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Innovation key for boosting UK biopharma competitiveness
Solutions for technology and government policy to address current challenges and drive economic growth in biopharma and Medtech have been recommended in new reports.
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Sustainable pharmaceuticals: what about pine-based painkillers?
UK researchers have developed two of the world’s most common painkillers from a pine-derived compound, meaning new sustainable turpentine-based pharmaceuticals could be on their way.
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Guide to Data Integrity
Welcome to EPR's Guide to Data Integrity. In this edition, Charles River explores the significance of data integrity in pharmaceutical manufacturing, Graeme Bones of ICON considers how to complete database transfer with data integrity considerations at the forefront and Rapid Micro Biosystems® discusses the practical implications of the ‘four-eyes principle’ for pharma…
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International 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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FDA releases analysis on drug product quality in 2022
There continues to be a correlation between low site inspection scores and potential drug recalls, states the US Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) 2022 annual report.
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Global PAT market expected to exceed $10b in 2032
Digitalisation is a driving factor for the global process analytical technology (PAT) market, according to a report.
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Reflecting 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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Microbiome 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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Lonza and Vertex to partner to manufacture diabetes cell therapies
The proposed collaboration between Lonza and Vertex Pharmaceuticals will support manufacture of stem cell-derived, fully differentiated insulin-producing islet diabetes cell therapies.
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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 3 2023
EPR Issue 3 includes articles the role of titanium dioxide in pharmaceutical formulations, bioprocessing innovations for cell and gene therapies, manufacturing of radiotheranostics and more …
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Reducing bioburden testing and sterility testing volumes for gene therapies
A reduced sampling plan was recommended in a Biophorum report for reducing required bioburden and sterility testing volumes for gene therapy batch yield.
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AMR 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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R&D innovation advancing small molecule innovator CDMO market
Accelerating advancement in research and technology is generating opportunities for biopharma to develop innovative small molecule drugs, a report shows.
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6.1 percent CAGR expected for pharmaceutical sterility testing market
The rising importance of quality and sterility is expected to drive the pharmaceutical sterility testing market in the next decade, a report says.
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UK medicines manufacturing must remain domestic
In a new report by the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP), nine recommendations were put forward to drive medicines manufacturing growth in the UK’s life sciences sector.
