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Unilife Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement with Hikma
Unilife recently announced the signing of a long-term commercial supply contract with Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC for the use of Unifill prefilled syringes with a range…
Royal DSM & JLL Create Leading Pharma Services Company in $ 2.6-Billion Transaction
LL Partners and Royal DSM recently announced the creation of a new company, which will be a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)…
Akorn Acquires Three Branded Ophthalmic Products
Akorn, Inc. recently announced it has acquired from Merck, the US rights to three branded ophthalmic products, including those product rights obtained through the acquisition…
Merck Enters Further Global Co-Development & Commercialization Agreement With BeiGene
Merck Serono recently announced that a global licensing, co-development, and commercialization agreement for BeiGene-290 has been signed with BeiGene Co., Ltd., a biotech research and…
Baxter International & Cell Therapeutics Announce Worldwide Strategic Collaboration
Baxter International Inc. and Cell Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced they have entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement to develop and commercialize pacritinib, a novel…
Unilife Announces Supply Agreement With MedImmune
Unilife Corporation recently announced an agreement with MedImmune to customize and supply devices from its platform of wearable injectors for use with molecules in MedImmune’s…
Oncodesign & UCB Enter Strategic R&D Collaboration
Oncodesign recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration and exclusive license option with UCB. The collaboration will leverage the respective expertise of Oncodesign…
Next-Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics Heats Up: Nearing $1000 Genome Sparks Soaring Data Output
The decreasing cost of genome sequencing lends momentum to the global next-generation sequencing (NGS) informatics market. As affordability drives adoption of genome sequencing in multiple…
PathoQuest & Covance to offer Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Biosafety Assessments
Covance Inc. and PathoQuest recently announced an exclusive agreement to collaborate in providing Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) based biosafety assessments. This innovative biosafety testing approach,…
Bend Research Announces Major Investment in Commercial SDD Manufacturing
Bend Research Inc., part of Capsugel’s Dosage Form Solutions (DFS) business unit, recently announced an investment of more than $20 million to expand commercial manufacturing…
Aptar Unveils Pro-Ject Technology Platform, Its First Auto-Injector
Global solution provider of innovative and proven aerosol, injection, and spray delivery systems for prescription drugs, Aptar Pharma Prescription Division unveiled Pro-Ject, its novel high-performance…
West Completes Study Evaluating SmartDose Electronic Patch Injector Platform & Introduces Westar Cartridge Components for Self-Injection
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has completed a preliminary study of its SmartDose technology platform, which incorporates a Daikyo Crystal Zenith (CZ) cartridge. The study evaluated…
Capsugel's Vcaps Plus HPMC Capsules Enhance Performance for Recently Approved Levomilnacipran
Capsugel’s Vcaps Plus HPMC (hypromellose) capsules are increasingly the preferred capsule option among pharmaceutical companies looking for innovative dosage forms to enhance product performance and…
New Interactive Web Tool Helps Innovators Match Formulations to Delivery Technologies
Catalent Pharma Solutions recently announced the launch of its new FormProRx web tool on November 11, during the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)…
Bend Research Improves Speed-to-Clinic Capability for Oral & Inhalation Formulation Development
Bend Research Inc., part of Capsugel’s Dosage Form Solutions business unit, recently announced the addition of Capsugel’s Xcelodose precision powder-filling technology to its drug development…
Foster Offers Non-Migratory Antistatic Polymers for Medical Applications
Foster Corporation, a leader in custom polymers for medical devices, introduces static dissipative polymer blends specifically designed for medical devices and equipment. These blends use…
Peer-Reviewed Study Proves Effectiveness of West’s Daikyo Crystal Zenith
West recently announced the first peer-reviewed data demonstrating the benefits of Daikyo Crystal Zenith vials for the synthesis of radiopharmaceutical products. The study, conducted by…
Immune Design Secures $49-Million Financing
Immune Design recently announced it has closed a Series C financing totaling up to $49 million. This Series C round includes an upfront investment of…
Sanovas Awarded Patent for Extravasated Drug Delivery
Sanovas Inc. recently announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent No. 8,540,667 for the company's Multi-Balloon Catheter for Extravasated Drug Delivery.…
Cambridge Major Laboratories & AAIPharma Services Announce New CEO
Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc. and AAIPharma Services, Corp. recently announced the appointment of Patrick D. Walsh as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the merged…
