> Pennsylvania is making a $30-million contribution to the construction of an $830-million vaccine-producing biodefense center, to be built in Allegheny County. Article
> Bristol-Myers Squibb has selected Johnson Controls as its outsourcing partner to manage facilities in North America. Article
> Deacom, maker of enterprise resource planning software for the pharma and other vertical industries, has launched a social networking user group available via LinkedIn. Release
> Pharming Group and Sanofi Chimie have signed an agreement increasing production capacity for the drug substance Ruconest. Release
> The European Union is steering doctors toward prescribing Shire's Fabry disease drug Replagal rather than Genzyme's Fabrazyme due to the latter's ongoing manufacturing and supply challenges. Article