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Ranbaxy Issues Voluntary Recall of Atorvastatin Due to Quality Issues
The company issues voluntary recall of certain lots due to possible contamination with small glass particles.
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EMA Publishes Plan to Deal with Supply Shortages
The European Medicines Agency has published a plan to help Europe’s regulatory network prevent, mitigate, and manage shortages of important medicines following manufacturing problems.
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US Supreme Court to Hear Myriad Genetics' Gene Patentability Case
Myriad Genetics reports that the US Supreme Court has granted certiorari agreeing to hear the company’s gene patentability case.
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Lilly Releases Corporate Responsibility Update
Eli Lilly released its annual report containing updates on progress and new initiatives in corporate responsibility.
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Product Spotlight

Peristaltic pumps offer contamination-free pumping capabil

Watson-Marlow’s new Bp pump features Profibus networking to the well-known benefits of peristaltic pumping, making it easy and efficient for customers to integrate this seal-less, valveless pump technology into their Profibus control system. Compared with non-networked pumps, the Bp range features Profibus compatible units that reduce engineering, hardware and installation costs, as well as offer remote diagnostics to help minimize plant downtime and maintenance costs.

Company Notes

Biogen Idec has opened its new facility in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, consolidating its 300-person patient-services operation with the existing RTP campus. The new 190,000-ft2 building is anticipated to achieve LEED-Gold certified status in the next several months and will accommodate increasing levels of manufacturing activity at the site. The official groundbreaking for the building took place in April 2011. Read More

IMPORTFAB is a well-established contract manufacturer, specializing in the manufacturing and packaging of semi-solid and liquid products. Our objective is to maintain our position as a reliable reference point in the manufacturing of quality pharmaceutical products: essentially, a benchmark for modern, efficient production, assured through the use of highly performing equipment. IMPORTFAB is cGMP compliant by the FDA and Health Canada. www.importfab.com

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, has obtained a worldwide, nonexclusive license to an RNAi payload technology called Unlocked Nucleobase Analog (UNA) from Marina Biotech for the development of RNAi therapeutics. UNA technology can be used in the development of RNAi therapeutics, which treat disease by silencing specific disease-causing genes. UNAs can be incorporated into RNAi drugs and have the potential to improve them by increasing their stability and reducing off-target effects. Read More

At Solvay Chemicals, we manufacture BICAR® Sodium Bicarbonate and Soda Ash IPH to meet the exacting specifications of the US and EP Pharmacopeias and National Formulary. Produced according to cGMP, these are the products of choice for API or excipient applications requiring effervescent or desiccant properties. Solvay Chemicals, Inc. is part of the Solvay Group, the leading global producer of sodium bicarbonate and soda ash http://www.solvaychemicals.us/EN/markets/Markets.aspx

TOT Biopharm has completed an 18-month construction project in the first stage of its $100-million factory complex in eastern China’s Suzhou Industrial Park. The factory complex specializes in the R&D, production, and marketing of anticancer drugs globally. The first stage of TOT Biopharm’s new factory complex includes an oral anticancer drug plant with separate production facilities for both cytotoxics and noncytotoxics, an injected anticancer drug plant, and a GMP bio pilot plant with a capacity of 500 L for cell culture, purification, and filling. Read More

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