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April 14, 2020
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COVID-19 Update

Updates on COVID-19 vaccine candidates, FDA policies, company partnerships, and more.
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Gilead and Second Genome Enter into $338 Million Biomarker and Drug Discovery Collaboration

Second Genome will use its Microbiome Analytics Platform throughout the collaboration to identify novel biomarkers associated with clinical response to Gilead’s investigational medicines
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Industry News


Applied Biology, Brown University Collaborate on COVID-19 Drug Discovery Platform

The drug discovery platform was developed to rapidly predict blocking of COVID-19 pneumocyte cellular entry.
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UCB Successfully Completes Acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals

Belgian biopharmaceutical company, UCB, has successfully completed its acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company.
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Biopharma News


Theravance Biopharma to Advance its Janus Kinase Inhibitor to Treat Acute Lung Injury

The company is advancing its lung-selective nebulized Janus kinase inhibitor into clinical development to determine its ability to prevent acute lung injury in patients with COVID-19.
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Horizon Discovery Expands Screening Services

Horizon Discovery has announced that it has expanded its cell-based clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) screening services to include primary human B cells, which complements the T cell screening service.
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Supplier News


Supplier Operations Status Report

Suppliers to the bio/pharma industry are sharing news about the business operations during the global COVID-19 pandemic. To view current information about the company’s business operations, click the company name.
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Orgenesis, RevaTis Partner on Cell Therapy Production

The partners have formed a joint venture to produce muscle-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a source of exosomes and other cellular products to develop related therapies and advance clinical trials.
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Regulatory News


EMA Takes Measures to Ensure Supply of Medicines

The agency has been tasked with coordinating efforts to mitigate shortages of medicines within Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EMA Recommends Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for COVID-19

EMA's CHMP has recommended the use of remdesivir, an investigational antiviral medicine, in compassionate use programs across the European Union.
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FEATURED TOPICS

QUALITY/REGULATIONS

Biosimilars Tackle Interchangeability Standards

Demonstrating interchangeability can ensure biosimilar substitutability at the pharmacy level.
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ANALYTICAL METHODS

Contamination Control for Cell Therapy

A variety of assays should be used to detect bacterial, fungal, and viral contaminants in the human source cells used for cell therapies.
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MANUFACTURING

Seeing Success with Single-Use Solutions

Single-use solutions continue to grow in popularity, largely as a result of the cost and time efficiencies they can afford biopharma companies.
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UPSTREAM PROCESSING

Bioreactors Redefine Upstream Productivity

New bioreactor designs, coupled with better media, process intensification and analytics, continue to improve upstream bioprocessing.
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WEBCASTS


Simple and Effective Methods for Purification and Determination of Molecular Weight of DMT-on and DMT-off Oligonucleotides
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Implementing Attribute Monitoring Analyses for Biopharmaceutical Development and QC
Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 9am EDT| 2pm BST| 3pm CEST
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Practical Method Development Strategies for the Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies by Reversed-Phase HPLC
Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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An In-Depth Look at Intact Biotherapeutic Characterization and Quantitation in Biological Matrices
Europe Broadcast: Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 9am EDT | 2pm BST | 3pm CEST
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Rescheduled Events

CPhI South East Asia

CPhI South East Asia has been rescheduled for July 2020.

Interphex 2020

Interphex 2020 has been rescheduled for July 2020.

69th PDA Annual Meeting

PDA’s Annual Meeting has been rescheduled for July 2020.

Bioprocessing Summit Europe

Bioprocessing Summit Europe has been rescheduled for July 2020.

PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Data Science Workshop

PDA’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Data Science Workshop has been rescheduled for July 2020.

CPhI North America

CPhI North America has been rescheduled for September 2020.

CPhI Japan

CPhI Japan has been rescheduled for September 2020.

Analytica 2020

Analytica 2020 has been rescheduled for October 2020.

Interpack 2020

Interpack 2020 has been rescheduled for February 2021.

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Regulatory Sourcebook and Reference, December 2019

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