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France gets new sterile liquid drug manufacturing facility
A new manufacturing facility for sterile injectable drugs has opened in France, housing lines for products such as antibody drug conjugates.
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Halting Europe’s essential medicines manufacturing exodus
With manufacturing of essential medicines in Europe at risk, Teva’s Phillippe Drechsle looks at the action needed to stop further offshoring to Asia.
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Three-year patent strategy for greater medicine access announced
The Medicines Patent Pool's 2023-2025 strategy plans to expand medicine access by improving the availability of innovative medicines in low- and middle-income countries.
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Eli Lilly to help fund cold chain initiative
$1.15m funding from Eli Lilly and Company will support a new cold chain capacity initiative in low- and middle-income countries, to help improve medicine access.
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New UK point of care manufacturing regulatory framework
A first-of-its-kind regulatory framework for point of care manufacturing of innovative medicines is set to be introduced in the UK, ensuring these products are as safe as conventional medicines.
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WHO urges supply chain to take action on contaminated medicines
Key stakeholders in the medicine supply chain have been urged by the World Health Organization to take immediate action against recent cases of contaminated medicines.
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EU antibiotic shortages being monitored by MSSG
The Executive Steering Group on Shortages and Safety of Medicinal Products (MSSG) have stated it is closely monitoring and responding to the current EU antibiotic shortages.
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Pfizer offers 1.2 billion in poorer countries access to full medicine portfolio
Pfizer has expanded its not-for-profit initiative ‘An Accord for a Healthier World’ to enable 45 lower-income countries access to its full product portfolio.
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Switzerland and US sign drug inspection agreement
To promote Good Manufacturing Practice, Switzerland and the US have signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement to improve pharmaceutical drug inspection.
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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals
Manufacturers of (bio)pharmaceuticals, medical devices and in vitro diagnostics have the opportunity to lead the way in the defossilisation of organic chemicals. Here Martin Held from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Roche’s Stefan Koenig, Martin Olbrich and Jan Backmann propose how to reduce…
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Sanofi licenses Innate Pharma’s NK cell platform with €25m upfront payment
Innate Pharma will receive a €25m upfront payment from Sanofi to license its B7H3 ANKETTM platform, which is creating a new class of molecules to induce synthetic cancer immunity.
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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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Catalent opens one of largest cell therapy manufacturing facilities in the world
Sited in Belgium, Catalent has opened one of the largest commercial-scale cell therapy manufacturing facilities in the world.
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France’s ATU reform: early access remains possible, but not all diseases are equal
When France's ATU reform was implemented, some viewed it as restrictive. Here, Cécile Matthews and Charlotte Capdevila explore the reform’s impact on early access to oncology drugs and products for rare diseases.
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First COVID-19 impact report on global vaccine markets
A 2022 WHO report is the first to portray COVID-19’s impact on the global vaccine market, identifying that lower-income countries struggle to access critical vaccines.
