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Hovione New Jersey welcomed a team of 8 FDA Reviewers for two days training in its facilities. The training was organized under the scope of a training program FDA has in place to provide insight on how does industry apply QbD (Quality by Design), how a facility looks like, which challenges industry faces during development phases up to registration/validation campaigns. The 8 FDA members are reviewers of drug substance section as part of the applications for DMF, NDA and IND. TRAINING TOPICS Introduction to Hovione and New Jersey site Hovione Quality System Hovione methodology for QbD and Risk Assessment Strategy QbD methodology: A Case Study Plant Tour Workshop on Risk Assessment

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Hovione New Jersey welcomes a team of 8 FDA Reviewers for a training on Quality by Design (QbD)

FDA Training at Hovione New Jersey Site

Jul 10, 2017

Diane Villax, Founder Chairman, received the Scientific Merit Medal, from the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, Manuel Heitor, at the opening session of the National Science and Technology Meeting, Science 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal. The scientific merit medal rewards national or foreign individuals who, due to their outstanding professional qualities and the fulfillment of their duties, have made a valuable and exceptional contribution to the development of science or scientific culture in Portugal. «It is for me a great honour to represent Hovione on this occasion and to see that our original project has continued and grown and is today recognized at the highest levels. I would like to share and dedicate this moment to my family and to all of Hovione’s Team Members, and especially to the memory of my husband Ivan, who 58 years ago was a visionary and believed that it was possible to create in Portugal an innovative, research-based company» said Diane Villax after the ceremony.   Watch Diane Villax interview (in Portuguese):  

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National Science and Technology Meeting, Science 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal

Diane Villax receives Scientific Merit Medal

Jul 03, 2017

Hovione is the first Chemical/Pharmaceutical Company integrating this innovative community of companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. As a Certified B Corporation Hovione wants to contribute to redefine success in business, meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, setting its team members for success and personal satisfaction and aspiring to use the power of markets to solve social and environmental problems. Hovione believe that B Corps, and especially those that are family businesses, through the power of their collective voice, are competing to be Best for the World® and through them society will enjoy a more shared and durable prosperity. To certify as a B Corp, a set of rigorous social and environmental standards must be met. This is achieved through the B Impact Assessment process that requires four principle areas to be assessed: governance model, workers, environment protection and community involvement, including the impact on its suppliers. Hovione's certification process began almost a year ago. During this period B Lab assessed Hovione's policies and procedures in all locations with its operations around the world (Portugal, Ireland, United States and Asia). They concluded that Hovione follows all the appropriate models and can thus be part of this movement. This is a global movement of people using business as a force for goodTM with a vision that one day all companies compete not only to be the best in the world, but the Best for the World®.    

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Hovione became a Certified B Corp at the B Corp Summer Summit 2017, in Cascais, Portugal

Hovione receives B Corp Certification

Jun 22, 2017

During CETB's Carrigaline Facility's 10 Year Anniversary, Hovione Cork receives a Partnership Award from the Cork Training Center for the support Hovione Cork has provided to the Cork Training Center Biopharma facility in ensuring its facilities,  programmes  and learners continue to reflect the ongoing needs of the life sciences companies in the region.    

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Hovione Cork receives Partnership Award at the CETB's Carrigaline Facility's 10 Year Anniversary

Hovione Cork receives Partnership Award

May 15, 2017

Paul Downing, General Manager of Hovione Cork, gave the opening address and introduced Jim Ryan CEO of Bioconnect Ireland who chaired the meeting. First on the Podium was Brian Harrison who previously held many management positions in Bristol-Myers-Squibb and now Managing Director of his own start-up outfit. He gave an overview of the Tech transfer process and the importance of aligning the same mindset on both the receiving site and transfer site. This followed by two of our own guest speakers Rui Loureiro and Márcio Temtem both of whom gave complementary presentations on techniques to overcome solubility issues and effective use of modeling to have a robust process for scale-up. The presentations were varied in their themes from Biotech start-ups to mainstream pharma distribution companies. An interesting QA session was followed by a group photo in front of Building 10. Paul Dunne European, Business Development Manager, presided over the wrap up before the site tour. The evening concluded with a networking and drinks reception in the China room.  

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The Hovione site welcomed close to 50 people from the Irish Pharma, Biotech and University sectors for a combined seminar with Bioconnect Ireland on the theme of Tech Transfer in the pharmaceutical industry.

Bioconnect Seminar at the Hovione Cork Site

May 11, 2017

According to Life Science Leader magazine, in the 2017 CMO Leadership Awards, Hovione exceeded customers expectations in the Compatibility and Accessible Senior Management categories. These awards recognize the leading contract manufacturing organizations. Find more about Hovione in each compatibility category topic: Access to desired markets Accessible senior management Complementary core competencies to in-house or other manufacturing contractors Cultural Fit Financial strength/stability Timely project communications     CMO Leadership Awards website

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Hovione recognized in the 2017 CMO Leardership Awards

2017 CMO Leadership Award

Mar 22, 2017

During 2016 CPhI Worldwide, Hovione was recognised as the API Supplier of the Year with a Global Generics & Biosimilars Award. This award recognises Hovione for its achievements over the preceding 12 months and was judged by a panel of industry experts. The Global Generics & Biosimilars Awards 2016 ceremony is presented by the Generics bulletin and it was held in Barcelona on 4 October 2016.                 Find more about Hovione's Off-Patent API products    

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Hovione receives Global the Generics & Biosimilars Award 2016 in the category of API Supplier of the Year.

Hovione is the API Supplier of the Year

Oct 04, 2016

  The Life Science Leader Magazine recognizes Hovione for its achievements and awards:     Innovation Award (The business will improve our in-house capabilities with customized solutions)       Regulatory Award (The business is reputable and compliant) Life Science Leaders CMO Leadership Awards are based on industry research conducted by Nice Insight.   To view the Life Science Leader Magazine article click here    

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Hovione wins two 2015 CMO Leadership Awards from Life Science Leader in the categories of Innovation and Regulatory.

Hovione receives 2015 CMO Leadership Award

Mar 17, 2015

Paul joined Hovione on the 1st of October 2014. He holds a BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Sunderland (UK) and a PhD in Organic Chemistry (asymmetric synthesis using organometallics) from Sheffield University (UK). He started his industrial career with Fisons Pharmaceuticals in Loughborough, where he worked in the R&D Analytical Laboratory. In early 1997, Paul joined Ciba-Geigy in Grimsby as a Process Chemist in the Chemical Operations area (Ciba-Geigy merged with Sandoz at that time and became Novartis later in 1997). He subsequently held several senior lead roles in both Quality and Production with Novartis. In 2007 he moved to New York to head up the Operations Unit  for Pharmaceutical Operations. As a result of Paul’s success in this function he was asked, in 2009, to take on the role of Global Head of Pharmaceutical Operations Strategy for Technical Operations at Head Office in Basel, where he stayed until 2012. Paul then chose to return to Cork with his family  and was invited by Chanelle Group to become Director of Operations near Galway. Paul brings to Hovione over 20 years of relevant experience of development, quality, APIs manufacturing and formulation, as well as pharma strategy with Novartis and Chanelle. He also has considerable expertise in operational efficiency and world-class team leadership in pharma operations.   Hovione Cork - click here  

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Hovione Cork – New General Manager - Paul Downing – since 1st October 2014

Oct 01, 2014

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