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May 12, 2016
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CPhI China Returns to Shanghai
Entegris Introduces Single-Use Bags
WAVE and Pfizer to Collaborate

Top Stories

Tracking Pharma’s Serialization Efforts

Progress is being made, but work remains to be done. Brian Daleiden, vice president of marketing at TraceLink, discusses the state of the industry, as companies attempt to meet complex, and changing, global requirements.
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Takeda Receives Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Takeda received a $38 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop, license, and supply Sabin-strain inactivated poliovirus to more than 70 developing countries.
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Industry News

CPhI China Returns to the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center

CPhI China is expected to bring together approximately 35,000 attendees from more than 120 countries worldwide.
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Report Shows Increase in Capacity in Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing in the UK

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult released a review of their third annual survey of GMP cell and gene therapy facilities in the United Kingdom.
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Supplier News

Entegris Introduces Gamma-Stable Single-Use Bags

The company’s Aramus bags are made of an innovative material that is unlike that of the material currently used in commercial single-use bags.
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Colorcon to Open Film Coating Manufacturing Facility in Brazil

The new facility will produce GMP film coating productions for the pharmaceutical and nutritional markets in South America.
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The Life Sciences Guidebook: Selecting, Implementing, and Using FDA Compliance Software Solutions
In a market where high-demand causes organizations to seek software systems that will fit into their complex business infrastructure, the pressure to find the right system often causes angst to many.

Learn some key elements to spotting a good FDA Compliance solution, techniques for achieving GMP Compliance, and how to ensure that Quality and Compliance are met in the Life Science industry.
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Bio/Pharma News

WAVE and Pfizer to Collaborate on the Development of Nucleic Acid Therapies

Under the terms of an agreement with Pfizer, WAVE will advance up to five programs from discovery through the selection of clinical candidates.
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JHL Biotech Opens New Single-Use Biopharmaceutical Facility in China

The facility features GE Healthcare’s KUBio prefabricated manufacturing units.
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Regulatory News

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Repackaging Facility

The agency cited Apotheca Supply, a repackager and relabeler of pharmaceuticals for CGMP violations.
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Biosimilars Council Says New Reimbursement Rules Will Hurt Competition in the Biosimilars Market

The GPhA and its Biosimilars Council expressed concern about the new proposed value-based reimbursement rules for Part B medications.
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Compliance is Key Solutions to Decrease the Likelihood of Receiving a Form 483
LIVE WEBCAST: Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 11:00 am EDT
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FEATURED TOPICS

MANUFACTURING

Visions for the Future of Biopharma Manufacturing

Experts discuss some of the emerging trends in bioprocessing in 2016, including 4D bioprinting, 2D-NMR, and the CAR-T design space.
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ANALYTICS

Forced Degradation Studies for Biopharmaceuticals

The author addresses critical issues to consider prior to performing forced degradation studies and provides best practice recommendations for these types of studies.
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Bio/Pharma in China
New Initiatives, New Opportunities

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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Developing Cleaning Procedures for Oral Solid-Dose Manufacturing Equipment

This article examines using experimental design methods to define different procedures for intermediate bulk container cleaning. The authors have evaluated this new approach, in which a highly soluble, low-dose product and a relatively insoluble high-dose product constituted experimental input variables.
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QUALITY

Pharmaceutical Quality: Where Do We Need to Go from Here?

As the pharmaceutical industry moves toward continuous manufacturing, new documents are needed to provide flexible guidance that meets the new process requirements.
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Employing a Lean Lab Approach to Optimize Lab Processes:
Part 1: Work Smarter Not Harder

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Webcasts

Comparing Performance of Gelatin Capsules and the Next Generation of HPMC Capsules

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New in-vivo data demonstrating the performance characteristics of the next generation of HPMC capsules and early research into HPMC’s role as a functional excipient.
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The Top 4 Most Expensive Encapsulation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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Best Practices for Effective Product Transfer

On Demand
Considerations for preparing for the process transfer, ensuring equipment and materials consistency, and post-transfer activities will be discussed.

Sponsored by Rottendorf Pharma

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Ensuring Effective Drug Stability Studies
Drug Stability Testing from Development to Shipping

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Events

Global Drug Delivery and Formulation Summit

May 23-25, 2016

Quality Manufacturing Conference

June 6-8, 2016

BIO International Convention

June 6-9, 2016

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