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January 16, 2018
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Drug Pricing Dominates Senate Hearing on HHS Nominee Azar

Will Alex Azar’s experience in the pharma industry help or hurt the initiative to keep medications affordable?
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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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Industry News

Pittcon 2018 Introduces 23 New Short Courses for Lab Professionals

The 2018 Short Course program at Pittcon, taking place Feb. 24–Mar. 1, will feature 23 new short courses geared towards laboratory professionals.
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Manus Bio to Develop Novel Production Method for Artemisinin

The company will use funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new production method for artemisinin, a therapeutic used to treat malaria.
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Biopharma News

Takeda and Denali Partner on Neurodegenerative Therapies

A Takeda and Denali collaboration includes three named programs for treating Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, using Denali’s antibody transport vehicle (ATV) technology to enhance blood-brain barrier penetration.
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Athenex Hires German Engineering Firm to Build Manufacturing Facility

Athenex is moving forward with the construction of a new 320,000-square-foot pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Dunkirk, NY, and has hired the German engineering firm, M+W, to design and construct the facility.
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Supplier News

Sartorius Stedim Biotech to Equip Abzena Single-Use Manufacturing Sites

Sartorius Stedim Biotech will equip Abzena’s contract development and manufacturing facilities in Bristol, PA, and San Diego, CA, with single-use equipment and scale-up technologies.
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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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Regulatory News

FDA Revises Labeling to Limit Pediatric Opioid Use

The agency is requiring safety label changes to limit the use of prescription opioid cough and cold medicines in children younger than 18 years old.
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EU Approves AstraZeneca’s Respiratory Biologic

The European Commission has approved AstraZeneca’s benralizumab, a monoclonal antibody for treating severe asthma.
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FEATURED TOPICS

VACCINE DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING

Achieving Intensification and Flexibility in Virus Purification with Next-Generation Chromatography Tools

This article discusses the potential of using high-productivity membrane chromatography to achieve intensified and flexible virus manufacturing.
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QUALITY

Using Quality Metrics to Gain Competitive Advantage

Cross-functional reliability rooms identify risk and planning metrics, provide insights for production forecasts, and predict trends and areas for improvement.
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UPSTREAM

Optimizing Cell-Culture Media

Media manufacturers are focused on reducing risk, improving quality and consistency, and managing costs.
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DOWNSTREAM

Managing Residual Impurities During Downstream Processing

Increased understanding of potential impurities has spurred efforts to standardize monitoring procedures.
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February 7–8, 2018

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February 11–14, 2018

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Vaccines Development and Manufacturing 2017 eBook

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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