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New Report Stresses Importance of Affordable Drugs
Experts slam drug prices and endorse government price negotiations and curbs on drug advertising.
Biocad Announces New Manufacturing Site in North Africa
Biocad and Sothema Labs have partnered to release cancer-treating biosimilars into the North African market.
Binding Site Expands mAb Portfolio
Binding Site has introduced a number of new monoclonal antibodies targeting infectious diseases, including cytomegalovirus, hepatitis (A, B, C, and D), herpes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), rubella, and toxoplasma.
GE Healthcare Completes Acquisition of Bioprocessing Start-Up
The acquisition gives GE Healthcare access to a nanofiber-based platform purification technology that can offer improvements in biopharmaceutical productivity.
AstraZeneca Establishes Joint Venture in China to Develop Innovator Drugs
The joint venture will focus on the discovery, development, and commercialization of potential new drugs for the global market as well as speed delivery of new medicines to China.
Will Pharma Meet the Drug Tracking Deadline?
Manufacturers and trading partners struggle to meet drug tracking requirements
EMA Releases Guidelines on Advanced Therapies
The new guidelines discuss GMPs and patient protection specific to advanced therapy medicinal products.
EMA to Relocate to New HQ in Amsterdam in Wake of Brexit
Following a vote by member states in favor of Amsterdam as the agency’s new headquarters, the relocation will take place over the next 16 months, with operations expected to start up in March 2019.
Boehringer Ingelheim Launches Open-Access Platform of Selected Preclinical Molecules
The opnME.com platform offers scientists access to best-in-class molecules supported by comprehensive data packages.
Samsung Bioepis Receives Approval for First Trastuzumab Biosimilar, Ontruzant, in Europe
Ontruzant is the first biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab) to be approved in Europe.
FDA Approves Roche’s Hemophilia A Biologic and Expands Indication for Leukemia Drug
The agency has approved a biologic-based new molecular entity for treating hemophilia A and has expanded the indication for a leukemia drug to now treat a common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Design Solution for Single-Use Technology Applications
SciLog Select Go Single-Use Assemblies from Parker Hannifin uses an assortment of validated parts and assemblies to build needed devices for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Integrated Analytical Software Solutions for Clinical and Regulatory Processes
MasterControl has added three new cloud-based analytical solutions to its MasterControl Version 11.7 software for clinical managers and regulatory/submissions professionals.
FDA’s Policy on Regenerative Medicine Therapies
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, outlined a plan to support innovation of regenerative medicines while ensuring public safety.
Record Attendance at CPhI Worldwide Reflects Pharma’s Strength
Germany tops quality ranking in the inaugural CPhI Global Pharma Index.
CPhI Global Pharma Index Shows India’s Reputation Improving
India was ranked by international pharmaceutical companies as the third most competitive nation globally.
Novartis, ASCP, and ACS Partner for African Cancer Initiative
The entities announced that they will partner to improve access to cancer treatments and diagnostics in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Bayer in $1.5-Billion Deal with Loxo Oncology for Anti-Cancer Drugs
Bayer will make a $400-million upfront payment to develop and commercialize two anti-cancer compounds in Loxo Oncology’s portfolio.
J&J and Zymeworks in Bispecific Antibody Pact Worth Nearly $1.5 Billion
As part of the deal, J&J’s Janssen will pay an upfront payment of $50 million to research, develop, and commercialize up to six bispecific antibodies.
Pall Debuts New Inline Diafiltration Modules for Continuous Bioprocessing
The company’s new modules offer scalable single-pass diafiltration and were exclusively showcased during its Leadership Forum series in Westborough, MA.
Baxter Recalls NEXTERONE
The company is voluntarily recalling one lot of NEXTERONE 150 mg/100 mL Premixed Injection because of particulate matter found in the solution.
ADC Targets Fail Because of Aggregation Problems
ADC Bio experts warn of impending problems in the ADC pipeline with millions wasted in development costs.
Bormioli Rocco Pharma Introduces Packaging Innovations
Bormioli Rocco Pharma offers new packaging solutions for powdered oral drugs, parenteral drugs, pediatric syrups, and protein-based drugs.
Pfizer Appoints New COO
The company has appointed Albert Bourla, PhD, as its new COO.
Nitto Avecia Completes Large-Scale Synthesis of Oligonucleotide
Company completes first successful run of what is believed to be the largest synthesis-scale done for oligonucleotide APIs.
Alcami in API Manufacturing Pact with Solasia
Alcami will manufacture clinical supply of the API for a drug candidate targeting various hematologics and solid cancers.
WuXi and Pall Establish Continuous MAb Manufacture
The companies have established a joint laboratory to develop full continuous processing to manufacture high yields of monoclonal antibodies at reduced costs.
EMA Recommends Ten Drugs for Approval
Two of the medicines recommended for approval are orphan drugs.
QuintilesIMS Changes Name to IQVIA
QuintilesIMS has changed its name to IQVIA to reflect its October 2016 merger with IMS Health.
AstraZeneca Gets Positive EMA Opinion on Respiratory Biologic
The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended marketing authorization approval for AstraZeneca’s benralizumab, a monoclonal antibody for treating severe asthma.