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Big Pharma leading in access-to-medicine strategies, shows data
The 2022 Access to Medicine Index shows all 20 pharma companies have an over-arching access to medicine strategy, benefitting low and middle-income countries.
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Innovation in pharma manufacturing quality systems
Over the last 10 years, there has been an important change of focus in pharma towards biotech products and personalised therapies. These important new treatments are now emerging into manufacturing, with implications for the way that quality is monitored, managed and assured. Dr Eduard Cayón sets out some practical advice.
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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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First needle-free COVID-19 vaccine patch
If successful in further clinical trials an innovative, cost-effective COVID-19 vaccine patch could be available as early as 2025.
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Sandoz to invest €50 million in antibiotic manufacturing facility
Sandoz will invest €50 million in new Austrian finished dosage form manufacturing site, to support the global demand for penicillin products.
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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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Sanofi to sell Japanese manufacturing plant
Sanofi’s Japan-based manufacturing site near Tokyo will be sold to a European contract development and manufacturing organisation.
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New initiative will calculate carbon footprint of clinical trials
The new methodology will assess the carbon impact of clinical trials and recommend ways to reduce it.
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OSD contract manufacturing market valued at $54.7 billion by 2030
Outsourcing the production of oral solids is estimated to be the primary influencer for the contract manufacturing market in the next decade, using lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sustainable pharma packaging: breaking down the barriers to adoption
Here, Origin’s Rich Quelch explores how pharma can adopt more sustainable packaging practices while balancing consumer safety.
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Collaborations between pharma and academia increase
The pharmaceutical industry is bolstering aid for student research training in the UK, according to a survey produced by The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).
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Economics and risks of FDA’s Quality management maturity rating programme
Ensuring that pharmaceutical manufacturers not only adhere to current good manufacturing processes but go beyond to embrace a culture of quality has far-reaching consequences for the industry, the health care community and consumers. A focus on quality across many sectors of the economy has demonstrated direct economic benefits accruing to…
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GSK requires supplier sustainability compliance from 2023
New climate responsibility for the GSK supply chain will come into force from 2023, helping the biopharmaceutical giant to achieve their aspirational environmental targets.
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Is localisation the answer for pharmaceutical supply chain resilience?
Highlighting the findings of a recent supply chain report, EPR’s Hannah Balfour discusses measures pharmaceutical suppliers may adopt to establish demand- and crisis-resistant supply chains. Commenting on the findings, Ernst & Young Global Limited colleagues Famke Krumbmüller, Derron Stark and Olaf Zweig elaborate on the impact and lessons learned through…
