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Directors prosecuted under Chemical Weapons Act

Two chemical company directors have been sentenced for not notifying authorities that their company produced a substance controlled under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

PharmAthene battles for anthrax vaccine bucks

PharmAthene has stated its desire to compete for a government anthrax vaccine manufacturing contract, which could be worth up to $600m.

Sanal salt granted GMP certification

AkzoNobel has been awarded a good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificate for Sanal (sodium chloride) salt manufactured at its plant in Mariager, Denmark.

Lilly and Jubilant team up in drug development JV

Mere weeks after signing major strategic collaborations with contract service firms Covance, Quintiles and 3i, Eli Lilly has journeyed further down the outsourcing route – albeit with a different spin – by forging another agreement with India’s Jubilant Organosys.

Pharma manufacturing products: News in brief

in-PharmaTechnologist.com’s latest round up of products launched in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector includes new offerings from Malvern, Caen, Finesse and Bausch.

Today's headlines across the Pharmaceutical industry

India’s biotech industry a “sunrise sector”

Indian pharmaceutical companies are making their first forays in the biotechnology arena, helping the market expand...

Drugmakers vow to disclose physician payments

US drug majors Eli Lilly and Merck & Co have said they will disclose payments made...

Encorium backs away from Prologue deal

US contract research organisation Encorium Group has postponed its planned acquisition of Prologue Research International and...

WuXi, Covance split before deal is consummated

The much-trumpeted partnership between China’s WuXi PharmaTech and Covance to provide ‘world class preclinical research services’...

Previous headlines

Pfizer narrows research focus again

Pfizer is shifting its research focus to those diseases...

Pharma manufacturing: People on the move

in-PharmaTechnologist.com presents its latest round-up of personnel changes in the...

Novozymes' HyaCare takes top innovation award

Novozymes Biopolymer’s novel hyaluronic acid (HA) HyaCare has been...

New software to ease regulatory document burden

Good Products and Adlib Software have teamed up to...

FEI to light-up Sun Pharma’s research

India’s Sun Pharmaceutical has installed a 3D imaging system...

Novasep expands chiral chromatography offering

French firm Novasep has significantly boosted its ability to...

DSM invests in microchip compliance packaging

DSM has invested in The Compliers Group (TCG), a company...

Pharma manufacturing products: News in brief

in-PharmaTechnologist.com’s latest round up of products launched in the pharmaceutical...

Marketing deal for Prosonix’s SonoLab

Syrris has become the primary marketer for Prosonix’s new SonoLab...

Sagent acquires rights to multi-chamber syringe

Sagent Pharmaceuticals has acquired the rights to a patented, multi-chamber,...