TIC Gums, an Ingredion company, now offers an organic tara gum. TICorganic Tara Gum HV adds to the company’s broad portfolio of hydrocolloids, expanding its capabilities of providing unique solutions to formulation challenges. The ingredient is ideal for both hot and cold processes, and is said to have synergistic qualities with xanthan gum and carrageenan. […]
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Thermo Fisher opens US Precision Medicine Science Center
Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a US Precision Medicine Science Center (PMSC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The centre offers access to technologies to help collaborators develop analytical workflows that generate precise molecular profiles of patients to be used in clinical settings. The PMSC team helps to develop standard protocols that enable collaborators to compress research and […]
AMRI signs NIH contract for API and drug product manufacturing
AMRI, a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization, has signed a seven-year contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and drug products. AMRI’s activities under the contract will focus on the development and manufacture of APIs and […]
Wasdell Group expands lab capabilities at Newcastle (UK) site
Wasdell Group, a Newcastle, UK-headquartered contract development and manufacturing organization and contract packager, plans to invest £500,000 in a new analytical laboratory at its Newcastle site. The 1,200 square-foot facility will offer in-house microbiological and analytical services and will support the business’ manufacturing, packaging, and quality control (QC) teams. A microbiological laboratory team will perform […]
Alcami supports commercial supply of Flexion’s ZILRETTA
Alcami Corporation, a leading provider of fully-integrated custom end-to-end solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, has announced the expanded deployment of its Extended Workbench laboratory services program to support the ongoing manufacturing and development of ZILRETTA (triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension). ZILRETTA is the first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved product from […]
BASF invests in carbon recycling company LanzaTech
BASF Venture Capital GmbH is to invest in LanzaTech, a biotech company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Using special microbes, LanzaTech has developed a technology for gas fermentation that first enables ethanol to be produced from residual gases containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. By re-using waste streams instead of incinerating them, industrial companies can reduce […]
WuXi Biologics to invest $60 million in US biomanufacturing facility
WuXi Biologics, part of WuXi AppTec, a Shanghai, China-headquartered contract service provider, plans to invest $60 million to establish a biologics clinical and commercial manufacturing facility in Worcester, Massachusetts. The facility will be WuXi Biologics’ eleventh global drug-substance manufacturing facility. The facility is being designed for single-use bioreactors and to run continuous bioprocessing. A total […]
FDA issues two new final guidances on medical product communications
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published two final guidances for industry, that provide greater clarity about the organization’s thinking and recommendations for certain medical product communications. The first guidance, Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications with Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities answers common questions about companies’ communications to payors, including insurance companies, […]
SONGWON underlines commitment to packaging industry
SONGWON Industrial Group is exhibiting its expanding range of ink binders and adhesives at ProPak, Asia’s number one show for food, drink & pharmaceutical processing and packaging. A leading specialist in polyurethane ink binder technology for gravure and flexography printing inks and polyurethane laminating adhesives used in flexible packaging laminates, SONGWON will showcase its latest […]
Umicore’s Argentinean manufacturing site passes FDA audit
Umicore’s Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients facility in Pilar, Buenos Aires, successfully passed its second cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) audit by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2018. The Auditor acknowledged that both the production area and the associated documentation were well maintained, rewarding Umicore’s constant focus on the quality of its production […]