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April 27, 2017
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In this issue:

Hospira Announces Recall

Amgen Asks Court to Weigh in on Dupixent

Serialization Challenges Facing Pharma

Top Stories

Sanofi Hits Mylan with Anti-Trust Lawsuit

Sanofi filed an antitrust lawsuit with a district court in New Jersey alleging Mylan took steps to restrict access to a competing epinephrine autoinjector.
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FDA Approves Second Biosimilar to Remicade

The agency approved Renflexis, a biosimilar to Janssen's blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
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B&W Tek's director of Market and Customer Development, Katherine A. Bakeev, PhD, discusses analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials and the benefits of using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

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Industry News

Growth of Japanese Pharma Market Driven by Biologics and Generic Drugs, Says CPhI Report

Companies believe that biologics and biosimilars would experience the fastest growth over the next year; there is also interest on increasing market penetration of generic drugs.
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FDA Changes Labeling Requirements for Codeine and Tramadol

The agency is warning about the potential threat of respiratory depression in children who take medicines with codeine or tramadol.
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Supplier News

Hospira Recalls One Lot of 25% Dextrose Injection

The company is recalling one lot of 25% Dextrose injection after particulate matter was found within an internal sample syringe.
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Recipharm Opens New GMP Suite for Clinical Trial Materials

The new suite will be used to produce non-sterile dosage forms, such as metered dose inhalers and semisolid topical products, for clinical studies up to Phase II.
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Bio/Pharma News

Amgen Asks Court to Weigh in on Dupixent, Claims Infringement

Amgen asked a judge to issue a judgment of infringement involving Sanofi/Regeneron's drug Dupixent and its use of a mechanism described in Amgen's '487 patent.
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Valeant Announces List Price of Brodalumab

Valeant said the IL-17 inhibitor will be listed at $3500 per month and is expected to be available for sale during the second half of 2017.
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Regulatory News

Sandoz's Rituximab and Etanercept Biosimilars Recommended for European Approval

Sandoz has received positive opinions from EMA's CHMP for its biosimilars rituximab and etanercept for all indications of their respective reference medicines.
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Serialization Challenges Facing Pharma Manufacturers

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with Brad Pedrow and Rajesh Singh of Deloitte Consulting to discuss serialization implementation, and what to expect as the DSCSA deadline approaches.
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FEATURED TOPICS

FORMULATION

Considerations when Quantifying Amorphous Contents in Milled Powders with Calorimetry

Interpretation of calorimetric data is tricky. The author suggests 10 questions that should be asked of any calorimetric method, along with the rationales behind them.
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ANALYTICS

Morphologically-Directed Raman Spectroscopy: Uncovering the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Drug Formulations

MDRS differentiates the API from the product matrix and enables measurement of particle size and shape.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

Automating Bioprocesses

The process control and automation requirements of single-use systems differ from those of stainless-steel equipment.
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MANUFACTURING

Enabling Fluid Transfer for Cell Therapies: An Industry Challenge

The transfer of fluids is governed by different equipment requirements across the medical, biopharma, and cell therapy manufacturing industries.
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Ross Bow Tie Dispersers, or High Viscosity Dispersers, are heavy-duty mixers designed for heavy pastes and viscous liquids up to several hundred thousand centipoise, with stainless steel 304 wetted parts.
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Veltek

VAI's manufacturing and testing operations mirror current GMP/GLP standards.
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Events

2017 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference

May 1–3, 2017

Interpack 2017

May 4–10, 2017

CPhI North America

May 16–18, 2017

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REFERENCE BOOKS

Pharmaceutical Technology Drug Delivery Guides

A three-volume set of drug delivery system handbooks. A compilation of articles related to methods and processes of manufacturing and administering pharmaceutical compounds to achieve therapeutic effects. Topics include the development of controlled-release formulations and reformulating injectable drugs for oral delivery.
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eBOOKS

Quality Throughout the Supply Chain

Quality issues can appear at any stage of the bio/pharmaceutical development and manufacturing supply chain. Drug companies must monitor raw materials, suppliers, contract service providers, facilities, manufacturing processes, and production workers. In this e-book, the editors examine current quality issues, and how the industry is addressing quality challenges throughout the supply chain.


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