Market News & Trends
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…
Frost & Sullivan Unveils Future Opportunities for Tissue Diagnostics Market
The global market for tissue diagnostic products accounted for $2.4 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach $3.5 billion by 2017. Together, Europe and…
Novozymes Biopharma Announces Major Collaboration With Almac
Novozymes Biopharma recently announced its new collaboration with Almac to provide a combined service for drug development applications in the field of drug targeting and…
InnoCore Enters Exclusive License Agreement With Allergan
InnoCore Pharmaceuticals recently announced it has signed an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Allergan, Inc. Under the agreement, the companies will expand their existing…
Polyplus-Transfection & Merck Sign License & Supply Agreement
Polyplus-transfection SA and Merck recently announced a global prior use license agreement and extended supply agreement for Polyplus-transfection’s polyethylenimine (PEI)-based transfection reagents. Financial details were…
Rexam & Lilly Celebrate Site Extension Summary
Rexam recently announced the extension of its Rexam Healthcare site at La Verpillière, France. The new production unit is now operational and on October 2,…
Sideris Secures $32 Million, Could be Acquired by Novartis for $300 Million
Sideris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced it has successfully completed a $32-million Series A equity financing. This investment was led by MPM Capital, including MPM’s SunStates…
PolyTherics & TUBE Pharma Form Development Collaboration
PolyTherics Limited and TUBE Pharma GmbH recently announced they are collaborating to produce reagents to link novel cytotoxic drugs developed by TUBE to antibodies using…
Frost & Sullivan: Technological Innovation Widens Global Application of Mass Spectrometry
The global mass spectrometry (MS) market is growing much faster than the high-end analytical instrumentation market. This is a sign that demand is high in…
DPT Laboratories & Confab to Integrate
DPT Laboratories and Confab recently announced the integration of the organizations under the leadership of Paul Johnson, Group President and COO. Both DPT and Confab…