Manufacturing

Weeks after Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly retracted billions of dollar in German commitments, the nation’s government is reportedly changing a contentious element of its planned healthcare reforms.
Officials sanctioned Dabur India months after FDA inspectors found bird droppings and data integrity deficiencies during an inspection of the plant.
The money will enable the addition of aseptic filling and oral solid dose capabilities to support Hikma’s products and contract manufacturing clients.
With Germany moving to curb healthcare spending, Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim have rethought plans to invest in facilities, including a manufacturing plant for GLP-1 drugs.
FDA inspectors found that Medline, which raised billions of dollars last year, failed to prevent repeat bacterial contamination of finished drug products.
The forecast makes pharma one of the fastest-growing manufacturing industries in the U.S.
Swiss service provider CordenPharma is acquiring AmbioPharm, gaining facilities such as a plant in South Carolina to provide a fully U.S.-based supply.
Riding a newfound surge of interest on infectious disease concerns, Moderna is linking up with a global vaccine foundation in hopes of developing a vaccine to slow the new surge in Ebola underway in the Congo and Uganda.
FDA inspectors found Alchymars failed to adequately maintain equipment used to make active pharmaceutical ingredients for the U.S. market. Over-the-counter drugmakers GC America and Sato Pharmaceutical also received warning letters.
Having secured deals with AstraZeneca and Novartis, Niowave is constructing a second facility to meet rising demand for actinium-225, which can be used to develop next-generation radiopharmaceuticals.
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