> Novartis ($NVS) director Alexandre F. Jetzer Chung reportedly said that company is planning a new manufacturing plant in Turkey and sees that country as potentially replacing Egypt as the center of healthcare for North Africa. Item
> A £145,000 grant from Scottish Enterprise was given to Piramal Healthcare to entice the Indian company to open manufacturing operations in Grangemouth, Scotland, where it will make antibody-drug conjugates (ADC). Story
> The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has posted a warning for U.K. surgeons to stop using a specific combination of metal hip products from Stryker Corp. ($SYK) and Johnson & Johnson ($J&J) because of the "unacceptably high" failure rates. Article
> Cleveland-based Research Organics has been acquired by Sigma Aldrich to expand its capacity of buffer production and increase its pharmaceutical-grade raw material lines. Story
> Gerresheimer Medical Plastic Systems has added a pharmaceutical packaging assembly area with 3 clean rooms to its facility in Regensburg Germany. News