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September 7, 2017
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Hospira Recalls One Lot of Injectable Vancomycin Hydrochloride

Gilead to Buy Kite Pharma for $11.9 Billion

Managing Manufacturing Cybersecurity

Top Stories

Explosions Rock Arkema’s Texas Peroxides Plant

Faced with unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Harvey and days of persistent rain, Arkema's Crosby, TX, plant lost all power, causing flammable chemicals to ignite.
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FDA Approves Novartis’ CAR-T Drug, First Gene Therapy Approval in US

FDA approves Novartis' CAR-T therapy, marking the first time a cell therapy based on gene transfer has been approved in the United States for any indication.
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Industry News

Hospira Recalls One Lot of Injectable Vancomycin Hydrochloride

Hospira, a Pfizer company, is voluntarily recalling one lot of vancomycin hydrochloride for injection, USP, 750 mg/vial because of glass within a single vial.
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FDA Puts Out Alert on Halted Merck & Co. Trials for Keytruda

FDA has put out an alert regarding the risks associated with using Keytruda in combination with other anti-cancer drugs based on interim results from two clinical trials that showed increased risk of death.
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Supplier News

Thermo Fisher Scientific Acquires Patheon

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed the previously announced acquisition of Patheon for approximately $7.2 billion.
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MilliporeSigma Collaborates with Angiex on Cancer Drug

MilliporeSigma announced a collaboration with Angiex, a biotechnology start-up, to support the development of Angiex's lead oncology antibody drug candidate to clinical use.
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Bio/Pharma News

FDA Rejects Parkinson’s Disease Drug

FDA issued a Refusal to File letter to Acorda Therapeutics, citing insufficiently complete information in the company's new drug application for its investigational Parkinson's disease drug.
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Gilead to Buy Kite Pharma for $11.9 Billion

Gilead will gain a robust pipeline of cell therapy products, with one lead candidate, a CAR T therapy, anticipated to gain FDA approval in the fourth quarter.
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Regulatory News

EMA’s PRAC Recommends Removal of Modified-Release Paracetamol

Experts noted that the mechanism of drug release for these products after an overdose could put patients at risk.
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FDA Commissioner Outlines New Step for Stronger Drug Manufacturing Oversight

A new collaboration between CDER and ORA will more fully integrate drug review programs with facility evaluations and inspections, in an effort to streamline drug reviews while strengthening manufacturing oversight.
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FEATURED TOPICS

Quality

The Role of the Quality Unit

The differences between the quality control and quality assurance units can be found in their names, according to Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.
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Viewpoints

Just the Pharma Facts, Please

Amid contentious debate about "fake news," peer-review papers offer vital, objective insight.
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Manufacturing

Managing Manufacturing Cybersecurity

Everyone from IT departments through to manufacturing line personnel should be aware of cybersecurity threats and how to prevent attacks.
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Supply Chain

Serialization at Aesica: An Interview with Catherine Kay, Operations Director

The contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Aesica Pharmaceuticals has had a serialization program in place for the past five years, and recently installed capabilities for serialization at all its packaging facilities.
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Events

PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference

September 11–13, 2017

Workshop on Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: From Powder to the Coated Tablet

September 19–21, 2017

15th Cold Chain GDP & Temperature Management Logistics Global Forum

September 25–29, 2017

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REFERENCE BOOKS

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Biologics and Sterile Manufacturing

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