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August 30, 2018
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In this issue:

What Ifs in the Five-Year Plan

Reducing Cleanroom Complexities and Cost

CEPI, IDT Partner to Develop MERS Vaccine


Top Stories

Senate Spending Bills Give Minor Boost to FDA, Seek Price Disclosures in Ads

The Senate approved a $159-million budget increase for FDA, to bring its resources up to $5.4 billion for 2019, including more than $2 billion in user fees.
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UK Outlines Potential Pharma Changes Post-Brexit

Guidances for regulatory changes, batch testing, and reporting address situations resulting from "no-deal" Brexit scenario.
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Industry News

CEPI, IDT Partner to Develop MERS Vaccine

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and vaccine manufacturer IDT Biologika will collaborate to develop and manufacture a vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
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Data Integrity Violations Found at Japanese Facility

FDA sent a warning letter to Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd. after inspectors found data integrity problems at the company's Yamaguchi, Japan facility.
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Supplier News

Leistritz Expands NJ Laboratory

The company installed a ZSE-3D twin-screw extrusion system at its Somerville, NJ process laboratory.
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Swedish Government and GE Healthcare Open an Innovation Center for Life Sciences

The new Testa Center in Uppsala, Sweden is a collaborative test bed offering biotechnology equipment from GE Healthcare for process development.
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Bio/Pharma News

Novo Nordisk Acquires Ziylo in Potential $800-Million Deal

The acquisition will support Novo Nordisk's development of glucose-responsive insulins.
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EC Approves Novartis' Kymriah CAR-T Cell Therapy

The European Commission (EC) has approved Novartis' chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) cell therapy Kymriah for the treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy.
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Regulatory News

FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Eye Disease

Dompé Farmaceutici's Oxervate (cenegermin), a topical eye drop, is the first treatment approved by the agency for neurotrophic keratitis, a rare disease affecting the cornea.
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FDA Says No Need to Compound from Bumetanide, Nicardipine hydrochloride, and Vasopressin

FDA proposed in a Federal Register notice that bumetanide, nicardipine hydrochloride, and vasopressin should not be included on the list of bulk drug substances that outsourcing facilities may use in compounding.
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FEATURED TOPICS

OUTSOURCING

What Ifs in the Five-Year Plan

Heightened uncertainty means CDMO executives need to play out planning scenarios.
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FORMULATION

Designing Combination Products

API can be mixed with silicone and other polymers to create drug-delivery combination products.
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MANUFACTURING

Reducing Cleanroom Complexities and Cost

Why shouldn't biopharmaceutical manufacturers be able to leverage standardized construction practices to improve time to market?
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QUALITY SYSTEMS

Lifecycle-Based Process Validation Emphasizes the Need for Continued Process Verification

A year's worth of FDA warning letters suggest that API and finished drug manufacturers should strengthen their approach to continued process verification.
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Events

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September 3–5, 2018

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