Close

Production & Manufacturing

Pfizer suspends work at Hospira India plant as FDA turns up heat

Pfizer is being schooled in the challenges of sterile drug manufacturing that come with its $15 billion buyout of Hospira. The New York drug giant has temporarily suspended production at a plant in India that the FDA cited three...

Aurobindo breaks ground on New Jersey facility

Aurobindo is starting to build on its pledge to expand operations in New Jersey, literally. The Indian drugmaker this week broke ground on the 567,000-square-foot facility that is slated to include a manufacturing and distribution center and warehouse, according...

Pfizer planning yet another plant expansion

In yet another expansion of its manufacturing operations, Pfizer ($PFE) plans to lay out nearly $150 million to build a sterile manufacturing facility and warehouse at its site near Kalamazoo, MI. It is the third manufacturing project the drug...

WuXi Biologics completes construction of Asia’s largest perfusion biologics manufacturing facility using disposable bioreactors

WuXi Biologics, a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company dedicated to biologics and a WuXi AppTec company, announced today the opening of a new commercial-scale cGMP biologics perfusion manufacturing facility in Wuxi city, China. ...

Top 9 Things You Must Know About Naproxen

How often do you need pain relief? If you suffer from low back pain, an aching knee, strained muscles, arthritis, throbbing headaches, or any other myriad of painful conditions, you are not alone. According to the Institute of Medicine,...

Tramadol – Top 8 Things You Need to Know

Tramadol is a centrally-acting, oral narcotic-like analgesic and is approved for the treatment of moderate to moderately severe pain in adults. The extended-release form of tramadol is for around-the-clock treatment of pain and not for use on an as-needed...

DEA’s 10th National Drug Take-Back Day Set For September 26th

DEA began hosting National Prescription Drug Take-Back events in 2010. At the previous nine Take-Back Day events, 4,823,251 pounds (2,411 tons) of unwanted, unneeded or expired medications were surrendered for safe and proper disposal. The disposal service is free...

Subscribe

- Never miss a story with notifications

- Gain full access to our premium content

- Browse free from any location or device.

Must read