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Zentiva and Siyiara Enterprises to Acquire Romanian Pharma Firm Solacium

Romania: Pharmaceutical Takeover

Zentiva and Siyiara Enterprises to Acquire Romanian Pharma Firm Solacium

18/03/2019 - Zentiva and Siyiara Enterprises have signed a Shared Purchase Agreement to acquire Romanian pharmaceutical company Solacium along with its subsidiary Be Well Pharma. Zentiva intends to acquire the firm as it believes that it will assist its present generic medicines business and grow its OTC capability for consumers in Romania. read...

Dow Dupont Appoints Two New Members to Future Board of Directors of Corteva Agriscience

Management Structure

Dow Dupont Appoints Two New Members to Future Board of Directors of Corteva Agriscience

12/03/2019 - Dow Dupont has selected Dr. Klaus Engel, former CEO of Evonik Industries, and Rebecca Liebert, Senior Vice President, automotive coatings at PPG as the two new members of the future board of directors. read...

Roche Begins Cash Tender Offer for All Shares of Spark Therapeutics

Switzerland: Business Strategy

Roche Begins Cash Tender Offer for All Shares of Spark Therapeutics

11/03/2019 - Roche has set the price at 114.50 dollar per share and the tender offer period is expected to expire on April 3, 2019, unless it is extended. Roche has filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. read...

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Feeding Continuous Pharma Processes

Gravimetric Feeders

Feeding Continuous Pharma Processes

13/03/2019 - A modular solution for continuous processing: Coperion K-Tron's new gravimetric K3-PH feeders shall provide a flexible solution with small footprint and short changeovers. read...

Lump Breaker Reduces Agglomerates into Particles Down to 2 mm

Lump Crusher

Lump Breaker Reduces Agglomerates into Particles Down to 2 mm

13/03/2019 - A new Kason Lump Breaker, model LB 550, is capable of reducing agglomerates as large as 250 mm into particles with an average size as small as 2 mm with minimal heat generation or fines, at rates from 2 to 25 tonnes/hr. read...

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There is no alternative to testing when it comes to grinding new products

Grinding Technology

There is no alternative to testing when it comes to grinding new products

04/12/2018 - The mills used to manufacture pharmaceuticals are becoming increasingly diverse: New requirements are demanding optimised processes and innovative approaches. But the sums all have to add up in the end despite all the technical possibilities. read...

Excellence United

Pharma 4.0: Excellence United Setting New Standards

3D-Printing and Additive Manufacturing

Chemicals, Hot off the Printer: Additive Manufacturing in Chemicals and Pharma

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Royal DSM Partners with Cargill to Establish 50:50 JV Firm Avansya

The Netherlands: Sweeteners

Royal DSM Partners with Cargill to Establish 50:50 JV Firm Avansya

The new company is expected to produce zero-calorie, sweet-tasting molecules through fermentation, thus, offering food and beverage manufacturers an even more scalable, sustainable and low cost-in-use solution. read...

Lonza Aligns Business to Strengthen Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition Offerings

Switzerland: Management

Lonza Aligns Business to Strengthen Pharma, Biotech and Nutrition Offerings

The company has combined its Pharma & Biotech as well as Consumer Health & Nutrition business to form a new Lonza Pharma Biotech & Nutrition (LPBN) segment. Stefan Stoffel has been appointed as the COO of this new segment. read...

Wuxi STA and Bio Lingus Collaborate for Sublingual Delivery

China: Biotechnology

Wuxi STA and Bio Lingus Collaborate for Sublingual Delivery

Both the companies have signed an exclusive technology and marketing collaboration for sublingual delivery. The move aims to further integrate the advantages of Wuxi STA drug product services and expedite the development of Bio Lingus’ pipeline and usage of sublingual delivery technology. read...