White House renews drive for drug importation
Biden’s executive order targets drug pricing, healthcare costs and health insurance practices
Pelican BioThermal rebrands as Peli BioThermal
As customer base grows, packaging company decides to wrap global divisions under one name
Curia to purchase biopharma fill-finish organization
Latest deal expands CDMO’s biologics expertise
SP doubles fill-finish, freeze dryer manufacturing output
New large-scale plant in Barcelona part of company's capacity-expansion pursuits to capitalize on biopharma's increased demand for lyophilization equipment
Gavi finalizes agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac for COVAX supply
Deal makes doses of Covid-19 vaccine available to help address immediate and critical gaps in supply
Life sciences industry needs better cold chain management
Making the loss of refrigerated biological materials a ‘never event’
United States Pharmacopeia inks deal for life science consultancy
Acquisition by nonprofit will focus on helping strengthen drug supply chain
Sebia acquires specialty diagnostics company Orgentec Diagnostika
Deal to bolster France-based Sebia's capabilities in autoimmunity, infectious diseases and clinical trials
BioMed X expands research partnership with Merck KGaA
Will closely examine DNA damage response in hopes of improving cancer treatment options
Marken partners with a tech partner, Thread, for decentralized clinical trials
Companies seek to provide a seamless, comprehensive service offering to pharma and clinical research organizations
Celularity and Arthrex ink exclusive commercial supply and distribution pact
Arthrex to receive US rights to distribute and commercialize Celularity’s placental-derived biomaterial products for orthopedics and sports medicine
Accenture strengthens its cyber defense efforts in Sweden
Acquires Sweden-based Sentor, which specializes in security services
UBC forms patient support partnership
Collaboration with Surescripts will focus on improving patient outcomes, while providing HCPs with in-workflow enrollment
Sanofi invests in mRNA Center of Excellence for vaccines
Mission is to expand its collection of mRNA vaccines beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
New company formed focused on pharma patient portal, drug adherence
Merger establishes Perigon Health 360—with aim of introducing "precision digital pharmacy" model
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French company Novasep pursues API facility upgrade
Mourenx location will install new equipment, add hires in project as part of the France Relance recovery plan
Annual list of top 50 pharma companies released
Roche repeats at No. 1 position; AbbVie vaults five spots
Qatar Airways Cargo approves new temperature-controlled container for its fleet
Latest addition to its unit load devices for pharma transport aligns with carrier's sustainability goals, company says
Frontera Therapeutics kicks off construction of GMP manufacturing site
Facility will focus on rAAV clinical, commercial gene therapy products
Pharmacy solutions startup launches with hopes of redefining the patient-medication experience
The new independent company Evio is funded by five nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield plans
Schreiner MediPharm, Plas-Tech team up on prefilled syringe Cap-Lock
Join forces on tamper-evident security for luer-lock syringes
Danaher inks $9.6 billion deal for Aldevron
Acquisition to expand presence in genomic medicine
Report: SK Bioscience to invest $132M toward vaccine production
Aims to enhance company's mRNA and viral vector capabilities
Manufacturing boost for rare disease drugmaker
Horizon Therapeutics to purchase production facility from Irish specialty care company
HDA recognizes pharma, product manufacturer standouts
Latest DIANA Awards highlight innovation in healthcare distribution
Sanofi invests $425 million in flu vaccine manufacturing site
Newly licensed US facility to increase availability of company's influenza vaccine
Civica Rx extends its generic-pharma network into health insurers; adds a manufacturing partner
Health insurer Anthem joins BCBS organizations to form CivicaScript
Cold Chain Technologies extends Latin American presence
Will be expanding to four additional countries in South America
Talent trends report: UK pharma workforce experiencing a ‘boom'
A 16-year data analysis uncovers huge spikes in the number of pharma technicians, pharmacists, and other roles