential treatment for vascular complications caused by COVID-19. The drug is already planned for use in Phase 2b trials as a…
Report: Top FDA official vows to quit if vaccine approved prematurely
A top FDA official has threatened to resign if the Trump administration moves too quickly to approve a vaccine for COVID-19, according to a published report. Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), made the threat over concerns a vaccine would be approved without being proven safe and effective,…
Kohlberg & Co. snaps up majority stake in PCI Pharma Services
Private equity outfit Kohlberg & Co. announced today that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in pharma supply chain outsourcer PCI Pharma Services. Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment is also making a significant investment in Philadelphia-based PCI. Financial terms of the deal were not disclsoed. Private markets investment manager Partners Group, previously…
Why wet storage is key for biopharmaceutical single-use pH sensor performance
For biopharmaceutical single-use applications, pH sensors designed for wet storage deliver needed long shelf life and one-point calibration. Brandon Haschke, Emerson Biopharmaceutical processing applications, and especially single-use technology (SUT) manufacturing methods, present unique challenges for performing pH measurements. Quite often these processes are automated, and certainly they all must be monitored, so there is always…
Feds ink COVID-19 vaccine distro deal with McKesson
The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Defense Dept. (DoD) announced a COVID-19 vaccine distribution deal with McKesson. Under Operation Warp Speed, McKesson will become a central distributor of future COVID-19 vaccines and related supplies needed to administer the pandemic vaccinations, according to a news release. The Centers for Disease Control and…
Could Honeywell’s glass bottles alternative help COVID-19 vaccine distribution?
Even as a host of companies rush to create COVID-19 vaccines, there’s another looming challenge: how to safely and quickly distribute them. Officials at Honeywell (NYSE:HON) think they have one potential solution with their Aclar Edge bottles and vials, touted as a safer alternative to glass packaging for pharmaceutical products. Kori Anderson, Honeywell’s healthcare packaging GM,…
Kodak stock down 30% after pharma deal put on hold
Shares of Eastman Kodak (NYSE: KODK) were down more than 30% near the close of trading today after a tweet from the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. said a $765 million loan for domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing is on hold. The Aug. 7 tweet said: “On July 28, we signed a Letter of Interest with Eastman…