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Do generics producers have what it takes to tackle complex and specialty drugs?

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA knows that developing specialty generics, particularly generic injectable products, can be challenging. You need good production, good science and engineering, and you need good lawyers. Drugs with an AB rating meet the required bioequivalence. For smaller companies, the last two are more problematic,” he says.

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Clinical Catch-Up: December 21-25 | BioSpace

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The drug is a humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody that blocks CCR5 and is being developed for COVID-19, HIV and metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. platform and its large-capacity VV Cop TK”RR” oncolytic virus, engineered to encode both a Treg-depleting human recombinant anti-CTLA4 antibody generated by BioInvent’s n-CoDeR/F.I.R.S.T.

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

Pharmaceutical Technology

It requires having access to proper techniques and skill sets, state-of-the-art equipment, process scientists and engineers who have a deep understanding of Quality by Design (QbD) principles, and methods for product and process characterisation. Optimising development and scale-up. Particle distribution. Grittiness.

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Recon: W. VA opioid MDL bellwether gets underway; Moderna, Sweden deals give boost to COVAX

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AstraZeneca has drawn criticism for saying it can’t share its vaccine tech with the WHO because it has no engineers available ‘to brief people and train them’ ( BI ). Korea To Toughen Co-Bioequivalence Study System Amid Generic Quality Issue ( Pink Sheet ). Coronavirus Pandemic.