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UK to revolutionise oligonucleotide medicines manufacturing
Collaborators on Grand Challenge 3 will utilise their combined expertise to transform the oligonucleotide supply chain.
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Amgen sets target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2027
Amgen has set out the company's seven-year environmental sustainability plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2027.
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Whitepaper: Going green in the cleanroom
Contec ReFIBE: a recycled polyester cleanroom wipe providing a sustainability story in a single-use world.
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Could newborn stem cells revolutionise cell therapies?
In this article, Dr Jaime Shamonki, Generate Life Science’s CMO, discusses how newborn stem cells derived from umbilical cord tissue could make mesenchymal stem cells less expensive and variable to produce.
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EC announces new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe
The strategy outlines actions to strengthen EU supply chains, encourage innovation and ensure medicines are affordable and sustainable.
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How can Software as a Service drive collaboration and success in pharma?
In this Q&A, Nick Pike, Chief Revenue Officer at Vizibl, outlines with EPR’s Hannah Balfour the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) for pharmaceutical companies and describes how its adoption can enable companies to achieve many goals faster; from collaborating on bringing new products to market to reaching their…
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Use of paper tube-pouch could reduce plastic in pharma packaging
According to the developers of a new paper tube-pouch, its design could reduce plastic use by up to 65 percent in pharma packaging.
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GSK sets goals of net zero impact on environment by 2030
GSK will use 100 percent renewable electricity usage among other efforts in its plans to have a net zero impact on the climate by 2030.
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First fully recyclable tubes with high-density polyethylene caps developed
Polyethylene-based tubes with high-density polyethylene flip-top caps that are fully recyclable have been developed for use in pharma.
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Biopharma increasingly factoring sustainability into cold chain decisions
A survey has found that the biopharma industry is taking sustainability into their cold chain considerations more and more, with 66 percent saying it is very important.
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Sustainable biomedical device promising for regenerative medicine, say researchers
The sustainable device, consisting of food industry by-products, had excellent biocompatibility both in vitro and in vivo.
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European Pharmacopoeia publishes new chapter regarding BET testing
The new chapter describes a method for bacterial endotoxins (BET) testing using recombinant factor C (rFC) instead of limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL).
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The impact of supply chain risks and LAL reliance
For over 30 years, pharmaceutical and medical device product release has relied solely on endotoxin assays using Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL). This article addresses the potential risks associated with relying on a single raw material in a fragile supply chain and explores alternative testing options.
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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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Programme to develop sustainable cold chain delivery for COVID-19 vaccine initiated
Researchers have begun research to find how sustainable cold chain delivery systems for a COVID-19 vaccine can be established in resource-poor countries.