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BREAKING NEWS: Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Research Organics to Strengthen Portfolio of PharmaGrade Raw Materials

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Yesterday, 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.

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Posted in Bioconjugation, biology, Bioprocessing, Cell biology, CMOs, Continuous Processing - Microreators, Diagnostics, Fine Chemicals, HPAPIs, Industry Overview, Media Production, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Technologies | No Comments »

SAFC Presents at the Upcoming ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

From April 4-5, 2012, delegates will gather at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland for the two day ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop that will feature a program focused on the new limits for element impurities in drug products and how they may impact businesses in the pharma industry.

On Wednesday, April 4th at 9am, SAFC Quality Assurance Director, Patty Benson, will participate in a panel titled “Perspectives From Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Suppliers”, along with a lineup of speakers from industry colleagues, the IPEC-Americas, CHPA and SOCMA’s Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force (BPTF) to discuss the draft guidelines and implications data will have, as well as the impact on pharmaceuticals. Patty’s input from an API maker’s perspective will be complemented with an excipient user perspective from Janeen Skutnik-Wilkinson, Director of Quality and Regulatory Policy at Pfizer Inc. and an excipient maker perspective from David Schoneker, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Colorcon.

We hope to see you there to learn, network and exchange information amongst industry peers. To learn more about registration for the event, please click here. To learn more about SAFC, please click here.

Posted in APIs, Bioconjugation, Bioprocessing, Cell biology, CMOs, Fermentation, HPAPIs, Industry Overview, Media Production, Quality, Regulatory | No Comments »

SAFC Lives: Toru Kobayashi, SAFC Manager in Tokyo, Japan

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Toru Kobayashi, SAFC Manager, Tokyo

Recently, SAFC Live caught up with Toru Kobayashi, SAFC Manager in Tokyo, Japan at CPhI Japan, where he gave us an overview of the Japanese market and shared an award that SAFC received for ten years of participation at CPhI Japan. Here, we had an opportunity to speak with Toru on a more personal level in this next installment of SAFC Lives.

SAFC Lives presents personnel profiles where we talk to the people and personalities who make SAFC tick, and find out something about their work, what drives them, their aspirations, and what they enjoy doing when they’re not playing a critical role in the ongoing growth of SAFC.

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SAFC at CPhI Japan 2012

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

SAFC Manager, Toru Kobayashi, accepts an award of recognition for ten years of exhibiting at the CPhI Japan event.

CPhI Japan 2012 got underway today and SAFC is onsite as an exhibitor (located at Booth H-16) and presenter. This year, the show celebrates it’s 10th anniversary and event organizers, UBM Live, took time to recognize the exhibiting companies that have been there since the beginning. SAFC is one of those companies and earlier today was recognized as part of a group of 47 exhibitors that have experienced the past ten years of CPhI Japan.

Here, SAFC Live takes a moment to talk with Toru Kobayashi, SAFC Manager for the Japan Market, about how the market has recovered from natural disaster and what the Japanese pharma, biopharma and chemicals market has in store for the future.

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SAFC at Informex 2012: The Roundup

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

 

It is hard to believe that Informex 2012 is already a month behind us. SAFC spent a productive week at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA with industry colleagues old and new. SAFC was not only an exhibitor and presenter at the show, but also took involvement one step further through a social media sponsorship that included sponsoring the Informex Networking Lounge. Over the three days in NOLA, the Lounge offered attendees with a place to meet, network and participate in social media.

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Posted in Bioprocessing, CMOs, Continuous Processing - Microreators, HPAPIs, Industry Overview, Media Production, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Technologies, ZFN | No Comments »

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.

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SAFC’s Dave Backer Discusses the Full Line of SAFC PharmaGrade Products and Highlights the PharmaGrade MSX Product Capabilities

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

As 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.

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