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Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging has appointed Jane Severin, as director of technology. Dr Severin is an IoPP Certified Packaging Professional with a BS and a PhD in Packaging from

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (Takeda) is planning to establish a new commercial subsidiary in Brazil. The new subsidiary represents the 12th new strategic expansion since January 2009 including Canada,

Honeywell has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Pro-Lab Laboratuar Teknolojileri, which will distribute Honeywell’s Burdick & Jackson laboratory chemicals, solvents in Turkey. Burdick & Jackson solvents

A new plastic film, for which a patent has been applied, will protect Basf’s pharmaceutical excipient polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in future even better against the penetration of atmospheric oxygen

Sanofi-aventis has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with the Rockefeller University, New York, for a monoclonal antibody, targeting certain specific forms of the Amyloid Beta parenchymal

The Natural Step and The Dow Chemical has entered into an agreement that is expected to help both organisations to advance their sustainability missions and goals. The agreement,

AstraZeneca and Targacept have entered into a collaboration and license agreement for the global development and commercialisation of TC-5214, Targacept’s late-stage investigational product for major depressive disorder (MDD).

AlphaRx has selected locations in Hong Kong and Shanghai for its corporate headquarters and a new R&D facility respectively. The company said that the initiative will spearhead a

Alkermes and Acceleron Pharma have enetred into a license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Alkermes will have worldwide rights to the Medifusion technology in return with