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August 14, 2018
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EMA Scales Back Activities to Prepare for Brexit

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will temporarily scale back activities as it copes with “significant staff loss” and prepares for the next phase in its continuity plan.
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FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind RNA-Based Therapy

The new drug, Onpattro (patisiran), by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, is in a new class of drugs called small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) treatment.
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Industry News

ARM Releases Second-Quarter Report on Regenerative Medicines Sector

The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine’s (ARM) report highlights major trends and metrics from the 2018 second quarter in the regenerative medicines sector.
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North Americans Pegged as Least Informed on Pharma GDPR, GlobalData Reports

Only 54% of North Americans feel informed about the requirements of the general data protection regulation (GDPR), according to a report by GlobalData.
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Process Development Forum

Need to optimize your manufacturing systems? Find insights, solutions, and shortcuts in bioprocessing at ProcessDevelopmentForum.com.
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Biopharma News

Regeneron, bluebird bio Partner on Cell Therapy Development

The companies will collaborate on the discovery, development, and commercialization of cell therapies for cancer.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Licenses Global Rights to Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy

Boehringer Ingelheim joins Oxford BioMedica, UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium, and Imperial Innovations to form a partnership for developing a new gene therapy to treat cystic fibrosis.
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Biopharma Resource Center

We've gathered some essential biopharma information designed for your field and labs. Download the compendium, poster, application note, and more.
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Supplier News

Avalon GloboCare Partners with Weill Cornell Medical College for CAR-T Production Technologies

Avalon and Weill will co-develop bio-production and standardization procedures for CAR-T therapy.
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Key Biologics and Astarte Biologics Merge

The combined companies will provide research- and clinical-grade human immune cells, blood products, and related services.
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Data Integrity:

With FDA attention pinpointed on data integrity in recent 483s and warning letters, it is critical to arm yourself with the tools and resources to ensure data integrity in manufacturing processes. IVT's 4th Annual Data Integrity Validation provides a variety of industry perspectives in an unmatched training environment, diving deep into the nuances of building and maintaining a compliant data governance program across company-wide systems.
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Regulatory News

EC Approves Pfizer’s Biosimilar to Roche’s Herceptin

The European Commission (EC) approved Pfizer’s Trazimera (trastuzumab), a biosimilar to Roche’s Herceptin, to treat certain breast and gastric cancers.
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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Canadian API Manufacturer

The agency issued a warning letter to Canadian API manufacturer, Les Produits Chimiques B.G.R, citing cGMP violations at its API facility in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
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24th Annual Validation Week

Don't miss out on three days spent learning from industry trailblazers and networking with peers at IVT's 24th Annual Validation Week. Create your own unique conference experience by choosing between four tracks - Process Validation, Quality, CSV/Data Integrity and Cleaning Validation – and attend the 2nd Annual Women in Validation Empowerment Summit. You are guaranteed to walk away with essential tools for the dynamic validation industry.
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FEATURE TOPICS

MANUFACTURING

Employing Spectroscopic Tools in Downstream Process Control

Spectroscopic tools present an alternative method for reliable at-line process monitoring and control.
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SUPPLY CHAIN

Poseidon Takes on the Pharma Supply Chain

Lower costs, fewer opportunities for temperature excursions, and a smaller carbon footprint are making ocean transport more attractive for pharmaceuticals. Poseidon, a new collaborative pharma initiative, seeks to leverage benefits.
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ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION

Navigating Data Integrity in the Modern Lab

Steve Hayward, product marketing manager at BIOVIA, Dassault Systèmes, discusses the importance of both technology and people in the modern laboratory.
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SINGLE USE

Disposal Options for Single-Use Systems

BioPharm International asked Andrew Bulpin, head of Process Solutions at MilliporeSigma, about the end-of-life options for disposable components of biopharmaceutical single-use systems.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Rapid Low-level Identification and Quantitation of Host Cell Proteins
Europe: Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2pm BST | 3pm CEST
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Characterizing Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions by Light Scattering
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Events

4th Annual Data Integrity Validation

August 15–16, 2018

Cleaning Validation

August 21–23, 2018

CPhI Middle East & Africa 2018

September 3–5, 2018

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eBook

Single-Use Systems 2018 eBook

A review of new technologies and processes that are helping to drive the adoption of single-use systems for the commercial production of biologic-based drugs.

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