The EU: Next Steps in Policy Reforms in Drug Manufacturing and Supply
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As part of its Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, the European Commission has put out a public consultation, which will be open to December 21, to gather views from stakeholders and…

The Pharma Pulse: Precision Medicine and Manufacturing
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What may the future hold for manufacturing lower-volume drugs created by personalized medicines and more targeted therapies? Are smaller batch runs simply the answer or how may manufacturing evolve to…

The EU: Manufacturing and Preparing for the Next Health Emergency
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The European Commission has launched the European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) for ensuring the development, production and distribution of medicines, vaccines and other medical countermeasures in health…

CDMOs Invest in Biomanufacturing, Cell- & Gene-Therapy Manufacturing
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Biomanufacturing is an active area of investment by CDMOs with several large expansions by Samsung Biologics, Fujifilm Diosynth, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Lonza. Other CDMOs (Catalent, Thermo Fisher, WuXi AppTec, AGC…

The US API Manufacturing Base: Generics
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A recent analysis by researchers at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, examines the US manufacturing base for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for essential medicines…

Global Pharma Briefs: News from Pfizer, AstraZeneca, BMS, and Takeda
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A roundup of news from Africa (BioNTech), Canada (Genevant, Takeda), Germany (BMS, Evotec) India (Cipla, Kemwell) and the US (Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Thermo Fisher and others). Africa BioNTech To Establish mRNA…

Moderna, Takeda Plan To Recall Three Lots of COVID Vaccine in Japan
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Moderna, a bio/pharmaceutical company developing messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and Takeda plan to recall three lots of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in Japan due to the presence of foreign…

Pharma COVID Roundup: News from Pfizer, Moderna, Roche, and J&J
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs, manufacturing, and testing from Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, Roche, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, GSK, Regeneron, Emergent BioSolutions, and others. Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs Pfizer/BioNTech,…

Global Pharma Briefs: News from Cipla, CPI, ExoCoBio, and Vertex
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A roundup of news from Africa (Cipla), South Korea (ExoCoBio), the UK (Center for Process Innovation), and the US (Vertex). Africa Cipla Reopens Mfg Facility in South Africa Cipla, a…

Pharma COVID Roundup: News from Roche, Moderna, Merck & Co., and GSK
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The latest on COVID-19 vaccines/drugs, manufacturing, and testing from Roche, Moderna, Merck & Co., GSK, CureVac, Gristone, CEPI, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines and drugs…