EMA has issued a press release on June 18, 2020, in which it endorses two statements from the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) about the importance of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. / read more /
Neurocrine will develop and commercialize seven of Takeda’s pipeline programmes, including three clinical-stage assets for schizophrenia, treatment-resistant depression, and anhedonia. / read more /
Catalent will provide vial filling and packaging capacity to AstraZeneca at its manufacturing facility in Anagni, Italy, for the large-scale commercial manufacturing of the University of Oxford’s adenovirus vector-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate. / read more /
The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM) has opened up access to the texts of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) to support developers of COVID-19 vaccines. / read more /
An instruction has been issued to all those performing clinical trials using hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19 to stop recruitment of any new patients by the MHRA in the UK. / read more /
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. / read more /
The company has been selected to produce the active pharmaceutical ingredient for clinical trial supplies of RBT-9, an investigational therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 in patients at high risk of declining health due to age or comorbid conditions. / read more /
The authors compare formulations containing citrate with other buffers in reducing subcutaneous injection-site pain and discuss a formulation and excipients selection strategy. / read more /
In Pharmaceutical Technology's ongoing Pharmacopoeia Compliance Series, experts explain the revision process for global and national pharmacopoeias, best practices for monitoring changes, and how to participate in revisions. Other features include FDA warning letters, building a quality culture, and essentials for DOE and QRM.