11.10.2016
- Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company (SAFCO) and Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) have each hired investment banks to advise on the sale of SABIC’s stake in their fertilizer joint...
03.09.2015
- In September 2014, Merck announced the €13.1 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, which by mid-August has received antitrust clearance from all relevant jurisdictions including...
01.10.2014
- 1. What roles do contract research organizations (CROs) and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) play in the drug discovery/development value chain today, and how will their...
01.10.2014
- Pharmaceutical companies have outsourced several critical steps in the discovery and development of new drugs and the scale-up of processes and the manufacturing of APIs. Pharma...
05.06.2013
- Sigma-Aldrich today announced that SAFC Commercial, its custom manufacturing services business unit, has won commercial sales and licensing contracts with two leading Asian...
02.11.2012
- Sigma-Aldrich today announced that its custom manufacturing and services business unit, SAFC, has signed an agreement with Seoul, South Korea-based CrystalGenomics to support the...
20.07.2012
- In a major victory for the American people, President Obama recently signed into law the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Safety and Innovation Act that will allow the U.S...
26.10.2011
- With more and more players in big pharma looking to outsource in order to focus on core competencies, custom manufacturers stand to benefit from this shift. The most exciting trend...