Monday, December 10, 2018 Daily Archives

Pfizer Kansas plant hit by FDA 483 with 8 repeat observations

The US FDA observed potential mold contamination and deficient aseptic processes during an inspection at Pfizer’s fill/finish facility in McPherson, Kansas. The McPherson facility was one of several manufacturing plants added to Pfizer’s network following the $17 billion (€14.9 billion) acquisition of Hospira in 2015. The plant has been subject to various regulatory issues, resulting in a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter in February 2017 citing poor aseptic processing and repeat GMP violations. An October 2017 inspection resulted…

Lonza to biomanufacture in China with a little help from GE

Changing policies in China bring opportunities for foreign CDMOs says Lonza, which is opening a biologics facility in Guangzhou, supported by GE Healthcare. Swiss contract development and manufacturing organization(CDMO) Lonza has announced it is constructing its first biomanufacturing facility in China. The 17,000 m² plant will be based on GE Healthcare’s off-the-shelf modular biologics factory, KUBio platform, and will supply antibody drugs to the local market. “We do have an established presence in China and in theGuangzhou district but this…