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PharmTech
January 11, 2018
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In this issue:

FDA Warns American CryoStem

J&J Announces 15 New Collaborations

Hazardous Chemistry: Choosing Batch or Flow

Top Stories

Drug Pricing Dominates Senate Hearing on HHS Nominee Azar

Will Alex Azar's experience in the pharmaceutical industry help or hurt the initiative to keep medications affordable?
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FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Gives Update on Saline and Amino Acid Shortages

FDA Commissioner Gottlieb expects that the saline and amino acid drug shortages from Puerto Rican manufacturing facilities will improve by early 2018.
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Industry News

J&J Announces 15 New Collaborations

The company announced 15 new collaborations focused on addressing unmet medical needs, including using artificial intelligence in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, saliva testing for throat cancers, and using the microbiome to treat sleep disorders.
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IFPAC Conference Highlights Advanced Manufacturing Science

The IFPAC annual meeting on advancing the understanding and control of manufacturing processes using process analytical technology will be held Feb. 11-14, 2018.
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Supplier News

Sustainability Program Addresses Pharma Manufacturing Waste

AptarGroup’s Landfill Free Certification program addresses the issue of waste production from pharmaceutical manufacturing processes by prompting its facilities to reduce and reuse operation waste.
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GeoVax and Vaxeal to Collaborate on Cancer Immunotherapy Program

The companies will collaborate on the development of vaccines to expand GeoVax’s cancer immunotherapy program.
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Bio/Pharma News

Pfizer and Sangamo Partner on Gene Therapy for Lou Gehrig's Disease

The companies aim to develop a potential zinc finger protein transcription factor-based gene therapy for treating Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche Collaborate on Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

The companies aim to discover and develop locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides as orally available therapies for treating inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Regulatory News

FDA Releases ANDA Submission Guidance

The agency published draft guidance on good practices for submitting abbreviated new drug applications.
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FDA Warns American CryoStem

FDA noted in a recent inspection that American CryoStem was receiving and processing adipose tissue into a product called Atcell, and then marketing the product without agency approval.
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FEATURED TOPICS

GMPs

What’s in Your SOP?

SOPs need to reflect a company’s specific manufacturing or other operations, says Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates.
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Manufacturing

Designing Sustainable Pharma Facilities

Optimizing water and HVAC systems can reduce resource use in all pharma facilities, and, for biopharma manufacturing, the supply chain of consumables should be evaluated.
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APIs and Excipients

Hazardous Chemistry: Choosing Batch or Flow

For many processes involving hazardous chemistry, running in flow mode has safety and economic advantages.
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Drug Delivery

Bringing Together the Benefits of Lipid-Based Formulations and Modified-Release Drug Delivery

Modified-release lipid-based formulations in softgel capsules can address physiochemical and pharmacokinetic challenges posed by drug compounds.
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UPCOMING WEBCAST

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Risk Assessment and Testing Requirements for Elemental Impurities in Pharmaceutical Products
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Events

Pharmapack Europe

February 7–8, 2018

IFPAC-2018

February 11–14, 2018

ISPE 2018 Facilities of the Future Conference

February 20–22, 2018

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eBOOKS

Vaccines Development and Manufacturing 2017

Vaccines—from childhood and influenza immunizations, to epidemic prevention, to cancer and therapeutic treatments—present unique development challenges. In this Vaccine and Manufacturing eBook, the editors explore development and manufacturing options to make vaccines more accessible.


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