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Dairy JV nabs India's excipients maker Brahmar

DMV-Fonterra Excipients (DFE), a joint venture pairing two large dairy groups, has struck a deal to acquire India's Brahmar Cellulose in a bid to become the primary go-to supplier of lactose

BASF raises excipient, API prices another 10%

Germany's BASF plans a 10% price hike worldwide on pharmaceutical excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients. The company blamed continued increases in costs for raw materials, energy and labor

FDA: 5 recalls traced to excipients in 2010

Despite their passive treatment role, drug excipients sometimes are the active agent in recalls. In a presentation at the recent ExcipientFest, Steven Wolfgang of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation

FDA system would speed excipient screening

In an attempt to speed up its monitoring and surveillance of the pharma supply chain, the FDA has approached industry group IPEC Americas for help with excipient authentication. The goal is to

Celanese debuts controlled-release excipients

Celanese has unveiled VitalDose, an excipient for controlled-release drugs. The ingredients allow drugmakers to customize API release properties. VitalDose is intended for transdermal, subcutaneous