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CPHI selects 2023 Pharma Award winners
Progress, innovation and sustainability across the pharmaceutical supply chain were recognised at the 2023 CPHI Pharma Awards.
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Europe’s pharmaceutical packaging market to value over $35bn by 2028
With the pharmaceutical industry placing greater emphasis on sustainability, as a material, paper will play a key role in Europe’s packaging and labelling market between 2023-2028, research predicts.
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Counterfeit diabetes pens identified in EU and UK
Following shortages of the diabetes medicine Ozempic (semaglutide), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have confirmed cases of falsely labelled pre-filled pens at UK and EU wholesalers.
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NICE recommends Roche biologic for lymphoma
Glofitamab is the first treatment to be recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) at the same time as it is approved for advanced lymphoma in the UK.
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Lonza to enhance commercial antibody-drug conjugate supply capacity
A new cGMP filling line is set to be built at Lonza’s Stein site in Switzerland, expanding filling capacity and enabling the handling and filling of bioconjugates for commercial supply.
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Research predicts 2029 small molecule oncology market leaders
With over $7 billion sales predicted by 2029, AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso is set to lead the lung cancer small molecule treatment market, according to GlobalData.
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Key developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing – September 2023
This article outlines the recent progress of several major new manufacturing facilities that will be central in supporting the production of innovative therapies in Europe.
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Pharma pushes for UK medicine scheme revision
If proposed changes to the UK’s Statutory Scheme for branded medicines is implemented, there will be “a negative impact on new product launches, despite any initial exemption in the first three years,” says Astellas.
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Life Sciences Innovation Day – Accelerating Digital Transformation Ambition
On 18 October 2023, Schneider Electric’s unique event brings together six leading speakers who will explore the future of biotechnology and personalised medicine using AI & digital transformation in life sciences.
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WHO recommends second malaria vaccine
Newly recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), the new “safe, effective and affordable” malaria vaccine has potential to reduce deaths "by up to a third”.
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Sanofi-Janssen collaboration to advance novel E. coli vaccine
A potential first-in-class extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) vaccine set to be jointly developed by Sanofi and Janssen, could help to abate a pathogen that is key in driving global antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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CPHI Barcelona 2023 – Event preview
CPHI Barcelona takes place in October 2023, covering a wide range of topics from next generation biomanufacturing and formulation to sustainability.
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European PFAS restriction could jeopardise pharmaceutical manufacturing
Pharmaceutical manufacturing in Europe is at risk of critical medicine shortages, states the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), if the widest chemical substance restriction, concerning Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), is put in place.
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Achieving pharmaceutical drug traceability compliance
A paper has highlighted a technology system for achieving drug traceability compliance and help prevent production of counterfeit drugs.
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UK RNA Centre of Excellence opens
Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)’s new UK RNA Centre of Excellence combines development with scale up and clinical production in both mRNA manufacture and lipid encapsulation at a single site.
