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  1. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Announces West Contract Manufacturing Expansion Creating 110 Jobs In West Michigan 1/31/2022

    Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) today to announce that West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., through its subsidiary West Contract Manufacturing (West), plans to expand in the city of Walker, where it will create up to 110 jobs for Michigan workers.

  2. West Announces Landmark Collaboration With Corning In Pharmaceutical Injectable Drug Delivery 1/26/2022

    The exclusive long-term supply and development agreement includes a multimillion-dollar capital and R&D investment in Corning to enable advanced drug containment and delivery system solutions.

  3. West Pharmaceuticals And MEDX Xelerator Sign Strategic Collaboration 11/23/2021

    The agreement is focused on identifying and developing early-stage medical technology innovation. Under the terms of the accord, West will provide funding for joint venture creations at the incubator and will have the option to further invest in these same projects, alongside the incubator, if the projects mature into portfolio companies.

  4. West Launches New Vial2Bag Advanced™ 20mm Admixture Device 10/22/2020

    West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST), West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (West) is pleased to announce FDA 510(k) clearance and launch of its Vial2Bag Advanced™ 20mm Admixture Device.

  5. Holistic QbD: A Key To Improved Profitability And Sustained Competitive Advantage With Sterile Pharmaceutical Products 8/9/2012

    Pharmaceutical companies are faced with assuring that new quality and compliance paradigms can be met while facilitating profitability to continue adequate business reinvestment. By Fran DeGrazio, Vice President, Global Research and Development, Pharmaceutical Packaging Systems West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

  6. Biopharmaceutical Company Selects West's NovaPure 1mL Long Plunger For First Commercial Drug Launch

    A small biopharmaceutical company looking to launch their first drug was seeking recommendations for packaging solutions for one of their pre-clinical drugs. They needed an experienced supplier that fully understood the challenges of delivering a biologic drug to the market.

  7. Growing Complex Generic Application Load May Force US FDA Staffing Changes

    Staffing plans for complex generics and other FDA priorities may be complicated by the continual burden of the coronavirus pandemic. Learn what forced the agency to lower hiring and retention expectations earlier this year.

  8. De-Risking Visible Particles Through Component Selection

    Explore a summary of the FDA’s recent draft guidance “Inspection of Injectable Products for Visible Particulates” and how it applies to components.

  9. Gene Therapy: Maintaining Sterility At Low Temperature Storage

    A gene therapy for pediatric Spinal Muscular Atrophy required a leak and break-resistant container which maintains sterility over product shelf life, through freeze and defrost cycles.

  10. Industrialization And Scale-Up Of Drug Delivery System

    A pharma company and its product design partner were in need of a contract manufacturer able to support its device development, injection molding, tooling, logistics, and scale-up automation strategy.