Piramal to expand Canadian facility
CDMO Piramal Pharma Solutions business is to expand its Aurora facility in Aurora, Toronto, by investing C$25 million in a new API wing.
Ampac reopens Virginia site
US-based API manufacturer Ampac Fine Chemicals (AFC) has officially reopened the manufacturing operations of its AFC-Virginia facility in front of state and local dignitaries and other guests.
Thermo Fisher buys GSK Irish site
Thermo Fisher Scientific, owner of Patheon, has agreed to acquire a drug substance manufacturing site in Cork, Ireland, from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for about €90 million.
Ten die in Chinese pharma plant accident
Ten workers were killed in an accident at a pharmaceutical intermediates and APIs plant in China’s Shandong province on 15 April, it has emerged. This was the second fatal industrial accident at a chemicals-related plant in China within the space of a month.
