Welcome to another posting of ‘Industry Insight with Chester,’ a periodic round-up of news and views from around the Pharma and biopharma industries compiled by Chester Solack, Business Analyst at SAFC in Lenexa, Kansas.
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Industry Insight with Chester: A Collection of Current Industry Updates
Friday, May 18th, 2012A Deeper Look Into the Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012In April, SAFC Live highlighted Patty Benson’s participation at the ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland as part of a panel presentation where she provided an API supplier’s perspective. As a follow up to that piece, we sat down with Patty to discuss the Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force (BPTF) in more detail. Here, she offers insight into who the BPTF is, what they do, what they are currently working on and what the future holds. The full story follows:
BREAKING NEWS: Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Research Organics to Strengthen Portfolio of PharmaGrade Raw Materials
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Yesterday, Sigma-Aldrich announced the acquisition of Research Organics, a leading supplier of biochemicals for use in various bioprocessing, biotechnology and diagnostic applications. The addition means that SAFC will now be able to offer dual sourced buffers, as well as an expansion of the raw materials catalog of products. As executives for both companies noted, the acquisition has been made with an end goal of increasing quality of service and capacity to partner with customers on both standard and custom project solutions.
To read the full press release, please click below. To learn more about SAFC’s line of PharmaGrade Products, please click here.
LIVE from INFORMEX 2012: President Gilles Cottier Looks at the Past and Future of SAFC
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
It has been a busy week here at Informex 2012. As a show exhibitor, sponsor of the Informex Networking Lounge and Speed Networking Sessions, and as a participant in various presentations throughout the show, SAFC has maximized the time here in New Orleans.
Today, SAFC was the host of two important presentations: one being a press briefing given by President Gilles Cottier and the other a Tech Talk on cocrystallization technology by Professor Chris Frampton. SAFC Live will be back in the next few days with a wrap up and overview of the cocrystal technology from Chris. For the moment, we wanted to take time to highlight Gilles’ presentation that was made in front of such high level publications as C&EN, Pharmaceutical Technology, Chemical Week, and Manufacturing Chemist, to name a few.
SAFC’s Dave Backer Discusses the Full Line of SAFC PharmaGrade Products and Highlights the PharmaGrade MSX Product Capabilities
Friday, February 3rd, 2012As SAFC continues to settle into 2012, there is plenty of planning and development going on across the global SAFC network. Leading into the first big tradeshow of the year, Informex 2012 in New Orleans, LA, SAFC has been focused on introducing a new line of products that take quality and security of supply chain to another level. Below, Dave Backer, SAFC Director of Business Development and Marketing, discusses what the PharmaGrade product portfolio means for SAFC customers and why it is relevant to the market.
BREAKING NEWS: BioReliance to Become Part of SAFC
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Today, Sigma Aldrich confirmed that the newly acquired BioReliance business will become part of SAFC, the custom manufacturing and services business unit of Sigma-Aldrich. SAFC President, Gilles Cottier noted that the acquisition would serve to increase the SAFC value proposition and positively leverage the company’s industrial media presence and biological testing capabilities for end user services and solutions.
SAFC Featured in the Informex 2012 Blog
Friday, January 27th, 2012SAFC Marketing Manager, Nick Johnson, talks about what SAFC is bringing to the “Big Easy” in 2012 and why Informex is a key annual event for SAFC. Please click here to read the full blog.
