http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:35:13 EST 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 business... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15535.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Corsier-sur-Vevey... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15536.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 facilities... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15537.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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. The seized... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15396.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 transfer... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15397.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 provide... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15398.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 and that it... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15308.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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. Nearly 40% of... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15246.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 active... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15247.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 company... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/pharma_and_fine_chemicals/15248.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST