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Tablets & Capsules July 2014 45 supplier news Xcelience opens UK distribution hub TAMPA, FL—Pharmaceutical CDMO Xcelience opened a 3,000- square-foot plant in Birmingham, UK, its first European facility. It offers storage, secondary packaging, labeling, and clinical trial distribution operations. Coperion to consolidate North American operations STUTTGART, Germany—Co per - ion plans to relocate its operations in Ramsey, NJ, to its sites in Pitman, NJ, Wytheville, VA, and Houston, TX, by November 2015 as part of its strategy to integrate its Coperion and Coperion K-Tron business units. Bend Research adds commercial spray drying BEND, OR—Bend Research, a division of Capsugel's Dosage Form Solutions, installed its first commer- cial-scale spray dryer at its R&D facil- ity here. The dryer is used for scale- up, Quality-by-Design studies, and production of toxicology study sup- plies. It operates in a non-GMP envi- ronment to accelerate development, reduce costs, and offer flexibility in the use of APIs. The site also includes small and medium-sized spray dryers. Almac adds ICP-MS to test for elemental impurities CRAIGAVON, UK—Almac in - stalled an inductively coupled plasma- mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) at its European headquarters to detect ele- mental impurities in drug products, drug substances, and excipients. The purchase follows changes to the US, European, and other pharmacopeias that will soon require that all compo- nents, processes, packaging, and final products be tested for the presence of heavy metals. Huber expands batch granulation ATLANTA, GA—Huber Engin - eered Materials added capacity for high-shear wet granulation (batch) at its Modesto, CA, site. The facility, which serves the dietary supplement and pharmaceutical industries, also offers continuous high-shear granula- tion, fluid-bed agglomeration, blend- ing, and milling. Brookfield offers free powder testing MIDDLEBORO, MA—Brookfield Engineering is offering free powder sample testing using its Powder Flow Tester (PFT). The tests, which char- acterize powder behavior and flowa- bility, are typically done in less than a week. The first three tests are free; customers may also try out the PFT at their own facility for 1 week. Pfizer chooses Sepha leak inspection equipment BELFAST, Ireland—Pharma giant Pfizer, New York, NY, chose Vision - Scan, Sepha's non-destructive inspec- tion equipment, as its preferred global standard for blister pack leak detection. The equipment applies cycles of both vacuum and positive pressure to blisters while a high-reso- Brunswick, NJ. Conducted by US Pharmacopeia at Distek headquar- ters. Tel. 301 881 0666. Fax 301 816 8148. Website: www.usp.org. Formulation Design and Trouble - shooting of Dry Dosage Forms. September 29-30 in Los Angeles, CA. Conducted by Center for Professional Innovation & Education. Tel. 610 688 1708. Website: www.cfpie.com. Organic Process Research and Development. September 29- October 1 in Cologne, France. Con - ducted by Scientific Update. Tel. +44 1435 873 062. Fax +44 1435 872 734. Website: www.scientific update. co.uk. IQ, OQ, PQ. Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in New Brunswick, NJ. Conducted by the Center for Professional Advance - ment. Tel. 732 238 1600. Fax 732 238 9113. Website: www.cfpa.com. TechnoPharm. Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Nuremburg, Germany. Tel. +49 9118 6060 8355. Fax +49 911 8 606 128 355. Websites: www.technopharm.de. lution camera and software pinpoint leaks as small as 15 microns. CoreRx adds equipment CLEARWATER, FL—CoreRx ad - ded $2 million in new equipment, including IMA Zanasi capsule fillers, a Thomas 36-inch coating system, a Fette 1200i tablet press, as well as a vial filler and capper and packaging and labeling equipment. Horn joins CRN LA MIRADA, CA—Horn Nutra - ceuticals, a distributor of specialty ingredients, joined the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Wash - ington, DC, as a voting member. Horn's vice president of innovative products, Xiaoming "Sandy" Chien, was named a member of CRN's Senior Scientific Advisory Council. IMCD acquires Jucker agency business ROTTERDAM, Netherlands— IMCD Group acquired the agency business of Jucker Pharma, Stock - holm, Sweden, a distributor of raw materials to the Nordic pharmaceuti- cal market. The acquisition allows IMCD to expand its API business in Europe. Flexicon opens Singapore office SINGAPORE—Flexicon, a sup- plier of powder handling equipment, opened an office in Singapore and named Jhuning Chng as applications engineer. Equipment includes flexible screw conveyors, pneumatic convey- ors, and bulk bag fillers and unloaders. Chiasma selects Capsugel to scale up drug product MORRISTOWN, NJ—Chiasma, Jerusalem, Israel, selected Capsugel's Dosage Form Solutions business unit to scale up its oral capsule form of octreotide for commercial manufac- turing. Octreotide, currently admin- istered by injection, is approved to treat acromegaly and gigantism, dis- orders caused by excess growth hor- mone. Chiasma specializes in trans- forming parenterals into oral drug products using its Transient Perme - ability Enhancer system. k-IndInnovBN_44-45_Masters 7/2/14 11:13 AM Page 45