US-based paper packaging company International Paper is said to be exploring a takeover bid of over €8.1bn for Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa. Sky News quoted a source as saying that International Paper was considering an ...
Reed-Lane, a contract packaging provider in New Jersey, has expanded its 132,000ft2 facility by 30% to increase its overall production. As part of the expansion, the company is also adding fifth bottling line to the facility that includes ...
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ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc., an emerging generic pharmaceutical company, has entered into a fee-for-service development agreement for a generic drug product with Sterling Pharmaceutical Services ("Sterling"). The product will be developed by ...
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Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued findings that show slower growth in health spending since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This successful cost control is consistent with data demonstrating ...
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A recent study led by researchers from the Amyloidosis Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) demonstrates that diflunisal, a generic anti-inflammatory drug, successfully reduced neurological ...
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Four out of five doctors who treat cancer were unable to prescribe their medication of choice at least once during a six-month period because of a drug shortage, according to a new survey. The survey also found that more than 75 percent ...
Currently, monoclonal antibody agents have been successfully used in the treatment of tumors, cancers and other serious diseases as a heavyweight in the biopharmaceutical industry. In 2009-2012, the market size of monoclonal antibody agents ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have announced the launch of a joint initiative to share information on inspections of bioequivalence studies submitted in support of generic drug approvals. ...
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The pharmaceutical industry demands for UPW for injection (WFI) and UPW for cleaning process equipment and other uses will result in purchases close to $500 million in 2017 up from $425 million this year. This is the latest forecast in the ...
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China is planning investments and adjusting regulations which will result in very large opportunities for suppliers of flow control and treatment equipment. These opportunities are analyzed in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: ...
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One of the world's top-selling drugs—GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $8-billion-a-year asthma treatment Advair—became more vulnerable to generic competition after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance on the regulatory ...
US-based specialty pharmaceutical firm Upsher-Smith Laboratories will launch the generic version of its Morphine Sulfate extended-release (ER) capsules, CII on 4 September 2013. Morphine Sulfate ER Capsules, CII are currently available in ...
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India has partly suspended patents granted to Roche Holding for its breast cancer drug Herceptin, over issues that the patents had not been filed in accordance with the laid down process. An article published in Swiss newspaper Schweiz am ...
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The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of €146m on nine pharma companies, including Ranbaxy Laboratories, for blocking the entry of cheaper generic drug of Lundbeck's anti-depressant, citalopram. Lundbeck agreed with each of ...
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Leading global biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has suspended expansion in the Chinese generic drug market. It announced adjustments on strategy for business in the Chinese mainland days ago and according to the adjustments, it will ...
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