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January 21, 2016
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US Patent Office Denies Amgen’s Petition to Review Humira Patents
FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for BioMarin’s dirsapersen
Catalent Biologics and Roche Announce Research Collaboration

Top Stories

US Patent Office Denies Amgen’s Petition to Review Humira Patents

The denial marks a setback for Amgen, whose Humira biosimilar ABP 501 is the first submitted to FDA for adalimumab.
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Samsung Bioepis Receives Approval in EU for Enbrel Biosimilar

Samsung Bioepis receives approval from the European Commission for the Enbrel Biosimilar, Benepali.
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Industry News

FDA Issues Complete Response Letter for BioMarin’s dirsapersen

BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced FDA issued a complete response letter to dirsapersen.
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BSI and ACRES Plan to Develop Global Accreditation Standards for Clinical Research Sites

The British Standards Institution (BSI) and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES) announced a collaboration to develop global standards of excellence for clinical research sites.
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Supplier News

Catalent Biologics and Roche Announce Research Collaboration

The collaboration will focus on development of novel molecules using SMARTag technology to couple different therapeutic modalities.
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FuelCell Energy to Install Clean Power at Pfizer R&D Facility

FuelCell Energy plans to install a 5.6 megawatt fuel cell power generation system for Pfizer to provide reliable and low carbon electricity and steam for its 160-acre R&D facility in Groton, CT.
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IVT’s Validation & GMP Week, taking place March 15-16 in Puerto Rico, provides the most current regulatory updates and best-in-class validation strategies to implement enterprise-wide.  It has never been more critical to understand up-to-date trends and procedures in implementing statistics in validation, validating data and quality metrics. This conference covers implementation procedures for equipment, utilities, cleaning, computer systems, analytical procedures, and other critical GMP topics.
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Bio/Pharma News

Adimab Announces Technology Transfer Agreement with Merck

Adimab and Merck have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Adimab’s antibody technology to Merck Research Laboratories.
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Takeda and enGene Enter into Strategic Alliance

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and enGene have entered into a strategic alliance to develop novel therapies for specialty gastrointestinal diseases.
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Regulatory News

District Court Enters Consent Decree Against Downing Labs

A US district judge entered a consent decree of permanent injunction on behalf of FDA, between the United States and pharmaceutical company, Downing Labs.
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Chinese API Manufacturer Zhejiang Hisun Receives Warning Letter

FDA issued a warning letter to Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., as a result of inspections that took place on March 2–7, 2015 at the Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, API manufacturing facility.
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FEATURED TOPICS

PEER-REVIEWED

Cleaning Limits—Why the 10-ppm Criterion should be Abandoned

The 10-ppm criterion for the acceptable concentration of potential API in cleaning validation to minimize cross contamination into next product has been employed for many years. This article describes why the 10-ppm criterion, which was established based on analytical limitations and estimates of acceptability, is no longer necessary and why a risk-based approach should be universally adopted.
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Serialization: Getting Past the Quick Fix

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FORMULATION

Liquid Encapsulation for HPAPIs

Liquid formulations in hard-shell capsules or softgels are becoming a popular option for HPAPIs because of advantages such as improved safety and lower risk of potential exposure and product cross contamination.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

Using Deterministic Container Closure Integrity Testing

The revised USP Chapter <1207> Sterile Product Packaging—Integrity Evaluation gives best practices for obtaining reliable data in container closure integrity testing and recommends quantitative deterministic methods rather than probabilistic methods.
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Events

IFPAC Annual Meeting

January 24-27, 2016

InformEX USA 2016

February 2–4, 2016

Fermentation and Separation for the Food & Drug Industries

February 21-25, 2016


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REFERENCE BOOKS

Analytical Testing Resource Guide Combo

A compilation of articles Pharmaceutical Technology in a three-handbook set covering general analytical testing and stability in the manufacture, packaging, storing, and testing of formulated products.
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eBOOKS

Bioprocessing and Sterile Manufacturing 2015 eBook

This eBook features articles on sterility testing, disposable technologies, parenterals, facility planning, mAb formulation, and more.

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