Remove tag country-focus
article thumbnail

Cannabinoids receptors: popular preclinical target but banned in 137 countries

Pharmaceutical Technology

Despite this, the medical use of cannabinoid drugs is heavily restricted, including being banned in 137 countries, according to the United Nations. Collectively, cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2) are currently the most popular targets in preclinical stage of development, with 391 drugs tagged in total.

article thumbnail

Risk-sharing agreements are growing at a rate of 24%

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is not the first treatment to come with a high price tag. 79% of risk-sharing agreements are finance-based According to GlobalData’s risk-sharing database, over 1,000 RSAs were made in the last decade across 28 countries and roughly 100 companies.

FDA 105
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies in Healthcare

Roots Analysis

Examples of such technologies include DNA Taggants (a unique DNA tag used in the product / packaging that can be scanned using a designated instrument / equipment), invisible printing technologies, digital watermark technologies and hidden markers / print technologies.

article thumbnail

Orphan drugs and where to launch them: The keys to Europe’s forgotten territories

Pharmaceutical Technology

Such movements have enabled pharmaceutical companies to increase their focus on rare diseases, and the number of orphan drug launches is steadily increasing. These countries will have a smaller patient pool due to population size and will likely carry a price tag that is significantly below that of higher GDP countries.”.

article thumbnail

The “Graziella Molinari Women in Pharma Award” Announced for 2022 Edition at the ISPE Italy Affiliate

ISPE

This is actually one of the highest percentages globally, considering also that over 25% of board members in the country are females. In my case, the use of smart tags was a good example of a technologically complex implementation and, at the same time, truly innovative as it had never been done before. Micaela Prati. perspective. .

98
article thumbnail

Oslo Medicines Initiative asks how to balance innovation incentivisation with security of access

pharmaphorum

Access to medicines is “one of the most challenging policy areas in every country in the European region” – it’s time to develop a solution that works for everyone. The outputs of the innovation process are proving prohibitively expensive for high-income countries, and way beyond the reach of low- and middle-income countries.”.

article thumbnail

A history of Pfizer

pharmaphorum

After the war, Pfizer continued to focus on industrial chemicals as much as medicines, producing the citric acid needed for the emerging soft drinks industry, fuelling brands like Coca Cola and Dr Pepper’s expansion in the 1880s. Pfizer initiated its first major internationalisation at this stage, moving into nine new countries in 1951.