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May 21, 2020
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In this issue:

FDA’s Emergency Use Process Under Scrutiny

Collaborative Research Project on Stem Cells Launches

BIO Appoints New President and CEO After Greenwood Retires


Top Stories

COVID-19 Update

Updates on COVID-19 vaccine candidates, FDA policies, company partnerships, and more.
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Vaccine Production Key to Global Pandemic Response

Biopharmaceutical companies and federal agencies have been working overtime and assuming considerable risk to be able to supply billions of doses of any safe and effective preventive.
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Industry News

BIO Appoints New President and CEO After Greenwood Retires

Michelle McMurry-Heath will assume the role of BIO president and CEO on June 1, 2020 after Jim Greenwood, who has led the organization since 2005, retires from the positions.
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CHMP Recommends Expansion of Compassionate Use of Remdesivir

The CHMP has issued a recommendation that the compassionate use of remdesivir be expanded in the treatment of more patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms.
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Supplier News

BARDA Funds US-based Drug Manufacturing Initiative

HHS announces $354 million in funding for private industry to manufacture generic drugs in the US from raw materials to finished product.
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Evonik Commissions US Facility for Bioresorbable Polymers and Adds CMO Services

Evonik opened a new facility for GMP manufacturing of bioresorbable polymers and excipients for pharmaceutical and medical applications in Birmingham, AL.
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Bio/Pharma News

mRNA Vaccine Shows Positive Interim Phase I Results

Participants in two dosing cohorts in Moderna’s mRNA-1273 study reached or exceeded neutralizing antibody titers generally seen in convalescent sera.
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Collaborative Research Project on Stem Cells Launches

The Center for iPS Cell Research and Application Foundation and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult have announced the launch of a new collaborative research project that will focus on induced pluripotent stem cell characterization.
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Regulatory News

Federal Judge Enters Temporary Injunction Against COVID-19 "Treatment"

A temporary restraining order was entered against Xephyr LLC, doing business as N-Ergetics requiring the company to immediately stop distributing colloidal silver products.
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FDA’s Emergency Use Process Under Scrutiny

Some observers fear that political interference in the process may erode confidence in the scientific basis for FDA regulatory decisions.
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Featured Topics

MANUFACTURING

How a Contamination Control Program Impacts Product Sterility

A well-defined contamination control program is essential to maintain quality through aseptic manufacture of parenteral drug products.
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PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

Determining the Probability of Passing USP Content Uniformity and Dissolution (Immediate and Extended) Tests with CuDAL-Excel

The article reports on the CuDAL-Excel program, a set of MS Excel programs transformed and extended from Bergum’s CuDAL version 2 SAS program, designed for industry practitioners to calculate the USP passing probability of content uniformity and dissolution tests for both sampling plan 1 and sampling plan 2 scenarios, and for both immediate release and extended release requirements.
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DEVELOPMENT

Formulating an ADC Development Solution

Many antibody-drug conjugate therapies are in the pipeline; however, only a handful have been approved. What are the bottlenecks?
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REGULATORY

Modern Drug Manufacturing Key to COVID-19 Response

Policy makers seek to ensure supplies of new therapies and to limit shortages.
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WEBCASTS

Best Practices for Meeting and Exceeding Regulatory Standards in Primary Packaging USP <381> and <382>
Part II: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 10am EDT | 9am CDT | 3pm BST | 4pm CEST
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Comprehensive Analysis into Disintegration Mechanisms: How Reliable Are Textbook Recommendations?
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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eBOOKS

Regulatory Sourcebook and Reference, March 2020

The Pharmacopoeia Compliance Series features a description of ways bio/pharma companies can participate in monograph development, a practical approach to pharmacopoeial compliance, and a summary of this 12-part series.


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