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Can holograms help in the frontline fight against pharmaceutical counterfeiting?

European Pharmaceutical Review

One area in which the problem can be tackled effectively is product packaging. With predictions that the global market for anticounterfeiting packaging is set to reach almost $250 billion by 2026, growth in authentication and anti-tamper devices such as holograms appear to have a healthy future.”

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Contamination Trends & Proposed Solutions

ISPE

The cases covered the same types of contaminants and impurities noted in Table 1: microbial contaminants, process-related im-purities, metal contaminants, packaging-related contaminants, drug cross-contamination, and an “unknown” category encompassing other contaminants associated with the manufacturing process, including those from cell culturing.

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Considerations for a Decentralized Manufacturing Paradigm

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4 , 5 Additionally, reducing shipping limitations—such as packaging, storage, and transportation durations—helps speed up patient access in certain instances while ensuring there is no negative impact to the product’s critical quality attributes (CQAs). Nature Communications 12, no. 2 (1 May 2005). 3 (2020):e2970. 12 July 2019.

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A New Regulatory Approach to Drive Sustainable Medicines

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As such there’s a growing question of how the industry will improve the sustainability profile of its existing medicines and ensure that sustainability is designed into new medicines, such as products, with a reduced environmental risk, greener manufacturing technologies, and recyclable delivery systems and packaging. 9 December 2021.

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CMC Requirements for New Drug Registration in Latin America

ISPE

In addition to the COR, some Latin American markets require approval in the COO, which is defined as the country where the drug is manufactured, packaged, or exported from. Sometimes, COAs for the drug substance, the excipients used in the formulation, and the primary and nonfunctional secondary packaging material are requested.

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A Proposal for a Comprehensive Quality Overall Summary

ISPE

As part of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) QbD pilot 4 in 2005–2006, the need to convey how the control strategy is linked to the target product profile (TPP) and quality target product profile (QTPP) was discussed. Currently, it takes time and/or communications (e.g., 2005N–0262) Federal Register (2005).

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A Proposal for a Comprehensive Quality Overall Summary

ISPE

As part of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) QbD pilot 4 in 2005–2006, the need to convey how the control strategy is linked to the target product profile (TPP) and quality target product profile (QTPP) was discussed. Currently, it takes time and/or communications (e.g., 2005N–0262) Federal Register (2005).