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October 02, 2018
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Companies Stepping Up Efforts to Ensure Medicine Supply Post-Brexit

The European Medicines Agency revised the number of centrally authorized medicines for which there are concerns over Brexit-related supply disruptions.
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After Valsartan Recalls, Regulators Grapple with Nitrosamine Contamination in APIs

The European Medicines Agency's detection of a second nitrosamine in a sartan API is driving a deeper dive into tetrazole chemistry; root-cause investigations will now include not only valsartan and losartan, but candesartan, irbesartan, and olmesartan.
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Industry News

Limited Therapy Access Could Hinder Personalized Cancer Treatment in the UK

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recently rejected National Health Service's funding of Kymriah for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) despite recognizing that the drug has significant clinical benefits.
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CPhI Pharma Award 2018 Finalists Revealed

Winners for each category will be revealed at the CPhI Pharma Awards Gala, taking place on Oct. 9, 2018.
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Biopharma News

Novartis' Sandoz Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar

The company's biosimiliar to Amgen's Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) received a positive opinion for marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).
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Novo Nordisk to Restructure R&D and Reduce Staff

The company plans to lay off approximately 400 employees to support the restructuring of its R&D organization.
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Supplier News

Symbiosis Secures FDA Viral Vector Process Approval

The sterile-manufacturing contract development manufacturing organization is approved by FDA for viral vector manufacturing fill/finish processing at its biologics facility in Scotland, UK.
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GE Healthcare, Cobra Biologics, and CPI Team Up for AAV Vector Manufacturing

GE Healthcare, Cobra Biologics, and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) have entered into a collaboration to advance manufacturing of adeno-associated virus vectors for gene therapy.
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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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Regulatory News

FDA Warns of Possible Dosing Errors in Compounded Injectables

The agency announced that differences in strength expression on product labels of compounders and conventional manufacturers may lead to dosing errors.
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FDA Announces Compounding Research Projects

The agency has entered into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine and has expanded agreements with the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University Centers for Regulatory Science and Innovation to conduct research on the compounding of drugs.
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Versatile and Automated Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches for Monoclonal Analysis

The molecular complexity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) makes accurate characterization challenging. This ebook highlights versatile and automated mass spectrometry-based approaches for intact protein analysis, peptide mapping, and glycan analysis that deliver quick and reliable answers.
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FEATURE TOPICS

OUTSOURCING

Biopharma Demand Continues to Influence CMO Actions

Partnerships, mergers, and new services indicate that biologics are continuing to influence CMOs' and CDMOs' decisions to expand their biopharmaceutical services.
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REGULATORY

USP Proposes a New Chapter for Rapid Sterility Testing

The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is developing a new chapter for rapid sterility testing of short-life products based on the recommendations of a panel of experts and stakeholders.
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BUSINESS TRENDS

Be a Part of the Solution

Sharing of bioprocessing know-how can help resolve pressing industry problems.
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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Ensuring Viral Safety of Viral Vaccines and Vectors

Viral vaccines and viral vectors used in biotherapeutic applications carry the risk of microbial contamination, which must be addressed.
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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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Make Better Decisions, Faster with Highly Reproducible, High-Throughput Glycan Screening
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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
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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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Events

CPhI 2018

October 9–11, 2018

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October 9–11, 2018

Healthcare Packaging EXPO

October 14–17, 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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