inVentiv Health and Oncobiologics are employing a unique risk-sharing partnership to bring a number of the biggest blockbuster biologics to market as biosimilars.
Piramal is upgrading its ADC (antibody drug conjugate) manufacturing capacity in response to demand from clients in late phase trials looking to ramp up production.
Stem cell therapeutics firm ReNeuron will conduct clinical development and – eventually – manufacturing at a new UK base in Wales in a move facilitated by Arthurian Life Sciences.
Early clinical research organisation Celerion has added a containment room to its UK facility in response to client demand for live biologics and vaccine studies.
Although preclinical work for CROs has fallen flat in recent quarters, Covance is looking to take advantage of the industry’s shift to early biologic developments and lead optimization.
Evotec says it is confident underlying growth, expansion of its clinical stage pipeline and upcoming milestone payments will counter Q1’s downcast results.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its latest round-up of the movers and shakers in the pharma service industry, including news from Catalent, Hospira and Eisai.
Eisai has tasked a new exec with making trials more likely to succeed just a few months after its candidate ovarian cancer blockbuster failed at Phase III.
Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its latest round-up of the movers and shakers in the pharma service industry, including news from Lonza and SynteractHCR.
The US FDA’s ability to inspect facilities, trial sites, and deal with all but its most pressing priorities will be restricted by mandatory government spending cuts according to the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
Welcome to Outsourcing-Pharma.com’s round-up of CRO focused partnerships and collaborations including news from Particle Science and Agility Clinical Partners.
Biopharmaceutical CMOs have seen their business slowly shrink as companies seek less volume and smaller batches, but outsourcing is expected to increase over the next three years.
Quintiles painted a rosy picture of the CRO sector in its much anticipated IPO, predicting that biopharma R&D spending will increase and demand for outsourced research will grow.
The UK's cell therapy industry now has a database of all ongoing clinical trials in the country with the aim of expanding research partnerships and pushing more early-stage trials to later stages.
Catalent has upgraded its North Carolina, US, sterile development and analytics plant to increase its aseptic fill-finish activities four-fold in a bid to boost its integrated biologics offering.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest climbers on the pharmaceutical career ladder, including news from Novasep, BioTime and Syndax.
Pharmas and biopharmas should adopt a “nimble”, more flexible approach when building relationships with CROs to stay ahead of the changing market, according to a new report.
Pierrel Research is close to inking a takeover deal with Swiss R&D firm monoBIOTECH that it says will help shape“the new paradigm of the drug discovery and development process.”
Celerion and Ricera Biosciences have launched a new joint venture to provide a cost-cutting one-stop-shop solution for companies developing and commercialising biosimilars.
Outsourcing-pharma.com presents a round up the latest developments in the contract manufacturing sector – with news from Cambrex, Florida Biologix, SCM Pharma, Recipharm and OctoPlus.
in-PharmaTechnologist presents its weekly round-up of the latest new faces at pharmas and biotechs, including news from Dicerna, Auxilium and Essentialis.
Chemicals supplier Lonza will manufacture the API for a candidate Alzheimer’s disease drug being developed by Elan in an agreement announced yesterday.
Catalent is to buy clinical trial supply assets from Aptuit for $410m (€285m) as it adds scale to handle the shift to preferred provider relationships.
BioMarin will buy Pfizer’s biologics manufacturing plant in Shanbally, Cork, Ireland to add production capacity for its candidate mucopolysaccharidosis treatment.
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Chiltern International, a global contract research organisation (CRO) has expanded its European operations with the opening of a new office in the Netherlands.
US contract research organisation (CRO) Parexel has cut its 2011 guidance, citing slower backlog conversion from projects generated by “strategic partnerships” as basis for the revision.
Global biopharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb will buy ZymoGenetics for $885m to become owner of a hepatitis C drug the companies are jointly developing.
Significant biopharm consolidation has played a key role in reshaping the drug development sector. Viq Pervaaz, senior vice president at Aon Consulting, discusses the changes and how they will impact on contract research organizations (CRO).
ACRO is aiming to increase recognition and analysis of the value CROs bring to drug development, spanning their role as strategic partners throughout the process, by funding academic research.
The drug industry will gain new options for sterile contract development and manufacturing in the near future with DPT Laboratories, NextPharma and Vetter each working on new dedicated units.
Parexel has formed an alliance with Proteome Sciences to enhance its biomarker capabilities, allowing it to help clients make earlier assessments of new compounds in development.
A recently completed manufacturing and filling capacity expansion will help Florida Biologix meet deadlines and win repeat business according to company director Richard Snyder.