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BioPharm International
September 18, 2018
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FDA Clarifies Worldwide Inspection Policies

FDA is revising its inspection process and seeks harmonization of standards for US and foreign regulatory oversight to ensure the safety of medicines.
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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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Process Development Forum

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Industry News

Scientists Isolate mAbs That Neutralize GI Virus

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated the first human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that can neutralize norovirus, a virus that causes acute gastrointestinal (GI) illness.
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Endogenous Protein May Become a Candidate for Drug Development

Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and the National Institutes of Health modified the protein Nurr1 to enter cells from the outside, possibly enabling the protein to become a drug development candidate for illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease.
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Biopharma News

Gilead, Precision BioSciences to Develop Therapies Against Hep B

The companies will develop therapies targeting the in-vivo elimination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) with Precision’s proprietary genome editing platform.
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Avara Acquires Sterile Manufacturing Facility from Sandoz

Avara Pharmaceutical Services acquired Sandoz’s sterile manufacturing facility for injectable medicines in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Supplier News

Pall and Aetos Biologics Partner on Biosimilar Manufacturing

The collaboration will focus on developing manufacturing solutions for biosimilars.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Advanced Bioprocessing Business from BD

Becton Dickinson’s (BD) Advanced Bioprocessing business will be integrated into Thermo Fisher's Life Sciences Solutions segment.
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Regulatory News

FDA Approves New Treatment for Hairy Cell Leukemia

The agency approved AstraZeneca’s Lumoxiti (moxetumomab pasudotox-tdfk) injection for intravenous use for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory hairy cell leukemia.
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Sterile Manufacturing Issues found at Canadian Manufacturer

FDA sent a warning letter to Lernapharm (Loris) Inc. detailing the company's lack of procedures to prevent microbiological contamination.
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FEATURE TOPICS

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Evaluating the Rewards vs. the Risks of Automation

Automation can improve many aspects of bioprocessing, but several hurdles must be overcome before the full range of benefits can be realized.
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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Study on an Inactivation Evaluation Method of Cleaning Processes for Biopharmaceuticals

This study was successful in establishing a reliable and effective method for evaluating cleaning processes based on risk.
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QUALITY SYSTEMS

Elements in Raw Materials May Impact Product Quality

Trace elements in raw materials may impact the quality and safety of the finished biologic product, according to industry experts.
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FORMULATION

QbD in the Development of ADCs with PBD Dimer Warheads

The development and optimization of an efficient conjugation process involves identifying the critical quality attributes and monitoring critical process parameters.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Using High-Throughput Automation to Accelerate Biologic Drug Formulation
Thursday October 25, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Protein A Chromatography: Important Features in Purification to Reduce mAb Aggregation and Increase Recovery
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Screen Hundreds of N-Glycans per Day: More Samples – Better Decisions – Faster
Europe Broadcast: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 2pm BST | 3pm CEST
US Broadcast: Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 11am EDT | 10am CDT | 8am PDT
Asia Pacific Broadcast: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 11am CST | 12pm JST | 1pm AEST
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The Multi-Attribute Method (MAM): Advancing Biopharmaceutical Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 11am | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Hydroxyapatite Separation of Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Aggregates
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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ONDEMAND WEBCASTS

Taking Charged Variant Analysis of Therapeutic Proteins to the Next Level
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Rapid Low-level Identification and Quantitation of Host Cell Proteins
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Characterizing Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions by Light Scattering
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Events

SMi's 9th Annual Biosimilars & Biobetters Conference

September 26–27, 2018

CPhI 2018

October 9–11, 2018

bioLIVE

October 9–11, 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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