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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

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In a review on fungal-contaminated compounded pharmaceuticals and medical devices, researchers have described how the contamination of these products can be due to breaches in sterile compounding procedures. Ahmed et al. Ahmed et al. One case of drug contamination from 2021 was highlighted in the paper.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: WHO pandemic accord may force pharma to disclose prices; FDA OKs first therapy to delay type 1 diabetes

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Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals for products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord , Reuters reports.  A Or you may want to take stock of your life. But be safe. Enjoy, and see you soon.

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IN FOCUS: Solvias

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Pharmaceutical Technology Excellence Rankings – The Verdict. Solvias is a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company focused on contract research, development and manufacturing. The company is ranked in the M&A, PRODUCT LAUNCHES and RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT categories in the 2022 Pharmaceutical Technology Excellence Rankings.

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Pharmaceutical microbiology: key developments 2022

European Pharmaceutical Review

This also occupies a large resource, given the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement for double plate checking using a second ‘independent’ person. The FDA is doing this through the publications of Guidance for Industry. The previous record for vaccine development and approval was four years for the measles vaccine.

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Nine for 2023, part two: healthcare’s hard problem, the prognosis for diagnosis, and key new pharmacotherapy platforms

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There were developments in the past 12 months, true – Biogen/Eisai’s lecanemab (now branded Leqembi) showed clear success in the Clarity AD trial and received approval by FDA on 6th January 2023. And all are predominantly prevented or treated with medicines that are decades old. Innovation will power the market.

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Nine for 2023, part one: a reflection on inflection

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1 Kenya, for example, entered the pandemic with no human vaccines manufacturing facility and established the BioVax institute for local vaccine manufacture with a major plant investment starting in 2023. More remains to be addressed, and not just by conventional pharmaceutical companies. Pharma boxed in?

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Why are clinical trials struggling with diversity?

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Within pharma and healthcare, where greater representation has been proven to lead to better health outcomes for all patients and the pharmaceutical companies developing medicines, change is also happening. Vaccines approved for public use require comprehensive RCTs to establish their safety and efficacy.

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