> Thirty-three cases of a rare fungal eye infection have been traced to Franck's Compounding Lab in Ocala, FL, where tests of products by the FDA found drugs contaminated by a variety of fungi and bacteria. Story
> Adcock Ingram of South Africa has opened a $38.3 million manufacturing facility in Johannesburg to make sterile drip bags, ampules and dialysis solutions for the sub-Saharan Africa market. Item
> Accellent, a contract manufacturer for the medical device industry, has agreed to sell a 68,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston, PA, near Pittsburgh, to titanium producer The Perryman Company for an undisclosed sum. Release
> FDA orders Alexza Pharmaceuticals ($ALXA) to fix manufacturing issues, which the company says are device-related, before it will approve its NDA for Adasuve, a schizophrenic and bipolar disorder treatment. Story