Technology

Extract Technology launch mobile automated glove tester

Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:33:00 GMT

Extract Technology have launched a Mobile Automated Glove Tester, providing a means of a controlled automated pressure test of gauntlets and cuffed assemblies.

Almac opts for a flexible friend

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:39:00 GMT

When expanding its analytical capabilities, the pharmaceutical services supplier Almac required a flexible machine to address the growing demand for clinical trial studies.

Inside look: Solo Containment

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:17:00 GMT

Solo Containment reveals the expertise behind its engineered acrylic containment system.

Press&Take dosage system scoops fourth innovation award

Dave Gray — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:52:00 GMT

Medical device manufacturer Stiplastics received the Best Innovation award for Press&Take, a product designed for the dosage of granules, micro tablets and capsules.

GEA and Freeman test continuous tablet manufacture

Dave Gray — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:01:00 GMT

A collaborative research project between Freeman Technology and GEA Pharma Systems is progressing the development of continuous tablet manufacturing.

Cell cultures - in 3D

Dave Gray — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:51:00 GMT

Bioneer, a Danish Biotech group, has devised a method to enable 3D cell culture growth.

Extract applies airflow innovation

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:44:00 GMT

Extract Technology has developed an Aseptic Isolator system which moves away from traditional air-flow methods.

Long shelf life for Pharmapack

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:39:00 GMT

One firm is making its Pharmapack debut this year, and will discuss a new service dedicated to calculating moisture control and shelf life issues.

GCS caps commitment to closures

Dave Gray — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:09:00 GMT

Global Closure Systems will bring its latest portfolio of child resistant and tamper evident closures to Pharmapack Europe, exhibiting on stand 536.

Catalent upgrades Eberbach, adding more softgels

Dave Gray — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:09:00 GMT

Catalent's latest round of upgrades will expand on its ranges of softgels.

The search for an effective antiseptic active ingredient

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:17:00 GMT

Visitors to this year's Informex will have access to a potential replacement for Triclosan in the manufacture of antiseptic products.

Chicago CRO upgrades with UK chemistry setup

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:56:00 GMT

Regis Technologies, a Chicago-based contract research organisation (CRO), has just taken delivery of a new R-Series flow chemistry system designed and manufactured by UK-based Vapourtec.

Going genderless with sterile connections

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:04:00 GMT

Genderless AseptiQuik sterile connectors from CPC simplify single-use systems design and process integration.

Domino Printing enters technology partnership with Omron

Dave Gray — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:56:00 GMT

Coding and marking specialist Domino Printing Sciences has joined forces with vision and automation business Omron.

Amcor launches special opening feature for child-resistance

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 11:41:00 GMT

Amcor Flexibles has launched its patented Amcor Opening Feature (AOF) for child-resistant blister lidding packaging. The first products using AOF on blister lidding were commercially launched in December 2014.

Vetter forging ahead with clinical syringe projects in Chicago

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:45:00 GMT

Vetter has announced that its U.S. early-stage development site located at the Illinois Science + Technology Park in suburban Chicago, has completed the next step of its expansion with the addition of a third cleanroom.

Freeze drying: stable mates

Sophie Declomesnil — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:19:00 GMT

Freeze drying with collapse is not necessarily bad for stability and can reduce cost. Sophie Declomesnil of Lyofal writes.

Pharma in 3D

Dave Gray — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:30:00 GMT

You may have heard of 3D printed food (you can print spaghetti and meatballs, if you fancy it), but new research is looking into the 3D printing revolution for use in drug manufacture.

Making a ‘genderless’ connection

Dave Gray

Genderless AseptiQuik G sterile connectors from CPC are designed to simplify single-use systems design and process integration.

What is minocycline gel?

Dave Gray — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:42:00 GMT

API specialist Hovione has filed its first Investigational New Drug (IND) Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for a product called minocycline gel.

Print perfect

Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:19:00 GMT

Nolato Medical Pharma Packaging can now print Braille directly onto plastic containers.

BioPharma Dynamics wins Quattroflow distribution contract

Dave Gray — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:02:00 GMT

BioPharma Dynamics has been appointed as the Quattroflow product range distributor for the UK. The Quattroflow pump lends itself to single use applications due to the four-head, gentle diaphragm actuation of the unit.

Laurus Labs invests in continuous chromatography

Dave Gray — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:53:00 GMT

Laurus Labs, one of India’s fastest growing API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) makers, has commissioned a continuous chromatography Varicol system from Novasep.

Sound barrier

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:11:00 GMT

Perlen Packaging says it is the first company to enter the ultra-high barrier segment with PVdC based blister films with its Perlalux - Ultra Protect.

Tiofarma goes high-tech with plant upgrade

Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:07:00 GMT

Tiofarma, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of ‘specials’, has implemented the Ci-DMS Weigh and Dispense software from CI Precision.

Got it bottled

Ian Parsonage — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:19:00 GMT

Getting your arms around the bottle – implementing serialisation for high speed integrated bottling operations. Ian Parsonage, PCI writes

New resins added to pre-pack chromatography columns

Dave Gray — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:29:00 GMT

Merck Millipore has released three new chromatography resins for its Chromabolt prepacked columns.

Package control

Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:49:00 GMT

With regulation increasing, what can be done to help protect pharmaceutical goods, asks Essentra Packaging?

Mini bioreactor scoops double award

Dave Gray — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:10:00 GMT

A new mini bioreactor which was developed by two key industry partners has been named ‘best collaboration’ at the recent Bioprocess International (BPI) Awards.

Manufacturing: hitting pharma costs where they hurt

Dave Gray — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:23:00 GMT

A new white paper for looks at the need to save in manufacturing as product development costs continue to rise.

Interview: Quick learners

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:00:00 GMT

EPM speaks to the team at Quick to Clinic, an initiative offered by Patheon.

Whitepaper: Optimal Temperature Control

Thomas Pohl — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:06:00 GMT

Thomas Pohl from temperature control specialist Jubalo provides an insightful whitepaper on optimal temp control in pharma labs.

Weekly Innovation: AseptiQuik Connectors

Dave Gray — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:24:00 GMT

This week we turn the spotlight on Colder Products Company's ‘AseptiQuik’ range of connectors, which are designed to permit single-use sterile connections to be made safely and quickly.

Solving the insoluble

Dave Gray — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:31:00 GMT

Dow Pharma has added to its Affinisol line of drug solubility enhancement products. The product range, which is designed to tackle insolubility in spray dried dispersion (SDD) and hot melt extrusion (HME) formulations now has two new additions.

Actavis upgrades following triple volume growth

Dave Gray — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:34:00 GMT

Pharma group Actavis has upgraded and expanded its Malta facility to accommodate almost triple growth in volume in recent years. The firm worked with Extract Technology, a supplier of containment and aseptic systems.

It’s no choke

Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:28:00 GMT

A recent survey commissioned by Hermes Pharma has highlighted some key issues surrounding swallowing difficulties with tablets and capsules. Hermes discusses the opportunities of capturing market share with user-friendly dosage forms.

Cost-saving excipient to land by year-end

Dave Gray — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:28:00 GMT

Dow Pharma’s ‘Controlled Release Alliance’ with Colorcon is planning global commercial availability of its Methocel DC2 polymer by year end.

Sanofi chooses partner for ‘peel, stick and click’ injectors

Dave Gray — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:39:00 GMT

Unilife Corporation has been chosen to act as the sole supplier of cartridge-based wearable injectors for all of Sanofi's applicable large dose volume drugs (excluding insulins).

Polymer technology improves ready-to-use coatings

Dave Gray — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:17:00 GMT

Coating group Colorcon has confirmed that it will ramp up production of fully formulated ready-to-use pharmaceutical coatings. In order to grow the portfolio, it plans to use BASF’s immediate release coating polymer, known as Kollicoat IR.

Put a lid on it

Dave Gray — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:05:00 GMT

Amcor Flexibles Global Pharma division has unveiled its new Primera lid foil at InnoPack Europe this week. A push-through foil, Primera uses a print primer that works with all current printing technologies and inks, says the group.

Innovation Wednesday: Masterflex Digital Process Drives

Dave Gray — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:08:00 GMT

Cole-Parmer provides our featured innovation this week, with a series of innovative enhancements to its Masterflex range of digital process drives.

HEPA filter launches at TechnoPharm

Dave Gray — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:56:00 GMT

Filtration group AAF launched a new HEPA filter during this year’s TechnoPharm in Nuremburg, Germany.

Contamination control practices: are you up to date?

Dave Gray — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:59:00 GMT

New guidelines aimed at raising standards of contamination control in the pharmaceutical industry mean that organisations may need to re-assess their current practices, according to supplier firm Ecolab Contamination Control.

Asthma treatment getting personal

Dave Gray — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:41:00 GMT

A new report finds that the latest trials in asthma treatments herald a shift towards a personal, individual approach to therapy.

Smaller outside, bigger inside

Dave Gray — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 15:36:00 GMT

Priorclave has developed a benchtop autoclave which, despite being designed for compactness, includes a 50% increase in chamber capacity.

£1.5m pharma lab opens in the UK

Dave Gray — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:07:00 GMT

Lucideon has opened a new pharmaceutical quality control testing laboratory at its UK HQ in Stoke-on-Trent.

Pressing matter

Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:29:00 GMT

Natoli Engineering has announced the release of its latest two tablet presses, the NP-RD20, an R&D style tablet press and the NP-155 rotary tablet press.

Turning tables

Dave Gray — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:01:00 GMT

Teknomek, a supplier of hygienic stainless steel furniture and equipment, has broadened and updated its range of tables for better use in clean rooms.

Sieving innovation tackles fine particles

Dave Gray — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:37:00 GMT

Lab equipment specialist Endecotts has developed a new system designed for sieving very fine, dry particles that require dispersion and deagglomeration (for example, electrostatic materials) using air-jet technology.

API production more sustainable through re-use of catalysts

Dave Gray — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:59:00 GMT

Germany-based startup group DexLeChem has developed what it describes as a sustainable method of developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).