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CPhI Pharma Awards 2018

15th October 2018

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Andrew Warmington

The 2018 CPhI Pharma Awards, which recognise excellence in pharma, selected 17 winners from over 250 entries. The awards are among the most prestigious in the industry, celebrating thinkers and creators breaking new ground and strongly advocating companies committed to driving the industry forward.

The 2018 winners are:


API Development
Ipca Labs Limited – Artemisinin

Formulation
MiVital AG – Micelle Inside Solubilisation

Excipients
Merck – Parteck MXP Excipient

Manufacturing Technology and Equipment
AqVida GmbH – AqVida filling line

Bioprocessing & Manufacturing
Merck – Simplification of Fed Batch Processes Using Modified Amino Acids

Analysis, Testing and Quality Control
Tornado Spectral Systems – HyperFlux™ PRO Plus

Drug Delivery Devices
Nemera – e-NOVELIA, the smart ophthalmic add-on

Highly Commended Stiplastics – Stiplastics

Packaging
TECHNOFLEX – Dual-Mix

Highly Commended Aptar Pharma – QuickFlip

Supply Chain, Logistics, and Distribution
Systech International – UniSecure

Contract Services and Outsourcing
CatSci Ltd – Development of a novel bio-catalysed manufacturing route for a generic API

Highly Commended Cambrex – Continuous Flow Centre of Excellence

Regulatory Procedures and Compliance
scientist.com

Corporate Social Responsibility
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. – Delivering on the Promise of Good Corporate Citizenship

CEO of the Year
Laurent Levy, Nanobiotix

Pharma Company of the Year
Nanobiotix

OTC
Medical Brands and Vemedia – Excilor 2-in-1 Wart Treatment Device

Patient Centricity
SRS Life Sciences Pte Ltd – SRS Unistraw Delivery System

IT, mHealth & Digitalisation
Qualit-e Cloud GmbH – Qualit-e Cloud

UPL to split out specialities

Indian agrochemicals giant UPL has announced plans to transfer its speciality chemicals business, including agrochemical

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Andrew Warmington

AI for SAPs

Together with Algo Artis, Japan’s Nippon Shokubai has developed an algorithm-based means for the production

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Axplora's site at Vizag

Axplora expands in India

Axplora has announced a “significant” investment at its site in Vizag, India (pictured)

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Regis' headquarters in Chicago

Esteve acquires Regis

 

Barcelona-based Esteve Química has acquired Regis Technologies, a hitherto privately owned CDMO headquartered in Chicago

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Meribel's facility at Uppsala

Ofichem buys site in Sweden

Netherlands-based CDMO Ofichem has acquired Meribel Pharma Solutions’ former Recipharm site in Uppsala, Sweden, which

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Nippon Shokubai's API Facility in Japan

Nucleic acid API boost

Nippon Shokubai is to expand its GMP capacity for nucleic APIs tenfold It will install

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Flamma's facility in Dalian

Flamma opens in China

Italian CDMO Flamma Group has officially opened its new cGMP plant at Dalian, China, where

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Afyren Neoxy plant

Milestones for two greentech firms

Afyren has achieved continuous production at its Afyren Neoxy plant at Clermont-Ferrand (pictured)

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Origin by Ocean derives its materials from sargassum

CABB in algae biorefinery deal

CABB has agreed a strategic partnership to establish a first-in-kind algae biorefinery at its site at Kokkola

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Andrew Warmington

First waste-based biosurfactants

Belgian start-up AmphiStar has launched what it claims are the first fully upcycled biobased surfactants

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Aether to supply Seqens

Indian firm Aether Industries has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Chemoxy International, a UK-based

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New model for biocatalysts

BASF, the Austrian Research Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) and the University of Graz in

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CBE JU funds 31 more projects

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), a €2 billion partnership between the EU

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Ribbon cutting ceremony at Lubrizol's new office

Lubrizol opens London office

Lubrizol has opened a new office in Hammersmith, London. This will be home to a

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Sudarshan to buy Heubach

India’s Sudarshan Chemical Industries (SCIL) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Heubach

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Alliance in natural fragrances

Sensegen, a US-based specialist in biotech-enabled fragrances, notably a new class of natural musk raw

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Croda breaks ground in China

Croda International has broken ground for a low-carbon, multi-purpose production facility on a greenfield site

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CCT collaboration for Givaudan

Flavours and fragrances giant Givaudan has agreed a research collaboration for the development of sustainable

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REACH Authorisation

Candidate List ‘reaches’ 250

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added three more substances to the Candidate List of

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Staff at Brenntag's newly acquired Czech site

CO2-free distribution site first

Brenntag has officially inaugurated what it claims to be the first CO2-emission-free chemical distribution site

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Andrew Warmington