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Monitoring pharmaceuticals in the environment

European Pharmaceutical Review

What are the three main challenges of monitoring pharmaceuticals in the environment? Andreas Häner (AH): Roche, along with other pharmaceutical companies, acknowledges concerns about pharmaceuticals in the environment (PiE). Another important consideration is the sampling point.

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Novel cancer therapeutic synthesised by Stanford researchers

European Pharmaceutical Review

Small doses of EBC-46 injected into solid tumours modified the cellular signalling, activating certain forms of PKC. This process influences protein activity in cancerous cells, causing tumours to become inflamed and the blood vessels to haemorrhage and die.

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Reflecting on five years of quality control for nitrosamine impurities

European Pharmaceutical Review

This challenge is further compounded by increasingly complex drug formulations and global ingredient supply chains that stretch manufacturers’ capabilities in testing and control of impurities. First detection of nitrosamine impurities in pharmaceuticals The first reports of nitrosamines as a known animal carcinogens date back to 1956.

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How can the pharma industry navigate issues in the global supply chain to minimise drug shortages?

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The pandemic effectively shut down supply chain paths overnight, and as a result, pharmaceutical manufacturers have faced delays and bottlenecks, which have caused drug shortages in healthcare systems. Businesses are facing challenges in obtaining raw ingredients for medicines. Logistical challenges. Building supply chain resilience.

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Invest now to reduce manufacturing harms to environment, says pharma survey

Pharmaceutical Technology

The pharmaceutical industry must improve its environmental footprint by investing in technology and expertise, as well as through better design of new drugs early in their development, according to a GlobalData survey of the pharmaceutical industry. This is a particular problem for highly potent drugs such as antibiotics.

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GSK requires supplier sustainability compliance from 2023

European Pharmaceutical Review

Moreover, pharmaceutical manufacturing poses a huge detriment to the state of the planet’s ecosystem. Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are particularly impact intensive, soaking up a large quantity of resources in terms of heat, energy and water when being produced.

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Lilly and EVA Pharma to aid affordable insulin access in Africa

European Pharmaceutical Review

At least one million people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), mainly Africa, are set to benefit from Eli Lilly and Company and manufacturer EVA Pharmaceutical’s new collaboration delivering a sustainable supply of high-quality, affordable human and analogue insulin to this population.