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Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2017

Pharmacy Times

The act would have permitted health care facilities to stock up on compounded medications without forcing the supplying 503A pharmacies to register as outsourcing facilities.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

highlighted in the paper a key milestone achieved by the vaccine industry in 2017: “the first saponin adjuvant AS01 was approved for use in a human vaccine, the highly effective shingles vaccine Shingrix (produced by GSK).” “Our Martin et al. Our study opens unprecedented opportunities for bioengineering vaccine adjuvants.

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GSK partners LifeMine on fungi-derived medicines

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GlaxoSmithKline has thrown its financial and drug development weight behind LifeMine Therapeutics, a US startup that aims to find new therapeutics from fungi – widely regarded as an underexplored resource of biologically-active compounds. Greg Verdine – LifeMine.

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Rapid microbiology testing market growth expected 2022 to 2027

European Pharmaceutical Review

A report has predicted the rapid microbiology testing market size is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.31 The research includes historic market data from 2017 to 2021, using 2022 as the base year. million in 2017 and continued to grow until 2021. percent between 2022 and 2027.

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Teijin and Axcelead sign deal for drug discovery research JV

Pharmaceutical Technology

In addition to supporting drug discovery research, the new company will investigate and acquire candidate compounds for new drugs. It operates as the core company of the Axcelead group that took over Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s drug discovery platform business in 2017.

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Will Honey and Chocolate Ease Your Cough?

The People's Pharmacy

It is rich in phenolic compounds that have antioxidant activity ( Kavanaugh et al, Food Chemistry, Jan. Research in guinea pigs shows that the cacao compound theobromine can suppress the cough reflex ( Usmani et al, FASEB Journal , Feb. 16, 2017 ). What Is Manuka Honey? Manuka honey is from New Zealand. 30, 2019 ).

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Dr Reddy’s jumps on medical cannabis train, buying Nimbus Health

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Legislation is already in place allowing companies to grow the plant for medicinal purposes under license, doctors have been able to prescribe it since 2017 with full reimbursement from health insurers.