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September 24, 2015
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The Metrics of Quality Culture
Pharma Urged to Embrace Green Chemistry
FDA Issues Import Ban for Indian Drug Manufacturer

Top Stories

FDA Promotes Its Scientific Mission

In testifying before Congress on FDA regulation of long-awaited biosimilars, Janet Woodcock emphasized the importance of ensuring that the evaluation of new therapies is based on sound science.
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Shire’s Once-Daily ADHD Tablets Approved in Europe

Intuniv (guanfacine hydrochloride prolonged-release tablets) is the first selective alpha-2A adrenergic receptor agonist licensed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Europe.
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Industry News

Pharma Urged to Embrace Green Chemistry

Piramal says pharmaceutical companies should strive to improve their processes, not just for original patented products but efforts should go beyond DMF and ANDA submissions.
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Indian Pharma Sees Surge in M&As

Exports and domestic market have each been valued at more than US$15 billion.
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Supplier News

Injectable Systems with Adherence Tracking Capabilities

West Pharmaceutical Services and HealthPrize Technologies are collaborating on self-reporting and bar coding capabilities for injectable drug-delivery systems.
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BASF and Top Academics Form Bioavailability Enhancement Pact

BASF is working together with top universities to develop a new supersonic spray-drying process for production of stable and soluble amorphous nanoparticles.
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Bio/Pharma News

Nexvet Secures Biomanufacturing Facility for Veterinary Biologics

Nexvet Biopharma, a veterinary biologics developer, secured a dedicated, cGMP biologics manufacturing facility in Tullamore, Ireland, and plans to invest in disposable technology.
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Innate Pharma Expects Data on Lirilumab by 2016

The fully humanized monoclonal antibody is licensed to Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Regulatory News

EMA CHMP Chair Re-elected

Tomas Salmonson is re-elected as Chair of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use.
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FDA Issues Import Ban for Indian Drug Manufacturer

Polydrug Laboratories is issued a US import alert, following similar bans in Canada and Europe.
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FEATURED TOPICS

QUALITY

The Metrics of Quality Culture

FDA’s proposed guidance for quality metrics raises questions about quantifying the tangibles and intangibles of quality culture.
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MANUFACTURING

Getting Flexible with Manufacturing

The industry is moving towards more flexible manufacturing with the use of modular facilities and single-use systems.
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STANDARDS AND REGULATION

Lessons Learned from FDA Inspections of Foreign API Facilities

A study of recent inspection observations allows for baseline trending and continuous improvement.
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VIEWPOINTS

Data Integrity: Getting Back to Basics

Ensuring data integrity involves effort on an individual and global basis.
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Webcasts

Monoclonal Antibody Purification by Protein A Affinity and Hydroxyapatite Mixed Mode: Multi-Column Continuous Chromatography

Wednesday, Oct. 7 2015 | 2–3 pm EDT

Join Tosoh Bioscience and Semba Biosciences for a discussion on the use of high capacity protein A and hydroxyapatite resins for mAb purification using a multi-column continuous chromatography process.
Sponsored by Tosoh Bioscience


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Agilent CrossLab –From Insight to Outcome
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Trends in Quality Agreements & Communications: A CMO Perspective

On Demand
This webinar, led by Milton Boyer, senior vice-president of drug product manufacturing at AMRI, will review and challenge the changing paradigms in the CMO/drug sponsor relationship. It is clear that both CMOs and drug sponsors are being held responsible for the actions of the other. Responsibilities once thought to be clearly defined are changing, with new guidance and expectations revealed in 483s and FDA warning letters.
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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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The Future of Dosage Forms

Addressing Drug Quality: Aging Facilities

Building Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes

Collaborative Success Strategies for Biopharm Companies


Events

2015 AAPS Annual Meeting

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

21st Annual Validation Week

October 27–29, 2015 | Philadelphia, PA

Stability Testing

December 08–10, 2015 | Philadelphia, PA


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Establishing a Risk Management Plan for Compliance and Pharmacovigilance
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Pharmaceutical Technology Drug Delivery Guides

A compilation of articles from Pharmaceutical Technology in a three-handbook set covering methods and processes of manufacturing and administering pharmaceutical compounds to achieve therapeutic effects. Topics include the development of controlled-release formulations and reformulating injectable drugs for oral delivery.
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Innovative Tools for the Development and Manufacturing of Biotherapeutic Proteins
On Demand
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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