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November 29, 2018
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Cambrex to Acquire Avista Pharma

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Mylan

International Partnership Aims to Develop Needle-free Vaccines


Top Stories

Cambrex to Acquire Avista Pharma

With the $252-million acquisition of contract development, manufacturing, and testing organization Avista Pharma Solutions, Cambrex will enter the market for early stage small-molecule development and testing services.
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WuXi Biologics Begins Construction of Major Biologics Center in China

The new center will integrate biologics drug discovery, development, clinical manufacturing, and commercial manufacturing.
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Industry News

International Partnership Aims to Develop Needle-free Vaccines

The University of South Australia is working to develop needle-free vaccines for Zika, chikingunya, and peanut allergy in a collaboration with Australian biotechnology company Sementis and Enesi Pharma, a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical company.
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Coalition of UK’s Health Sector Request Protection for Public Health Post-Brexit

A coalition group from the UK's health sector has called on both the UK and EU to ensure the protection of patients and public health when considering the future relationship of the regions post-Brexit.
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Supplier News

ADC Bio Secures Additional Equity Round Investment

ADC Biotechnology will invest downstream formulation, fill/finish capabilities, and Lock-Release conjugation technology.
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GE Healthcare Opens Biotechnology Manufacturing Center in UK

GE’s new facility, which will be operational in 2019, will produce a fiber-based chromatography platform for more efficient biopharmaceutical purification.
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Bio/Pharma News

Seqirus Announces $140-Million Expansion for Vaccine Facility

The vaccine producer announced an expansion to its Holly Springs, NC, manufacturing facility where it will increase production of its cell-based quadrivalent influenza vaccine.
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FDA Approves New Cancer Drugs from Pfizer and Loxo Oncology

The agency has approved two new chemical entities, Daurismo (glasdegib) from Pfizer, and Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) from Loxo Oncology, for treating cancers.
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Regulatory News

EMA Suspends Authorizations of Quinolone and Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics

After a review of serious side effects, the agency decided to suspend marketing authorizations for quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics and restrict use of remaining fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Mylan for Pharma Manufacturing Facility

FDA has issued a warning letter to Mylan citing GMP violations of finished pharmaceutical products manufactured at the company’s Morgantown, WV, facility.
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FEATURED TOPICS

DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Building Capacity for Potent API Production

Demand for highly potent APIs continues to rise.
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QUALITY

User Requirements Specifications–How Difficult Can It Be?

Building up relevant expertise in-house will make writing spec sheets for software easier, according to Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.
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ANALYTICS

Uniformity of Dosage Units, Part 1: Acceptance Value

This paper describes how the concept of acceptance value can be redefined to remove bias and more closely reflect quality targets.
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REGULATIONS

Guidelines on Integral Drug-Device Combinations

Pharma companies are concerned they may have to postpone plans for the commercialization of new combination products because of delays in obtaining marketing authorizations because of a lack of clarity about approval rules.
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Events

IVT's Annual Laboratory Week

December 3–5, 2018

2018 ISPE Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference

December 10–12, 2018

Pharmaceutical Microbiology UK 2019

January 21–23, 2019

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