> Xcenda, a unit of U.S.-based drug distributor AmerisourceBergen ($ABC), is expanding its European operations with the acquisition of Herescon, a research and consulting and research firm based in Hannover, Germany. Release
> Data center operator Steel Orca has set up a data center in a former Pfizer ($PFE) plant in Monmouth Junction, NJ. Story
> Generic drugmaker Cipla is being audited by Indian tax authorities. Story
> A new study forecasts that the market for packaging to deter pharmaceutical counterfeiting will more than double to $142.7 billion by 2020. Story
And Finally... Genzyme's manufacturing plant in Waterford, Ireland, has been named among the country's 10 best large places to work. Story