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July 26, 2018
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In this issue:

Be Quick, But Don't Hurry

FDA Opens Door to Importing Drugs

Serialization: Scaling Down for the Final Stretch


Top Stories

FDA Reveals Biosimilar Plan; Gottlieb Blasts Delays

In launching FDA's Biosimilar Action Plan, Gottlieb takes innovator companies to task for delaying competitive biosimilar products.
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Cambrex to Acquire Halo Pharma for $425 Million

The acquisition will place Cambrex into the finished dosage form CDMO market.
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Industry News

FDA Forms Drug Shortages Task Force

FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, announced formation of a new, drug shortages task force and efforts to advance long-term solutions to prevent shortages.
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Cross-Industry Expertise Can Promote Manufacturing Improvements

Report predicts PAT, NIRS, continuous bioprocessing, and a 'technological arms race' could improve biopharma manufacturing efficiencies.
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Supplier News

Almac to Invest in Analytical Services Capability

The API and drug product provider will invest £375,000 (US$493,000) in additional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation at its headquarters in Craigavon, UK.
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AGC to Expand Chemical and API Capacity

The glass and chemical provider will expand its synthetic pharmaceutical intermediate and API production capacity at its plant in Chiba, Japan.
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Bio/Pharma News

Novartis Has Production Hiccup for Kymriah CAR-T Therapy

The company has run into a snag in producing Kymriah for the diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patient population, the second indication for which the therapy was recently approved by FDA.
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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Baxter's Drug Manufacturing Plant Acquired in Claris Buy

The agency has issued a warning letter for cGMP violations at a drug manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad, India, that Baxter gained through its acquisition of Claris Injectables.
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Early Bird Registration Available: Full Day E&L Symposium
Register for Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories' 2nd Annual Extractables & Leachables Symposium for Drugs and Devices on Thursday, September 20th in San Francisco, CA. Don't miss this opportunity to learn best practices, gain insight on regulations and hear case studies from Sanofi and Janssen.
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Regulatory News

FDA Opens Door to Importing Drugs

Rising pressure to do more to control drug prices is prompting Trump administration officials to explore where more flexible import policies may help ensure access to safe, effective, and more affordable medicines.
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FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Smallpox

The agency has approved Tpoxx (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for the treatment of smallpox, to address the impact of a potential outbreak.
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Cleaning Validation:
As the industry's leading hands-on cleaning validation training, IVT's Cleaning Validation conference goes beyond best practices and solution oriented approaches; from bring your own challenge workshops and brainstorming think-tank discussions to solutions showcases and faculty "office hours" attendees are guaranteed to walk away with key actionable items for tackling the top challenges faced throughout critical cleaning process and validation lifecycles specific to their own environment.
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FEATURED TOPICS

ANALYTICS

Moving Toward Unified Process Control for Biopharma

Traditional barriers between upstream and downstream bioprocessing are slowly starting to break down, as biopharma embraces more advanced analytics and process control.
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DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Be Quick, But Don't Hurry

After 30 years of biologic-drug advances, the industry and patients still have a lot to learn.
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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. www.cbinet.com/dataintegrity

 

OUTSOURCING OUTLOOK

Fifteen Years of Progress: Biopharmaceutical Industry Survey Results

This article highlights 15 years of changes in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
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SUPPLY CHAIN

Serialization: Scaling Down for the Final Stretch

Vendors are offering template-based models and direct data-filing services to help smaller companies meet imminent deadlines.
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UPCOMING WEBCAST

How Protocol Design Drives Comparator Sourcing Cost, Timelines, Complexity, and Risk
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Building a Faster, More Flexible Biologic Development Process for Targeted Therapies
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 10am EDT | 3pm BST | 4pm CEST
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ON DEMAND WEBCASTS

How Well Should You Understand Your Crystallization Process (and Solid-State Properties)?
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Best Practices for Highly Potent API (HPAPI) Development and Manufacturing
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Multiparticulate Formulation Strategies for Pediatric Drugs
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Engineering and Manufacture of Second Generation ADCs: Tools and Techniques
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Events

The 67th Annual Denver X-ray Conference

August 6–10, 2018

MES 2018:13th Annual Global Forum on Manufacturing Execution Systems

August 13–14, 2018

4th Annual Data Integrity Validation

August 15–16, 2018


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