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Video: JRS Pharma – The global MCC manufacturing network
Discover JRS PHARMA's industry leading manufacturing network for Microcrystalline Cellulose.
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Post COVID-19: time for drug manufacturers and healthcare providers to rethink their strategies
Mike Owen details how supply chains have been disrupted by COVID-19 and why smart information management can offer a new source of renewed trust.
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Why pharma firms would benefit from a modular approach to working with product labelling
According to David Bennett, securing and building trust in the label, brand and process of a highly regulated industry player in a complex age will demand a new approach.
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Resource library: Connect your lab! Seamless digital connections for assured data integrity
In fast paced environment where routine testing needs to be efficient, fast, accurate and secure, documentation and data transfer is increasingly important.
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FDA orders update of label change for opioid pain medications
The FDA is requiring that labels for opioid pain medicine and medicines to treat opioid use disorder recommend healthcare professionals discuss the availability of naloxone with patients to reduce overdoses.
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Trademarks in the medical sphere: practice, examination and obstacles for registration in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS
Dr Tatiana Lipovaya and Alyona Chernoknyzhnaya discuss some of the main considerations when applying for trademarks in the pharmaceutical industry in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS.
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FMD alerts in 2020 – where we are a year into legislation
Over a year since the EU FMD came into force, false alerts remain a problem preventing the realisation of the full benefits of the directive. Grant Courtney examines the reasons behind these alerts occurring and looks at the action stakeholders must now take.
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Focusing on the user – improving patient adherence through packaging design
In an industry faced with numerous regulatory hurdles, the end-user experience can often be neglected. Nikki Withers spoke to two packaging design experts who discuss their approach to pharmaceutical packaging and why they always have the end user at the forefront of their minds.
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Patient adherence: the true costs
Adherence to medicines – ie, maintaining consistency and complying with correct dosage – is vital for treatment success, yet patient non-adherence remains a global concern, risking a multitude of consequences for both the patients and healthcare systems. Dave Elder explores the issue of medicine adherence and expounds on current efforts…
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Whitepaper: Going green in the cleanroom
This whitepaper introduces the ReFIBE™ brand of wipes – a recycled polyester cleanroom wipe providing a sustainability story in a single-use world. Made from recycled plastic water bottles, these wipes are made from 100 percent knitted standard weight polyester with heat sealed edges.
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GSK recalls three lots of children’s cough medicine in US
GlaxoSmithKline has voluntarily recalled two lots of Children's Robitussin® Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and one lot of Children's Dimetapp® Cold and Cough in the US.
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Manufacturing, Packaging & Logistics In-Depth Focus 2020
Included in this in-depth focus are articles on why digitalising the pharma supply chain could prevent inefficiencies and how packaging design can improve patient engagement and adherence.
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 3 2020
In this issue is a discussion on the promise of virally vectored DNA and mRNA vaccines to combat COVID-19 as well as articles on how packaging could help to ensure patient adherence, regulatory issues for medicines and diagnostics during the pandemic and the benefits of digitalising the pharmaceutical supply chain.…
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Torbay Pharmaceuticals recalls two batches of Epistatus (midazolam)
Due to a potentially faulty and incorrectly engaged child-resistant container closure, Torbay Pharmaceuticals has announced a recall of certain Epistatus (midazolam) batches.
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Firms struggling over hand sanitiser packaging material
The huge increase in demand for hand sanitisers since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has seen companies hard-pressed to cope with the logistics.
