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Quality by design with a focus on biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

It aims to ensure the quality of medicines by employing statistical, analytical, and risk-management methodology in the design, development, and manufacturing processes of medicines. Biosimilars are biologic medical products that almost exactly replicate products already being manufactured by other companies.

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Jailed pharma exec fined £47m and banned from industry

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The man who sent the price of lifesaving drug Daraprim (pyrimethamine) rocketing from $13.50 Until recently, Daraprim was the only drug available to treat the disease and has been the gold standard treatment for toxoplasmosis for decades. a tablet to $750 overnight has been ordered to repay $64.6m (£47m).

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Topical products: Aiming for quality, simplicity, and cost-efficiency in their development, scale-up, and manufacturing

Pharmaceutical Technology

The preparation of a semi-solid dosage form – from formulation and development, to scale-up, commercial manufacturing, and packaging – should ideally take place under one roof in a contiguous, end-to-end workflow to avoid unnecessary equipment and process changes. In vitro release testing to demonstrate bioequivalence.