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September 3, 2015
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Recovering the Value of Repurposed Drugs
Microscan Acquires Label Vision Systems
USP Partners with USAID to Secure Supply Chain

Top Stories

Sartorius Stedim Biotech to Supply Membrane Adsorber Technologies to GE Healthcare

Under the terms of the agreement, Sartorius Stedim Biotech will manufacture membrane adsorber technologies for GE, which will be marketed as part of GE’s ReadyToProcess product offerings.
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Biosimilars and Follow-on-Biologics Market to Hit $35 Billion Globally by 2020

Growth is said to be driven by the deeper penetration of biosimilars in developed and emerging markets as a result of clearer regulatory pathways.
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Industry News

USP Partners with USAID to Secure Supply Chain

USP joins the Global Health Supply Chain Technical Assistance program to help secure the drug supply chain.
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Knowledge-Sharing and Networking at the CPhI Pre-Connect Congress

The Pre-Connect Congress will explore pharma industry trends, such as mergers and acquisitions, the biologics market outlook, and innovation in drug delivery among others.
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Supplier News

Microscan Acquires Label Vision Systems

Label Vision Systems (LVS) will be fully integrated into Microscan and the LVS name will become a brand within Microscan's barcode label verification portfolio.
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Mayne Pharma to Invest $65m in Manufacturing Expansion

Mayne Pharma plans to double oral-dose manufacturing space and expand contract services.
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Bio/Pharma News

FDA Approves Amgen's PCSK9 Inhibitor Repatha

The drug was the first PCSK9 inhibitor approved in Europe and the second approved in the US.
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Regulatory News

EMA's Medical Literature Monitoring Begins

The agency started the full operation of its medical literature monitoring on Sept. 1, 2015.
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Novo Nordisk Unveils Plans to Boost Manufacturing Capacity in North Carolina and Denmark

Novo Nordisk plans to invest approximately $2 billion over the next five years in new production facilities in Clayton, North Carolina, US and Måløv, Denmark. The facilities are expected to be operational during 2020.
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FDA Releases Guidance on Biosimilar Nomenclature, Requests Comments on Interchangeable Product Naming

In a new draft guidance, FDA proposes the use of a nonproprietary name plus a four-letter suffix to identify all biologic products, both new and old.
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FEATURED TOPICS

QUALITY

Black Specks in Tablet Stability Samples

A study of root cause in stability samples suggests the need for tighter control of the sodium lauryl sulfate manufacturing processes.
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STANDARDS AND REGULATION

A Voice of Their Own

Contract development and manufacturing organizations join forces to address legislative, regulatory, and business concerns in the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association.
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SUPPLY CHAIN

Serialization: Are You Prepared? Why This Time is Different

Sponsors and contract partners alike should not assume that upcoming US federal deadlines will be as elastic as California's were.
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FORMULATION

Recovering the Value of Repurposed Drugs

Currently, pharma has only scratched the surface of the potential value of repurposing drugs, says consultant Hermann Mucke. Contract service partners are playing a more prominent role, but could play an even larger one in these efforts.
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Catalent Pharma Solutions

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CMIC CMO

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Webcasts

Capsule Filling: Manufacturing Efficiency and the Added Value of Technical Service

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Fundamentals of Spray-Dried Dispersion Technology
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Strategies to Accelerate Early Phase Clinical Trials

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Twin Screw Wet Granulation for Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs
LIVE WEBCAST: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 11:00 am EDT, 17:00 CET
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Needlestick Prevention

Pain in the (Supply) Chain Survey Part 1

Pain in the (Supply) Chain Survey Part 2

Cross-Contamination Risk in Manufacturing of Highly Potent Drugs


Events

PDA/FDA Meeting 2015

September 28–30, 2015 | Washington, DC, USA

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2015

September 28–30, 2015 | Las Vegas, NV, USA

2015 AAPS Annual Meeting

October 25–29, 2015 | Orlando, FL, USA


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Innovative Tools for the Development and Manufacturing of Biotherapeutic Proteins
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The biopharmaceutical industry has seen ever increasing innovation over the past five years. Most notably, there has been an increase adoption of high-throughput process development (HTPD) and single-use technologies. Join our webinar to learn effective strategies to match product quality attributes for a biosimilar product and reduce process development timelines.
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Pharmaceutical Technology Outsourcing Guide

Pharmaceutical Technology Outsourcing Guide provides details behind recent partnerships, strategies for selecting an appropriate CDMO/CMO, and quality by design factors for outsourced operations.
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Solubility Enhancement
Solutions Using Predictive Analytics & Molecular Modeling
On Demand
Learn about a novel, systematic methodology to accelerate solubilization of poorly soluble molecules and speed formulation optimization and process development. Understand how molecular modeling can be used enhance the predictability of solubilization and overcome poor bioavailability.
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eBOOKS

Bioprocessing and Sterile Manufacturing 2015 eBook

This eBook features articles on sterility testing, disposable technologies, parenterals, facility planning, mAb formulation, and more.

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