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November 27, 2019
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In this issue:

C2P Expands API Portfolio

FDA Approves Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder

GE Healthcare Life Sciences to Expand KUBio Through Close Collaboration with Pharmadule Morimatsu


Top Stories

Alkermes Acquires Rodin In Deal Worth Up to $950 Million

Alkermes plans to advance its investigational new drug-enabling capabilities for lead preclinical assets in the Rodin development candidate portfolio.
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Novartis to Acquire The Medicines Company for $9.7 billion

The acquisition of The Medicines Company and its investigational cholesterol-lowering therapy extends Novartis’ cardiovascular pipeline.
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Industry News

FDA Publishes Guidance on Transdermal and Topical Delivery Systems

The guidance provides recommendations for the development and quality information that should be included in NDA and ANDA applications.
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FDA Sends Warning Letter to Pennsylvania
Facility

The agency sent a warning letter to Torrent Pharma after an inspection found violations of current good manufacturing practices that included a failure to thoroughly investigate batch failures.
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Supplier News

Lonza, Cryoport Partner in Cell and Gene
Therapy Field

Lonza and Cryoport have partnered up to strengthen Lonza’s ‘vein-to-vein’ delivery network by removing supply chain hurdles faced by developers of personalized therapeutics.
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GE Healthcare Life Sciences to Expand KUBio Through Close Collaboration with Pharmadule Morimatsu

GE Healthcare Life Sciences has announced it will be working closely with Pharmadule Morimatsu to expand its KUBio “factory in a box” so that biopharma manufacturers will be able to quickly scale up vaccines, viral vector-based therapies, and other novel modalities.
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Bio/Pharma News

Vor Biopharma, MaxCyte Form Pact for Stem Cell Cancer Treatment

The companies have entered into a clinical and commercial agreement to use MaxCyte’s ExPERT platform to enable development of up to five of Vor’s engineered cell therapies.
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C2P Expands API Portfolio

Luxembourg-based company, C2 Pharma (C2P), has expanded its API and botanical extracts product portfolio with digoxin micronized grade and homatropine hydrobromide, and has multiple products under tech transfer and in development.
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Regulatory News

FDA Approves Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder

The approval of Givlaari (givosiran) is the first for treatment of acute hepatic porphyria, which results in the buildup of toxic porphyrin molecules during the production of heme.
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FDA Advances Biosimilar Approvals

The agency’s approval of Abrilada (adalimumab-afzb), a biosimilar to Humira, brings the total of approved biosimilars to 25.
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FEATURED TOPICS

DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Adapting APIs for Specialty Dosage Forms

Several factors must be considered when reformulating APIs for pediatric, geriatric, and other specialty patient populations.
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QUALITY SYSTEMS

Global Pharmacopoeia Standards: Why
Harmonization is Needed

Pharma companies must comply with the pharmacopoeia requirements for each country in which they plan to distribute drugs. Often, stakeholders do not have a sufficient understanding of these requirements. In the first article in a series, learn the legal and regulatory basis for pharmacopoeia compliance and the impact of pharmacopoeias throughout a drug’s lifecycle.
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OUTSOURCING

Evaluating the Tech Transfer Process

Unforeseen challenges can be avoided in technology transfer by evaluating the variety of processes involved.
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REGULATORY/GMP COMPLIANCE

Signatures–What’s in a Name?

It is good industry practice to clarify the precise remit for each of the reviewers of a controlled document, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, Parexel Consulting.
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