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Lilly and EVA Pharma to aid affordable insulin access in Africa
Insulin for at least one million diabetics in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Africa, is the aim of Eli Lilly and EVA Pharmaceutical's new collaboration.
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The lingering menace of diethylene glycol / ethylene glycol adulteration
Although it was first identified in the 1930s, diethylene and ethylene glycol contamination remains an issue today, as Dave Elder explains.
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AMR surveillance must improve, says WHO report
WHO’s Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report 2022 contains AMR trends for the first time since 2017.
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Could acoziborole eliminate sleeping sickness in Africa?
Acoziborole showed significant success in clinical studies, suggesting it could simplify treatment and help eradicate sleeping sickness.
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EPR Podcast Episode 17 – Antimicrobial Resistance – Boumediene Soufi, Sandoz
Antimicrobial resistance represents a potentially unprecedented global health challenge. Tune in to this episode with Sandoz to learn more about the causes of AMR, why it is such a concern, and some of the actions being taken by pharmaceutical manufacturers to tackle the issue.
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The race for a new class of antibiotics
No new antibiotic class has reached market since 1987, despite 227,808 papers published since WHO released its priority pathogens list, finds study.
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2022 WHO Biosimilar Guideline improves access, IGBA says
Under the revised 2022 WHO Biosimilars Guideline, IGBA says regulatory authorities can confidently revaluate biosimilar access requirements.
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Seven pharma CEOs unite to achieve emission targets
In a global first, the health sector has converged to incentivise supply chains and clinical trials to reduce emissions through the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force.
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Vaccine producers promise equal access in future pandemics
COVID-19 vaccine key players back a new proposal ensuring vaccines for future pandemics are equally distributed to all priority populations.
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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines
The problem of counterfeit medicines is becoming a tremendous burden to society. An edible security tag affixed to each medicine can provide track and trace measures with dose information and on-dose (in-dose) authentication. Furthermore, it serves as a last line of defence against illicit pharmaceutical products. Young Kim, Associate Head…
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Towards ‘smart’ vaccine development and manufacturing
The coronavirus pandemic encouraged biopharmaceutical companies to adopt smarter approaches to vaccine development. Here, Vishnu Kumar and Soundar Kumara from Pennsylvania State University, and Vijay Srinivasan from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), explore the emergence of platform-based vaccine technologies and their potential expansion to treat other life-threatening diseases.
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UNICEF signs first ever malaria vaccine supply contract with GSK
Securing 18 million doses of GSK’s RTS,S malaria vaccine, UNICEF calls the contract a major breakthrough for child health.
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Tackling the silent pandemic: AMR Industry Alliance sets the Standard
Here AMR Industry Alliance representatives Melissa Gong Mitchell and Steve Brooks discuss how the Alliance is mobilising the life sciences sector in combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). They present the newly established antibiotics manufacturing standard that aims to minimise pharma’s contribution to AMR in the environment, considering the critical considerations and…
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4mn dose shortage of GSK’s childhood rotavirus vaccine expected
With vaccination programmes fighting to recover after the pandemic fuelled the “largest backslide” in three decades, GSK says manufacturing challenges will leave a shortage of rotavirus vaccines.
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Monkeypox update – August 2022
In this article, EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses the recent multi-country monkeypox outbreak, highlighting key developments in the international response.
