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Curia and the US government have entered into a cooperative agreement to expand fill/finish capability for injectable medicines.

Curia Enters Cooperative Agreement with US Government to Expand Sterile Fill/Finish Capability

Moderna and Thermo Fisher Scientific have formed a collaboration to leverage dedicated commercial fill/finish manufacturing capacity in the US for mRNA vaccines and therapies.

Moderna and Thermo Fisher Scientific Form Long-Term Strategic Manufacturing Collaboration

Fareva plans to use blow-fill-seal equipment and ApiJect’s prefilled injector technology to create fill/finish capacity in France.

Fareva and ApiJect Plan Vaccine Packaging Capacity in France 

Lonza plans to establish drug product manufacturing capabilities at is site in Guangzhou, China, to produce clinical trial and commercial supply in the country.

Lonza Invests in Drug Product Manufacturing Services in China

Aenova has announced plans to open a new new can and bottle filling production line in Cornu, Romania. 

Aenova Announces Plans for New Production Line

Hallie Forcinio is packing editor for Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, editorhal@sbcglobal.net.

Container and equipment innovations expand applications.

Innovations Meet Growing Demand for Prefilled Syringes 

The new line can fill prefilled syringes, cartridges, and vials using ready-to-use components.

Aji Bio-Pharma to Add High Speed Fill/Finish Line to its San Diego Facility

Samsung Biologics plans to support the production of hundreds of millions of doses of Moderna’s vaccine to supply to markets outside of the United States beginning in the third quarter of 2021. 

Moderna and Samsung Biologics Partner on Fill/Finish Manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

Under the terms of the expanded agreement, Catalent will provide Moderna with a new high-speed vial filling line until June 2023 along with inspection, labeling, cartoning, and final packaging for potential pipeline programs.

Catalent Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Fill/Finish Collaboration with Moderna

Richard Denk is Head Sales Containment at SKAN AG, www.skan.ch, Richard.Denk@skan.ch.

Decontamination, automation, and containment are important considerations
for aseptic manufacturing in isolators.


Manufacturing Equipment, Fill-Finish