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November 24, 2008
SAFC: The Age of the Blockbuster Drug has ‘Disappeared’
Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals (SAFC), the fastest-growing division within the Sigma-Aldrich group, says it is adapting its business model to the “significantly” changing...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15535.html
November 24, 2008
Merck Adds to Biotech Center
Merck Serono, a unit of Merck KGaA, says it will invest about €300 million ($390 million) to expand production of cetuximab at its Merck Serono Biotech Center (MSBC) at...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15536.html
November 24, 2008
GSK to Shut U.K. Manufacturing Plant by 2013
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says it plans to close its manufacturing facility at Dartford, U.K., by 2013 and transfer production either to contract manufacturing companies or to other GSK...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15537.html
November 17, 2008
FDA Seizes Contaminated Heparin from Celsus Laboratories
U.S. Marshals on the FDA’s request have seized 11 lots of contaminated blood-thinning drug heparin from pharmaceutical manufacturer Celsus Laboratories (Cincinnati), FDA says...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15396.html
November 17, 2008
Daiichi Closes Ranbaxy Deal for $4.15 Billion
Daiichi Sankyo (Tokyo) says it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in India’s largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy Laboratories (Gurgaon, India), with the final...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15397.html
November 17, 2008
AMRI Expands Manufacturing Services in India
Drug discovery and pharmaceutical manufacturing company Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI; Albany, NY) says it has expanded its multi-purpose pilot plant at Aurangabad, India, to...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15398.html
November 12, 2008
SAFC Adapts to Changing Pharmaceuticals Market
Sigma Aldrich Fine Chemicals, of late the fastest growing division within the Sigma Aldrich group, says the business environment it operates in is changing significantly and rapidly...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15308.html
November 10, 2008
Merck to Cut More Jobs; Profits Fall
Merck & Co. says that it plans to reduce its global workforce by 12%, eliminating about 7,200 positions, including 6,800 active employees and 400 vacancies, by the end of 2011...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15246.html
November 10, 2008
Actavis to Build Three Plants in India; Opens Laboratories
Generics pharmaceutical manufacturer Actavis (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland) says it is building three pharmaceutical plants in India. Actavis recently broke ground on a pilot plant and an...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15247.html
November 10, 2008
Daiichi Buys 52.5% Stake in Ranbaxy
Daiichi Sankyo (Tokyo) says it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake, or 52.5%, of Ranbaxy Laboratories (Gurgaon, India). Ranbaxy will continue to operate as an autonomous...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15248.html
November 10, 2008
Sun Pharma Posts Record Profits
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Mumbai) recorded a 135% increase in net profits, to Rs.5.13 billion ($107 million), for the second quarter ended September 30, compared with the year-ago...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15249.html
October 27, 2008
Dow Wolff Cellulosics Takes Over Optim Sales and Marketing
Dow Wolff Cellulosics, a Dow Chemical business, took over the Optim synthetic glycerin operation from Dow’s Safechem (Düsseldorf) unit in August, the company told CW at the...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14991.html
October 27, 2008
Dishman in Talks with Firms for India SEZ
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals (Ahmedabad, India) says it is in talks with several international chemical and pharmaceutical companies to set up facilities in a previously...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14992.html
October 27, 2008
Aesica Shortlists Firms for U.S. Acquisition
Aesica Pharmaceuticals (Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.), a supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients, formulations, and custom synthesis, says it is seeking to acquire a U.S...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14993.html
October 20, 2008
High-Potency API Expansion Plans Under Way as Market Soars
Several manufacturers are planning to expand operations amid healthy growth in the high-potency active pharmaceutical ingredient (HPAPI) market, CW has learned. However, increasing raw...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14859.html
October 8, 2008
2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to U.S. Scientists for Work on Fluorescent Protein
  The 2008 Nobel prize for chemistry, which was announced today, has been won jointly by three U.S.-based scientists for their roles in the development and expansion of the use of...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14679.html
October 6, 2008
Lonza Offers Cell Culture Medium
Lonza says it has entered into a global manufacturing, sales, and distribution agreement with biopharmaceutical company Crucell (Leiden, Netherlands) for Permexcis, a cell culture...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14624.html
October 6, 2008
Pfizer Selects Prosonix Technology
Ultrasonic process technology company Prosonix (Oxford, U.K.) says its Prosonitron reactor and sonocrystallization process technology has been selected by Pfizer for the pharma...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14625.html
October 6, 2008
ISP Among First to Obtain Pharmacopeia Seal
Specialty and performance chemicals firm International Specialty Products (ISP; Wayne, NJ) says several of its products used in pharmaceutical manufacturing have been given the...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14626.html
October 6, 2008
Chiral Quest Builds R&D Hub in China
Privately owned catalyst and custom synthesis firm Chiral Quest (Princeton, NJ) says it will build a cGMP pilot plant and process development center in the BioBay zone, Jiangsu...
http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/14627.html
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