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December 6, 2018
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Mixed Reality Gains a Foothold in the Lab

Bayer Announces R&D and Manufacturing Cuts

Immuno Biotech Owner Imprisoned for 15 Months


Top Stories

Opposition Demands Protection for Part D “Protected Classes”

The proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to give plans more flexibility to limit coverage of certain drugs.
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Pfizer Gets Global Patent License for AbbVie's Humira

AbbVie will grant Pfizer license to launch a biosimilar to AbbVie's Humira worldwide.
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Industry News

Cobra, Pall, and Partner Receive $1.9 Million to Study Continuous Manufacturing of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors for Gene Therapy

Cobra, Pall, and Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult are collaborating to develop continuous manufacturing for gene therapy production.
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Immuno Biotech Owner Imprisoned for 15 Months

Owner of Immuno Biotech, David Noakes, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison over charges of manufacturing, selling, and supplying an unlicensed medicine, as well as money laundering.
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Supplier News

Tosoh Bioscience Moves to Acquire Semba Biosciences

The investment builds on a collaboration the companies entered into in 2007 for various biomanufacturing projects.
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Yposkesi Announces Agreement in Principle with Axovant to Expand Gene Therapy Manufacturing Capacity

Contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), Yposkesi, has entered into an agreement in principle with Axovant Sciences.
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Bio/Pharma News

Genentech Acquires Jecure Therapeutics

The acquisition will give Genentech full rights to Jecure’s preclinical portfolio of NLRP3 inhibitors.
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Bayer Announces R&D and Manufacturing Cuts

In a strategic move to strengthen its core life science businesses, Bayer announces 900 R&D and 350 manufacturing job cuts.
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Regulatory News

Five Additional EU Member States Able to Perform GMP Inspections Equivalent to US Level

Five additional European Union member states have been confirmed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as capable of performing good manufacturing practice inspections at a level equivalent to that of the United States.
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Quality Manufacturing Key to Reducing Drug Shortages

Despite ongoing efforts to address the problem, FDA now sees a rise in active shortages and in the duration of supply problems.
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FEATURED TOPICS

ANALYTICS

Precompetitive Research Spurs Innovation in Pharmaceutical Analysis

Industry–academia collaborations seek to address unmet needs in measurement science.
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MANUFACTURING

Cobots in the Pharma Lab

Collaborative robots work beside laboratory employees to improve efficiency in pharmaceutical research and quality control labs.
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ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION

Complex Protein Studies Demand Dynamic Techniques

By adapting techniques from other sciences—and exploring better tools for biologics drug development—researchers are addressing challenges of protein characterization.
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Mixed Reality Gains a Foothold in the Lab

Rather than isolating the user in a virtual world, mixed reality allows contextualized data to be shared in real time, improving assays, standard operating procedures, workflows, and overall tech transfer.
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Events

2018 ISPE Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference

December 10–12, 2018

IFPAC Annual Meeting

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2019 PDA Annual Meeting

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eBOOKS

Laboratory Best Practices 2018 eBook

The editors explore new tools for bio/pharma lab studies—such as robotics, augmented reality, and advanced instrumentation— as well as best practices for method development, multiple attribute monitoring, lab mixers, and raw material testing.

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