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19 January 2016

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BSI and ACRES Plan to Develop Global Accreditation Standards for Clinical Research Sites

The British Standards Institution (BSI) and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES) announced a collaboration to develop global standards of excellence for clinical research sites.
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Shire Acquires Baxalta in $32 Billion Deal

Shire’s acquisition of Baxalta creates a leading company for rare disease drugs.
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Industry News

Patheon Appoints New President of Pharmaceutical Development Services

Patheon announced the appointment of Gilles Cottier as president of the company’s pharmaceutical development services.
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Catalent Biologics and Roche Announce Research Collaboration

The collaboration will focus on development of novel molecules using SMARTag technology to couple different therapeutic modalities.
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Regulatory News

Chinese API Manufacturer Zhejiang Hisun Receives Warning Letter

FDA issued a warning letter to Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., as a result of inspections that took place on March 2–7, 2015 at the Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, API manufacturing facility.
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District Court Enters Consent Decree Against Downing Labs

A US district judge entered a consent decree of permanent injunction on behalf of FDA, between the United States and pharmaceutical company, Downing Labs.
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Bio/Pharma News

Cell Therapy Catapult and Synpromics to Collaborate on Viral Vector Manufacture

Cell Therapy Catapult and Synpromics announced a collaboration to increase scale and efficiency of viral vector manufacturing.
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Adimab Announces Technology Transfer Agreement with Merck

Adimab and Merck have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Adimab’s antibody technology to Merck Research Laboratories.
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Supplier News

FuelCell Energy to Install Clean Power at Pfizer R&D Facility

FuelCell Energy plans to install a 5.6 megawatt fuel cell power generation system for Pfizer to provide reliable and low carbon electricity and steam for its 160-acre R&D facility in Groton, CT.
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Yokogawa Acquires Cloud-Based Service Provider

Yokogawa announces the acquisition of Industrial Evolution, a cloud-based plant data-sharing service provider.
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FEATURED TOPICS

PEER-REVIEWED

Cleaning Limits—Why the 10-ppm Criterion should be Abandoned

The 10-ppm criterion for the acceptable concentration of potential API in cleaning validation to minimize cross contamination into next product has been employed for many years. This article describes why the 10-ppm criterion, which was established based on analytical limitations and estimates of acceptability, is no longer necessary and why a risk-based approach should be universally adopted.
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TROUBLESHOOTING

Using Deterministic Container Closure Integrity Testing

The revised USP Chapter <1207> Sterile Product Packaging—Integrity Evaluation gives best practices for obtaining reliable data in container closure integrity testing and recommends quantitative deterministic methods rather than probabilistic methods.
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FORMULATION

Liquid Encapsulation for HPAPIs

Liquid formulations in hard-shell capsules or softgels are becoming a popular option for HPAPIs because of advantages such as improved safety and lower risk of potential exposure and product cross contamination.
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SUPPLY CHAIN

Serialization: Getting Past the Quick Fix

Traceability and transparency will remain elusive if manufacturers continue to approach serialization projects on a case-by-case basis.
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Product/Service Profile

Nexera MX

Accelerates workflow and improves analytical efficiency
Shimadzu has released the new Nexera MX ultra-fast multianalyte LC-MS system. It offers up to double the sample processing capability of the conventional approach.
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Understanding Water Activity to Ensure Microbial Safety and Product Stability

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In this 60-minute webcast, experts will explain the concept of water activity and its relationship to the growth of microorganisms. Key regulatory guidance and compendial documents will be reviewed.
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Monoclonal Antibody Purification by Protein A Affinity and Hydroxyapatite Mixed Mode:
Multi-Column Continuous Chromatography

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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.
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REFERENCE LIBRARY

Pharmaceutical Technology Drug Delivery Guides

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