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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

When it comes to vaccines and other high-value biologics, it is essential that effective formulations go hand in hand with safe delivery. An example is the ability of a patient suffering from venous thrombosis to perform their own injections of heparin – an anticoagulant often packaged in a prefilled syringe.

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FDA Alerts the Public to Potentially Contaminated Products from Family Dollar Stores in Six States

The Pharma Data

The impacted products originated from the company’s distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, where an FDA inspection found insanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products to become contaminated. Families rely on stores like Family Dollar for products such as food and medicine. 29 and Sep.

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Warning of counterfeit ivermectin tablets sold via social media

Sciensano

Investigations show that these counterfeit ivermectin tablets are systematically underdosed or seriously contaminated with bacteria. In 2021, a total of 12 529 counterfeit ivermectin tablets originating from postal packages were seized. These tablets are regularly found in postal packages to this day.

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CMO Moves: Regulatory catalysts for drug manufacturing-April

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical companies regularly outsource different steps of drug manufacturing processes like parenteral manufacturing and packaging, solid dose, and small molecule or biologic active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production, among others. Covid-19 vaccines stay in the spotlight.

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Health Highlights: Dec. 30, 2020

The Pharma Data

Becomes First Country to Approve Covid-19 Vaccine From Oxford-AstraZeneca. Britain became the first country to give authorization to the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

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Cold Chain Packaging – Current Scenario and Future Potential

Roots Analysis

Further, the cold chain storage process involves the cold chain storage, cold chain transportation, and monitoring temperature controlled packaging products. Therefore, the pharmaceutical, biotech, food and chemical industries usually rely on cold chain packaging for the transportation of their products.

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Modernizing cell culture processes for the next wave of genomic medicine

Pharmaceutical Technology

With scientists fervently developing mRNA vaccines, nucleic acid therapeutics, and viral vector-based gene therapies, clinicians are set to have a growing number of tools available to treat a wide range of conditions, from infectious diseases to genetic disorders and more. Two-Plasmid Packaging System for Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus.

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