Biotechpharma to Expand Process Development and GMP Manufacturing Capacity to 5,000L

Biotechpharma UAB will expand its existing manufacturing facility by adding a new line of bioreactors

Biotechpharma UAB, a leading biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), today announced further expansion of its fermentation capacity to 5,000L along with an additional state of the art process development laboratory, investing more than €50 million in the expansion. More>>

Protagen Protein Services and BioAnalytix Merge to Create Global Analytic Service Partner for Biopharmaceuticals

Protagen Protein Services GmbH (PPS), a full-service contract research organization (CRO) in protein analytics and BioAnalytix Inc., a Cambridge (MA)-based specialized provider of advanced analytics in biopharmaceutical development announced today a merger that will transform the combined company into a leading global analytic services provider for the biopharmaceutical industry. Today’s announcement creates a best-in-class partner for biopharmaceutical companies worldwide to benefit from the most advanced, integrated and complete analytic services capabilities in biopharmaceutical development, from clone selection through drug approval to commercialization. More>>

Turkish Cargo starts to operate at Istanbul Airport its new hub

Turkish Cargo, the global air cargo brand, will perform its cargo transportation operations via passenger flights at the temporary satellite facility, which is completely satisfactory in terms of infrastructure at Istanbul Airport, as of April 6, 2019 at the same level of quality and care as previously. More>>

Fujifilm Announces The Introduction Of A 10 Week Cell Line Development Timeline With Its Apollo™ X Advanced Mammalian Expression System

The timeline maintains a robust cloning strategy with one round of cloning.

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (Fujifilm), a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with experience in the development and manufacture of recombinant biopharmaceuticals and gene therapies, has announced the reduction of cell line development timelines with its Apollo X™ Advanced Mammalian Expression System. More>>

SKYCELL ANNOUNCES GLOBAL COLLABORATION WITH AIR FRANCE KLM MARTINAIR CARGO

Zurich, Switzerland / Schiphol, Netherlands / Roissy Charles de Gaulle, France, April 2, 2019 – SkyCell, the Swiss-based manufacturer of the world’s safest temperature-controlled containers for pharmaceuticals, and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will expand their existing collaboration. Therefore, both companies have announced a global collaboration to work more closely together on existing and future business in logistics of pharmaceuticals. More>>

Aptar Pharma Co Organizer and Diamond Sponsor of RDD Europe 2019 Conference in Estoril Portugal

Crystal Lake, Illinois, March 21, 2019 Aptar Pharma, the leader in respiratory drug delivery systems, is proud to announce its coorganization and diamond sponsorship of the Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD®) Europe 2019 scientific conference, connecting pulmonary and nasal drug delivery experts from around the world in Estoril, Portugal from May 7-10, 2019. More>>

HemaCare and Tissue Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Access to Human Disease-State Samples

Advancing discoveries by providing scientists with high-quality disease-state biospecimens to support preclinical and clinical research

HemaCare Corporation (OTCMKTS: HEMA), a global leader and trusted brand in the customization of human-derived biological products and services for biomedical research, drug discovery, and cellular therapy process development, and Tissue Solutions Ltd, a leading global provider of diseased human biosamples for research, today announced their partnership to supply customers with an expanded selection of well-qualified disease-state biomaterials in fresh, frozen, and FFPE formats. More>>

PCI Pharma Services Announces Bottling Line Expansion to Support Customer Needs

Rockford IL Commercial Packaging site to add nearly 100 million units of bottling line capacity

Philadelphia, USA – February 5, 2019 PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a full-service provider of specialist outsourced drug manufacturing, clinical trial services, and commercial packaging to the global biopharmaceutical industry, is pleased to announce the expansion of its bottling line capacity at its Commercial Packaging site in Rockford, IL. Construction of the additional packaging suites began in March 2018 to add considerable footprint for primary and secondary packaging operations equipped with high speed tablet filling, cartoning, as well as in-line serialization and aggregation in support of increased customer demand. The new expansion will grow the robust bottling operation in Rockford by producing an extra 100 million bottles per year. More>>

Sphere Fluidics hires 10 new UK and US staff in its plan to scale internationally

Rob Treanor joins as Director of Operations and Andrew Campbell as Director of Finance

Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, announced today that it has appointed six new employees and plans to hire four more staff in its UK and US sites. Rob Treanor and Andrew Campbell join Sphere Fluidics as Director of Operations and Director of Finance, respectively alongside new hires to its sales, operations and scientific teams. These appointments will expand the Company’s commercial capabilities and facilitate service and support for new and existing Cyto-Mine® customers in both the UK and US. More>>

PCI Pharma Services Announces Appointment of Lisa Spence as Director of Clinical Supply Chain International Region

Philadelphia, PA – March 12, 2019. Leading biopharmaceutical services provider PCI Clinical Services (PCI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Spence as Director of Clinical Supply Chain – International Region. More>>