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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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Global pharma confidence highest on record, shows CPhI Pharma Index
CPhI’s 2022 Pharma Index survey showed growth and quality scores improved considerably for every market, with India being the overall winner.
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JAK inhibitors increase risk of cardiovascular problems and cancer, warns PRAC
Janus kinase inhibitors used for chronic inflammatory conditions are only safe for certain patients, advises the EMA’s safety committee.
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Clinical success begins early for small molecule drugs
First-in-human clinical verification is one of the first critical milestones in drug development. Abhijeet Sinha, Senior Scientist at Lonza Small Molecules, exemplifies the imperative of solving drug development challenges in the early phases.
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Outsourcing APIs put EU patients at risk
Teva warns APIs could disappear from European factories in five to 10 years if the industry does not see outsourcing essential medicine manufacture as risky.
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HPAPI contract manufacturing to value $14.6 billion by 2030
Rising demand for cancer drugs, combined with high in-house manufacturing costs is driving growth in the high-potency API outsourcing market.
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Novel cancer therapeutic synthesised by Stanford researchers
The natural compound tigilanol tiglate was produced in a lab for the first time by scientists at Stanford University, suggesting it could provide treatment for a variety of cancers.
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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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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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HPLC-MS/MS for NDMA impurity determination in sartans
EPR summarises the development of a HPLC method for the detection, separation and quantification of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in both olmesartan API and finished formulations.
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HPLC determination of common cold formulations
EPR highlights a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method which enables the detection of both chlorpheniramine maleate and ibuprofen in formulation.
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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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Green HPLC method enables antipsychotic determination
EPR highlights a green high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method that successfully determined four common antipsychotics in formulation.
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Lonza expands HPAPI manufacturing suite
Lonza’s HPAPI multipurpose suite in Visp, Switzerland now includes enhanced capability for antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) payload production.
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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…
