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The $72-million investment, part of a larger $850-million investment into its US operations, will allow the drugmaker to replace an outdated insulin vial-filling line and to upgrade technology at its Indianapolis manufacturing plant.

Lilly to Invest $72 Million for Insulin Manufacturing Upgrade

The partnership and the formation of the institute intend to bring together industry, academia, and regulators to tackle challenges and provide solutions for continuous manufacturing.

NJII and Rutgers University to Form the New Jersey Continuous Manufacturing Institute

The companies will collaborate to produce and improve the recombinant properties of Aethlon’s Hemopurifier blood purification device.

iBio and Aethlon Medical Announce Manufacturing Collaboration

Coperion K-Tron has added the K3-PH-ML-D4-QT35 design to the company’s K3-PH line of feeders for a variety of continuous processes, and will showcase the feeder at the 2017 ISPE Annual Meeting and Expo.

Feeders for Continuous Processing

Bosch Packaging Technology’s AFG filling and closing machine for pharmaceutical powders in glass vials offers manufacturers a wide range of options. 

Machine Fills and Seals Pharmaceutical Powders in Glass Vials

GE Healthcare opened a 3D printing lab in Sweden that will speed the launch of products for bio/pharma manufacturing, such as a custom chromatography column.

GE Healthcare Opens 3D-Printing Lab, Prints Equipment for Biomanufacturing

Tools aid scale-up and comparison of single-use and stainless-steel bioreactors.

Testing and Simulation Approaches for Single-Use Bioreactor Scale-up

Fluid Air’s PolarDry spray dryers use electrostatic technology, providing low-temperature spray drying, encapsulation, and selective agglomeration in the creation of particles. 

Low-Temperature Spray Drying for Microencapsulation

Dr. Heino Prinz is director Development Inspection Devices, Rommelag Engineering.

This article discusses fully automatic inspection of glass and plastic containers and factors that affect particle detection rate. 

Automated Visual Particle Inspection

Ross, Charles & Son’s SysCon, a full-service machine and controls fabrication facility, added wireless connection to its control panel.