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May 18, 2017
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In this issue:

C.O. Truxton Expands Recall

Polymer Designed for Lot-to-Lot Consistency

Biogen Buys Cirara for $120 Million

Top Stories

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Patheon

Thermo Fisher will acquire Patheon for approximately $7.2 billion, including the assumption of approximately $2 billion of net debt.
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Survey Suggests that One-Third of Pharma Companies Aren’t Ready for Serialization

A recent survey suggests that 36% of pharmaceutical companies and contract development and manufacturing companies have not started working on serialization.
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PODCAST

Finn Bauer talks about Parteck SRP 80, an excipient for direct compression of matrix-based, sustained-release tablets. Parteck SRP 80 won the Excellence in Excipients Award at the 2016 CPhI Pharma Awards.

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Industry News

EMA Finds Patient Involvement Beneficial

The agency released its report on pilot project to involve patients in the assessment of medicines.
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C.O. Truxton Expands Recall

The company is expanding their April 2017 voluntary recall of phenobarbital tablets.
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Supplier News

Cell Culture Media Polymer Designed for Lot-to-Lot Consistency

MilliporeSigma released a new surface-active nonionic polymer to ensure lot-to-lot consistency.
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Charter Medical, INCELL Announce Distribution Agreement

The partnership provides Charter Medical the exclusive rights to market, sell, and distribute INCELL media products on a global basis.
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Bio/Pharma News

Pfizer and Sangamo Team Up on Hemophilia A Gene Therapy

The companies entered a license agreement that includes Sangamo's SB-525, one of the company's lead product candidates for the treatment of Hemophilia A.
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Biogen Buys Stroke Treatment from Remedy for $120 Million

The company purchased Cirara from Remedy Pharmaceuticals for $120 million.
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Regulatory News

FDA Warns Vikshara Trading & Investments Ltd

FDA sent a warning letter to the company in India for delaying and limiting an FDA inspection in addition to problems related to cGMP.
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Compounding Pharmacy Cited for Unlicensed Biologics

FDA sent a warning letter to Pharmaceutic Labs, LLC for deficiencies in producing sterile drugs.
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FEATURED TOPICS

MANUFACTURING

Solid-Phase Extraction for the Preparation of Aqueous Sample Matrices for Gas Chromatographic Analysis in Extractable/Leachable Studies

Solid-phase extraction has several advantages over liquid/liquid extraction for extractables and leachables studies.
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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Comparison of Permitted Daily Exposure with 0.001 Minimal Daily Dose for Cleaning Validation

In this study, the authors investigated the relationship between the 0.001 MinDD and the PDE values for 140 drug substances as an attempt to identify high-risk groups of products for patient safety. This comparison can serve as a method for prioritization of APIs for development of PDEs.
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PACKAGING

Robots Package Parenteral Products

Robotic fill/finish systems reduce human intervention, improve flexibility, and allow more gentle handling of containers.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

Optimizing Yields on Modern Tablet Presses

Learn how to prevent common causes of product loss.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Best Practices for Effective Tablet Lubrication
Live Webcast: Wednesday, June 7 at 11:00am EDT
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Best Practices for Extractables and Leachables Testing for Primary Drug Product Packaging
Live Webcast: Wednesday, May 24 at 11:00am EDT and Wednesday, May 31 at 11:00am CEST
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ON DEMAND WEBCASTS

A Complete Guide to USP <232> & <233> Pharmaceutical Elemental Impurities – Implementing Pharmaceutical Elemental Impurity Sample Preparation and Analysis
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A Complete Guide to USP <232> & <233> Pharmaceutical Elemental Impurities – Understanding Pharmaceutical Elemental Impurity Regulations and Laboratory Considerations
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Events

Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress

May 21–24, 2017

BIO International Convention

June 19–22, 2017

Excipientfest Asia

July 13–14, 2017

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REFERENCE BOOKS

Pharmaceutical Technology presents its Analytical Testing Resource Guide combo

A compilation of articles 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

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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