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Biden Administration to support resilience of US pharma supply chain
US President announces $60 million in funding to support domestic API production and a consortium to onshore essential medicine manufacturing.
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Pfizer reports 92 percent increase in revenues for Q2
The company’s second quarter (Q2) results reveal a $9.1 billion increase in revenues from Q2 2020 and significant operational growth.
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Camostat cuts recovery time in half for mild COVID-19 patients
Phase II trial results suggest Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s Foistar (Camostat mesilate) may significantly expedite recovery from mild COVID-19 symptoms.
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Project worth £3.1mn to develop advanced controls for biopharma manufacturing
A collaborative project will develop automated manufacturing controls for biologics such as antibodies, viral vectors and vaccines.
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Roche’s Evrysdi significantly improves lives of babies with SMA
The Phase II study of Evrysdi showed significant improvements in survival and motor milestones in babies with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product
The first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product will help increase access and affordability of insulin for diabetics.
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Over £100mn in fines for pharma firms hiking prices of crucial thyroid drug
The Competition and Markets Authority fines Advanz and two others for hiking prices of liothyronine tablets by 1,110 percent in eight years.
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Alzheimer’s treatment lowers tau by nearly 50 percent in Phase I trials
Biogen and Ionis announced positive topline data on investigational Alzheimer’s treatment, indicating 50 percent tau protein reduction.
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British generics manufacturers call for Northern Ireland supply to be sorted
Mark Samuels, Chief Executive of the British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA), urges EU and UK to put patients above politics in solving medicine supply challenges for Northern Ireland.
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Regulators call for clinical research to include pregnant and breastfeeding women
The FDA and other global regulators are co-operating to address inadequacies in clinical research that leave pregnant and breastfeeding women lacking data on which to base their medical decisions.
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J&J to pay up to $5bn in US opioid settlement
Johnson & Johnson has signed a nationwide opioid settlement agreement and will pay billions to settle opioid-related claims and litigation in the US.
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Bayer appoints Head of Research and Early Development for Oncology
Bayer have announced that Professor Dominik Ruettinger will be its new Head of Research and Early Development for Oncology, effective 1 October 2021.
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EMA’s human medicine committee (CHMP) meeting highlights, July 2021
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended two medicines for approval and provided a negative opinion on Nouryant.
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eTheRNA immunotherapies joins forces with Ghent University
eTheRNA has announced a collaboration and license agreement with renowned Belgian research institution, Ghent University.
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EPR Podcast Episode 3 – Inhaled and intranasal drug formulations and delivery – Dr Bill Williams, University of Texas
Join Dr Bill Williams as he discusses formulation for inhaled and intranasal drug delivery and goes into detail about thin film freezing, a novel powder formulation technique he developed.
