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PDA revises report on glass container manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

The long-awaited PDA TR 43 report provides an approach to a quality decision-making process and represents best practices for the identification and classification of visual nonconformities for (empty) glass containers as pharmaceutical product packaging.

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The lingering menace of diethylene glycol / ethylene glycol adulteration

European Pharmaceutical Review

There is now global awareness of this issue and FDA issued a guidance note on the problem in 2007. Tamper‑evident packaging is also recommended to prevent adulteration or contamination of the excipient. Pharmacopoeia guidance on DEG and EG. 3 Furthermore, the European Commission (EC) stated that “up to 0.1% Ann Intern Med.

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High-Dose Insulin Euglycemic Therapy in Calcium Channel Blocker and Beta-Blocker Toxicity

Pharmacy Friday Pearls

2007 Prospective observational review (n=7) 50 mL of 50% IV dextrose was followed by a loading dose (1 unit/kg) of IV short-acting insulin and a insulin maintenance infusion (0.52.0 Insulin [Lexi-drugs] Dextrose injection package insert High dose insulin therapy. Greene et al., High-dose insulin., Beta Safe Than Sorry! Cole, Ann M.

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Digital investment promises to accelerate the use of wearable sensor data in clinical trials

pharmaphorum

Garabedian and his team plan to support VivoSense, not just with their funding package but with their industry network and connectivity. “We He served as the President and CEO of Sarepta Therapeutics from 2011 to 2015 and led corporate strategy for Celgene from 2007 to 2010 ( see more on LinkedIn ). This brings us to VivoSense.

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Why Are FDA Inspections So Ineffective and Disappointing?

The People's Pharmacy

“The FDA said Global Pharma failed to use adequate, tamper-evident packaging and distributed the drugs without proper preservatives.” In 2007 and 2008, hundreds had allergic reactions, some fatal, to a commonly used blood thinner, prompting an FDA investigation.

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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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Top 20 RNAi Therapeutic Companies Based on 2022 R&D Expenditure

PharmaShots

Founded Year: 2007 Total Employees: ~100 Headquarters: Pennsylvania, United States Market Cap: $477.1M Through the 2019 agreement, Mallinckrodt received the exclusive worldwide license to Silence’s SLN500. Currently, Mallinckrodt is focused on developing RNAi therapies, SLN501, SLN-MNK-2, and SLN-MNK-3 under its development pipeline.