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September 10, 2015
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EMA Sets Up Workshop on Orphan Drugs
Baxalta Partners with Novimmune SA
FDA Releases Guidance on Formal Disputes

Top Stories

Pfizer Completes Acquisition of Hospira

Pfizer closes the acquisition of Hospira, adding sterile injectables business to portfolio.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Licenses Expression Technology Platform

The platform, developed by Vectron Biosolutions, will be used for BI’s in-house pipeline and for its outsourcing clients.
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Industry News

EMA Sets Up Workshop on Orphan Drugs

The agency has set up a workshop on how to demonstrate the benefits of orphan drugs over existing treatments.
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Worldwide Pharmaceutical Meetings—A Place for Sharing

Worldwide, meetings take place for several reasons, such as to share new findings, learn about novel technologies, discuss international issues, exchange know-hows, and network, to name a few.
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Supplier News

Recipharm and LobSor Pharmaceuticals Sign Manufacturing Agreement for Parkinson’s Treatment

This agreement is a follow-on to an established collaboration between LobSor and Recipharm for the development and the manufacturing of Lecigon batches for the recently completed clinical trial.
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Baxalta Partners with Novimmune SA on Bispecific Antibody Research

The collaborative effort will be focused on fully humanized antibodies.
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Bio/Pharma News

Vernalis Launches Extended-Release Cough Relief Syrup

Tuzistra XR for cough relief is said to be the only twice-daily, extended-release codeine-based cough and cold syrup available in the US.
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Regulatory News

FDA Releases Guidance on Formal Disputes

The agency releases guidance on good review practice for formal dispute resolution in regards to appeals.
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Sandoz Officially Launches Zarxio

After many legal proceedings surrounding the first FDA-approved biosimilar, Zarxio officially launched commercially on Sept. 3, 2015.
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FDA Issues Guidance on Evaluation of Drug Toxicity

The agency releases guidance on the nonclinical evaluation of endocrine-related drug toxicity.
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FEATURED TOPICS

OUTSOURCING

CMOs Concerned With Cost of Single-Use Equipment

Suppliers indicate prices for single-use equipment are likely to increase.
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STANDARDS AND REGULATION

Manufacturers Face Key Policy and Regulatory Challenges

Legislation to streamline drug development may get tangled up in user fee negotiations and drug pricing battles.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

Cleaning a Vial Filling Line

Appropriate cleaning procedures are crucial for any cGMP aseptic or sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing process, including vial filling; operators share best practices for cleaning.
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INGREDIENTS

Going Low Temperature

More complex drug candidates require more specialized and selective chemistry.
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AAPS 2015 Planning Guide

2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Patheon

Patheon, a business unit of DPx Holdings B.V., is a leading provider of contract development and commercial manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.
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2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Qualicaps

Qualicaps Prism Capsules are empty two-piece capsules with a significant number of colorants and two ink formulations helping speed up development timelines.
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2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Ropack

Ropack Pharma Solutions is a competitive, full-service CMO providing contract solid oral dose formulation, process development, clinical and commercial manufacturing and packaging as well as distribution.
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2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Suheung Capsule

Widely recognized global supplier of two piece capsules, Suheung Capsule has solely focused on manufacturing the highest quality capsules.
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2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Waters

Waters Corporation creates business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable scientific innovation.
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2015 AAPS Planning Guide: Xcelience

Xcelience offers a suite of services enabling clients to partner with a single CDMO for all of their clinical outsourcing needs.
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Training Course - October 15-17 - Basics of Tablet Manufacturing and Troubleshooting;
Learn the basics of tablet shapes and design, tablet press setup & operation, tooling options and steel types, tool inspection, and tool reworking and polishing – with hands-on experience.
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Webcasts

Hydroxyapatite Separation of Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Fragments

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Join us for a discussion on the use of hydroxyapatite in mAb and mAb fragment purification processes.
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Calibration and Qualification of Laboratory Instruments in Accordance with GMP Requirements
LIVE WEBCAST: Tuesday October 6, 2015 at 11 EDT/ 15:00 GMT/ 16:00 BST/ 17:00 CET
Calibration, qualification, and the right appropriate level of routine testing for laboratory instruments are critical to ensuring high-quality results and maintaining GMP and USP compliance. Understand the relationship between these factors to optimize testing and be prepared for audit.
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Building the Future: Using Simulation Effectively

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Join our free webinar for a case study on the handling of complex manufacturing expansion projects, with insight on simulation and visualization tools, innovations for manufacturing of parenterals, effective team building, and more.
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Fundamentals of Spray-Dried Dispersion Technology
Live Webcast: Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 15:00 CET | 9:00 am ET
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The Human Element in Pharma Manufacturing

Working with CMOs and CDMOs

The Transition from Paper Records to Electronic Batch Records


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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Twin Screw Wet Granulation for Solubility Enhancement of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs
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Solubility enhancement expert Andreas Gryczke from BASF will share the latest insights into solubility improvement using simple and continuous processing technology twin-screw wet granulation.
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Process Analytical Technology Resource Guide Combo

A compilation of informative, useful articles from Pharmaceutical Technology designed to help you meet the challenges of process analytical technology, be more efficient in testing, reduce over-processing, enhance consistency, and minimize rejects.
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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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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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