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Coldstream Research Park Could Get Townhomes, Retail, Restaurants

Piramal Pharma Solutions Expands Capacity for Sterile Manufacturing in Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2016) Piramal Pharma Solutions, a provider of sterile drug product development and manufacturing services, has announced plans for a $25 million expansion of its facilities located on the Coldstream Research Campus in Lexington, Kentucky.   Piramal Pharma Solutions’ plan focuses on expanding the Lexington site capabilities and capacity for commercial aseptic manufacturing. This will be done by increasing vial filling capability and lyophilisation capacity, as well as upgrades to the associated facilities and utilities.

UK Police Hosting Regional K-9 Certification and Trials

LEXINGTON, Ky., (July 8, 2016) — The University of Kentucky Police Department is hosting the United States Police Canine Association Region 5 Certification and Trials event beginning this Sunday July, 10, and continuing through Wednesday, July 13, at the Carnahan House in Lexington.   “Law enforcement canines serve an invaluable function both to their agencies and to the community the

Dr. Shepard-Jones Appointed Director of UK's Human Development Institute

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 25, 2016) —The University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research has appointed Kathleen Sheppard-Jones as the new director of the Human Development Institute (HDI), a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at UK. 

Lannett Company, Summit Biosciences Receives FDA Approval for Sumatriptan

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 22, 2016) — Lannett Company, Inc. announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Sumatriptan Nasal Spray USP, 5 mg/spray and 20 mg/spray, the therapeutic equivalent to the reference listed drug Imitrex® Nasal Spray, of GlaxoSmithKline. According to IMS, total U.S. sales in 2015 of Sumatriptan Nasal Spray USP, 5 mg/spray and 20 mg/spray at Average Wholesale Price (AWP) were approximately $62 million.   

Craig Carter Named President of American Veterinary Epidemiology Society

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 11, 2016) — Craig N. Carter, director and professor of epidemiology at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL), recently took the helm of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) as president for a five-year term.    AVES was founded by James H.

Piramal Pharma Solutions to invest $10M, add 40 jobs at Coldstream Laboratories

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 3, 2016) — Coldstream Laboratories, a pharmaceutical manufacturer now owned by Piramal Pharma Solutions, is planning a $10 million expansion that will add 40 jobs at their Coldstream Research Campus location in Lexington, KY.   Piramal Pharma Solutions plans to invest up to $10 million to expand operations at Lexington’s Coldstream Laboratories Inc., creating 40 new jobs, Gov.

Proposed Water Tank on Legacy Trail to Include Restrooms, Tees, Bike Racks

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 17, 2015) — The city of Lexington plans to spend $1.75 million to build restrooms and add trees and other amenities around a 70-foot-tall water storage tank to be built on the popular Legacy Trail on the Coldstream Research Campus by the end of December 2016.   The Fayette Urban-County Council recently approved the revamped plans for the new rest area. The tank — to be five stories tall and 200 feet in diameter — must be operational by the end of 2016.  

UK's Coldstream Research Campus is Thriving

Over the years, skeptics have at times been publicly critical of what they perceived as a lack of activity on the University of Kentucky's Coldstream Research Campus. These days, there is plenty going on at Coldstream.   Carl Nathe of UK Public Relations and Marketing recently sat down with the executive director of Coldstream, George Ward, for a conversation on 'UK at the Half,' a feature about people and programs at the university, which airs at halftime of every live radio broadcast of Wildcat football and basketball on the UK Sport

Coldstream Research Campus Hosted Earth Day Cleanup

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2015) — In support of Earth Day and the national Keep America Beautiful campaign, the University of Kentucky Coldstream Research Campus and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Parks and Recreation Department held a cleanup of the banks of the Cane Run Creek south of Citation Boulevard, near the bridge in front of Eastern State Hospital.