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UK medical cannabis manufacturer granted GMP registration
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted a UK manufacturing facility good manufacturing practice (GMP) registration for its cannabis API.
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Switzerland and US sign drug inspection agreement
To promote Good Manufacturing Practice, Switzerland and the US have signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement to improve pharmaceutical drug inspection.
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Moderna joins the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
To support the UK’s investments in manufacturing and R&D, Moderna has joined the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).
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Moderna to obtain first acquisition for $85 million
Moderna has agreed on its first acquisition for $85 million, enabling it access to cell-free DNA synthesis and amplification technologies.
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WuXi STA opens its first oral solids continuous manufacturing line
Operation has begun for CRDMO WuXi STA's first continuous manufacturing line for oral solids, in Wuxi city, China.
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Raman mapping to visualise the three-dimensional structure of pharmaceutical tablets
Raman mapping is a powerful tool that can be used to reveal details about the size and spatial arrangement of components throughout a tablet matrix. Here, Andrew Ewing, Don Clark and Fiona Clarke from the Materials Characterisation Team at Pfizer present a 3D imaging approach using Raman mapping to investigate…
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AstraZeneca to manufacture pharmaceuticals in Abu Dhabi
AstraZeneca has signed a strategic agreement to expand its existing partnership with a healthcare company in Abu Dhabi to locally manufacture innovative drugs.
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Building CO2-neutral, defossilised supply chains for chemicals
Manufacturers of (bio)pharmaceuticals, medical devices and in vitro diagnostics have the opportunity to lead the way in the defossilisation of organic chemicals. Here Martin Held from the Institute of Biotechnology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Roche’s Stefan Koenig, Martin Olbrich and Jan Backmann propose how to reduce…
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Sanofi licenses Innate Pharma’s NK cell platform with €25m upfront payment
Innate Pharma will receive a €25m upfront payment from Sanofi to license its B7H3 ANKETTM platform, which is creating a new class of molecules to induce synthetic cancer immunity.
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Alzheimer’s therapeutics market to reach $6.8 billion by 2032
A large patient population and limited treatment options are expected to expand the Alzheimer’s therapeutics market at a CAGR of 9.3 percent, suggested a report.
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Catalent opens one of largest cell therapy manufacturing facilities in the world
Sited in Belgium, Catalent has opened one of the largest commercial-scale cell therapy manufacturing facilities in the world.
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Could new 3D material advance drug delivery?
Researchers have developed a new 3D covalent organic framework material which has potential to offer efficient extended-release drug delivery.
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Pfizer’s €1.2 billion manufacturing site expansion
Pfizer’s €1.2 billion investment in its Grange Castle site in Dublin is expected to double the plant’s capacity for manufacturing biologics.
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CPI opens £88 million manufacturing innovation centre
CPI has opened its Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Scotland to focus on efficient, sustainable manufacturing and advance medicine research.
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Can holograms help in the frontline fight against pharmaceutical counterfeiting?
With Europol advising that counterfeit pharmaceuticals continue to pose ‘…a substantial threat to the EU and affect most, if not all, member states’, Dr Paul Dunn, chair of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association, looks at developments in authentication holography.
