Regulation and compliance – Page 5
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ArticleGuide to Outsourcing 2023
In this Guide to Outsourcing, EPR explores trends in outsourcing of regulatory activities, Quotient Sciences discusses how to accelerate drug development and Associates of Cape Cod International looks at sustainable bacterial endotoxin testing.
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ArticleThe Unified Patent Court: assessing the impact on European life sciences patent litigation
Paul England, senior counsel in Taylor Wessing's Patents Group, examines the burgeoning influence of the Unified Patent Court and unitary patents within the life sciences sector. How popular are unitary patents and do they have potential to reshape European life sciences patent litigation?
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VideoVideo: Ami Polymer: Setting new bioprocessing standard
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ArticleMitigating medicines shortages in Europe
The pharmaceutical industry must work together, applying new initiatives and harnessing digital tools to address Europe’s medicines shortages in 2023 and beyond, regulators and other organisations assert.
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ArticleThe European Commission proposals – what practical impact?
The European Commission has published its much-anticipated proposed revisions to the EU pharmaceutical legislation. While not as extensive as some had anticipated, with elements such as the supplementary protection certificate – the demise of which has been foretold for years – continuing albeit in a different form, Elisabethann Wright, Partner, ...
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Webinar: Advantages bringing early phase trials to North America
Watch Altasciences’ on-demand webinar to learn the key advantages and differences of conducting early phase clinical trials in North America.
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ArticleConsiderations for safety data migration methods
Pharmacovigilance regulation in the EU and beyond has continued to grow and become more stringent over the last decade. In this article, ICON’s Graeme Bones explains how to handle the different types of data migration methods and how companies can select the optimum approach to ensure data integrity is maintained.
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ArticleUncovering new frontiers in microbiology and EM
In this Q&A, Laure Pomares Voisin, Quality Director, Catalent Biologics and Tony Cundell Principal Consultant, Microbiological Consulting, LLC discuss some of the key microbiology and environmental monitoring challenges and trends in pharmaceutical manufacturing today.
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ArticleLeveraging PAT for environmental monitoring in light of Annex 1
The pharma industry’s adaptation to Industry 4.0 has been slow, due to the extensive regulatory requirements imposed on manufacturers. However, regulatory agencies are starting to embrace movement towards more rapid/automated systems, as illustrated in the revised EU GMP Annex 1, which entered into force in August. Here, Isabella Jul-Jørgensen from ...
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ArticleQA/QC & Environmental Monitoring In-Depth Focus 2023
In this in-depth focus, explore how automation is transforming environmental monitoring in line with Annex 1, implementation of contamination control strategies and discover the emerging trends and challenges in pharmaceutical microbiology.
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ArticleEuropean Pharmaceutical Review Issue 4 2023
EPR Issue 4 includes articles on fridge-free vaccines, dry powder drug delivery, Annex 1, contamination control strategy and more.
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ArticleDivest to invest: the new normal in biopharma?
Subin Baral, EY Global Deals Leader for Life Sciences, a partner at Ernst & Young LLP, shares exclusive insight on how strategies such as specialisation can help life science companies secure future growth and the key role divestments and spin-outs have on ensuring this strategic focus.
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ArticleTreating Alzheimer’s: regulatory hurdles in an anti-amyloid revolution
In this article, Gareth Morgan, a life sciences partner at Pinsent Masons discusses how Leqembi validates the anti-amyloid approach for treating Alzheimer’s, and whether its recent regulatory authorisations could support fast-tracking approvals of other promising Alzheimer’s therapies.
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ArticleThe evolution of AAVs in cell and gene therapy
AAV development for cell and gene therapy in 2023 is being impacted by manufacturing and regulation challenges, however advancing technologies offer opportunity, according to leaders in the field.
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ArticlePreparing for stricter standards on substances of human origin
Manufacturers of innovative therapies and other stakeholders handling blood, tissues and cells must prepare for stronger European rules. Ulf Grundmann, Elisabeth Kohoutek and Lara Sophie Hucklenbroich of King & Spalding elaborate on what this means for manufacturers of advanced therapy medicinal products.
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ArticleInternational regulation: the importance of quality assurance in drug development
Raquera Brown, Executive Director of Quality at Zymeworks offers quality and compliance professionals advice on how to navigate the often-complex regulatory space during development of innovative drugs like antibody therapeutics.
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ArticleReflecting on five years of quality control for nitrosamine impurities
Since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s report on a series of nitrosamine-related impurity drug recalls in 2018, pharma has made great strides in its ability to detect and control for these impurities. Dr Mrunal Jaywant, Vice President of R&D at USP India proposed a collaborative, cross-community approach between ...
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ArticleMicrobiome therapies: a maturing movement
On World Microbiome Day 2023, Hervé Affagard, CEO and co-founder of MaaT Pharma and Jeffrey Silber, Chief Medical Officer of Vedanta Biosciences delve into the current innovative landscape of microbiome-based therapeutics.
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ArticleAMR certification: recognising responsibly in antibiotic manufacture
Following the recent launch of the BSI’s AMR certification, EPR invited Steve Brooks from the AMR Industry Alliance and BSI’s Courtney Soulsby to elucidate its significance for antibiotic manufacturers and the wider pharma industry.
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ArticleDigitalisation of the clinical trial landscape
UCB Pharma's Chief Medical Officer Iris Loew-Friedrich, shares her perspective on digital innovation in clinical trials plus current challenges in clinical data management and how it could evolve in the future.