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January 03, 2019
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Top Pharmaceutical Technology News Stories of 2018

Bayer Completes Monsanto Acquisition for $63 Billion

Bayer completed its acquisition of Monsanto, the largest in Bayer's history.
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Import Alert Spurs Recall of Levothyroxine and Liothyronine (Thyroid Tablets, USP)

Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC is voluntarily recalling Levothyroxine and Liothyronine (Thyroid Tablets, USP) after FDA issues import alert affecting the active ingredient.
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Additional Impurity Found in Valsartan

FDA testing has found an additional impurity, N-Nitrosodiethylamine, in the API valsartan.
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Hospitals Launch Their Own Generic Drug Company

Frustrated with chronic shortages and high costs, hospitals form their own generic drug company.
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CGMP Violations Found at India Facility

FDA sent a warning letter to Goran Pharma Private Limited citing inadequate quality control violations.
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Takeda to Acquire Shire for $62 Billion

Takeda expands its global and therapy base with announced acquisition of Shire.
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Fresenius Terminates $4.3-Billion Merger with Akron

Fresenius Kabi claims that Akorn failed to fulfill several closing conditions.
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FDA Publishes Q&A Document on ICH Q11

The agency clarifies recommendations found in ICH Q11 about chemical entities and biotechnology entities.
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Data Integrity Failures and Other CGMP Violations Found at China Facility

FDA sent a warning letter to Lijiang Yinghua Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for failure to follow current good manufacturing practices.
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Sanofi Completes $4.8-Billion Ablynx Acquisition

The acquisition is expected to strengthen Sanofi's R&D strategy with Ablynx's nanobody technology platform.
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Top Pharmaceutical Technology Feature Stories of 2018

A New Method for Risk Assessment of Pharmaceutical Excipients

This article describes a new, combined, quantitative method for assessing excipient risks that has been developed by the authors as one possible risk evaluation method.
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Analyzing Content Uniformity

New technologies, such as NIR and Raman, enable online measurements of blending and content uniformity in the production of solid dosage forms.
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Modernizing Pharma Manufacturing

The pharmaceutical industry is adopting Industry 4.0 and emerging technologies to improve product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
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Rethinking Cleaning Validation for API Manufacturing

This article focuses on applying new and traditional techniques to design a cleaning process, ensure the surfaces are clean, and develop rinse solution analysis to continuously monitor cleaning performance.
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Determination of Dermal PDE for Pharmaceutical Products

The authors offer recommendations for permissible daily exposures and concentration limits of elemental impurities for dermal drug products.
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How to Plan Smoke Studies

Airflow visualization studies, or smoke studies, confirm unidirectional airflow patterns in an aseptic processing facility.
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Pharma 4.0

Pharma 4.0 envisions highly efficient automated processes, which could be continuous, batch, or a hybrid of these, driven by an integrated manufacturing control strategy.
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Freeze-Drying Process Optimization

Determining the right process conditions for a freeze-drying cycle requires an understanding of the effect of each step on the drug product.
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Certificates of Analysis: Don't Trust, Verify

Taking vendor product data at face value puts pharmaceutical manufacturers and their supply chain partners at risk.
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ICH Q12 Guidelines Spark Controversies

The flexibility and incompatibility of ICH Q12 guidelines with current EU legislations raise complications.
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