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Do your expectations of new supply chain technologies match reality?
Research suggests companies are often disappointed by new technologies because they have inflated expectations that do not match the tech's practical capabilities.
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Data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEP): a new generation of solid drug products
In this article, Natalja Genina, Ilari Ahola, Johan Bøtker and Jukka Rantanen at the University of Copenhagen and Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong from Uppsala University discuss the potential of data-enriched edible pharmaceuticals (DEEP) to overcome various drug administration and supply challenges.
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Intelligent packaging: combating counterfeits and extending drug lifespan
Best estimates suggest counterfeit drugs may account for as much as 50 percent of the sold online and 10 percent of those in circulation worldwide. With counterfeiters primarily replicating packaging to sell imitation products, here Ketaki Badhire of Future Market Insights explores the development of intelligent packaging in combatting counterfeit…
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Generic manufacturers to produce COVID-19 treatment nirmatrelvir
Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 treatment nirmatrelvir will be produced by 35 generic manufacturers to increase supply for low- and middle-income countries.
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USP Medicine Supply Map to help improve pharma supply chain resilience
Unveiling its Medicine Supply Map, the US Pharmacopeia (USP) showed how reliant the US pharma supply chain is on Indian API manufacturers.
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New agreement makes “Africa’s own COVID-19 vaccine” a reality
Under a new agreement with J&J, Aspen SA Operations will be able to manufacture and make available Aspen-branded COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.
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£260mn in funding to support UK clinical research and medicines manufacturing
The UK Government has committed £200mn to support NHS-led diagnostics and treatment research and £60 million to expand life sciences manufacturing.
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New regulation strengthens role of EMA in EU crisis response
The regulation sees tools, structures and processes set up by EMA during the pandemic to accelerate clinical trial approval and regulatory assessments in the EU being formally recognised.
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Lilly to build new $1bn manufacturing facility in US
The new North Carolinian site will increase parenteral and device manufacturing capacity and create 600 new jobs.
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CME to support just-in-time clinical trial supply
CME will support the delivery of automated just-in-time clinical supply, as one of the collaborators in the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre Grand Challenge 2.
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Key challenges for bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing 2022
What are the top six challenges facing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers in 2022? We spoke to representatives from four contract manufacturing and development organisations (CDMOs) – Samsung Biologics, Lonza, MedPharm and Genezen – to find out.
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Nearly two years on, how are European pharma supply chains coping with COVID-19?
When the pandemic broke out in 2020, pharmaceutical supply chains showed signs of potential failure across the continent. Now, with COVID-19 cases rising once more, and an end to the problem not yet in sight, we discuss with Medicines for Europe how these supply chains are faring, almost two years…
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Ways to promote patient access as a European healthcare priority
We are experiencing a time of polarity in our healthcare systems with breakthrough treatment options developed, but access prohibited. Here, Catherine Owen, SVP of Major Markets at Bristol Myers Squibb, explains why, despite continued COVID-19 pressures, the time is ripe to rectify this situation.
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US healthcare groups publish drug supply chain recommendations
Healthcare groups including the US Pharmacopeia and American Medical Association release advice for policymakers on addressing challenges in the US supply chain.
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 6 2021
This journal features articles discussing what knowledge could help the industry to prevent the next nitrosamine-like contamination event, the key steps when validating analytical techniques for cell and gene therapies and how artificial intelligence is shaping microbiology. Also in this issue, using Raman spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging to detect counterfeit…
