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Pioneering access to complex generic products 

Drug Discovery World

Claire D’Abreau-Hayling, Chief Scientific Officer at Sandoz, examines how generic products can relieve industry pressure and improve access to essential medicines. Off-patent medicines today account for about 80% of global prescriptions at an estimated 20% of the total cost. Complex generics comprise a diverse range of products.

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Takeda discontinuing in AAV and rare haematology disease markets

Pharmaceutical Technology

The company is aiming to refocus its efforts on its core therapeutic areas and current late-stage programmes such as the oral TYK2 inhibitor TAK-279, which is under development for several autoimmune disorders.

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In the News: October Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Unpacking the (Black) Box: Antares Licenses Urology Product with Boxed Warning. When the FDA requires a product’s labeling to include a boxed warning (also called a “black box warning” because the text is surrounded by black border), the potential market value of the drug often drops severely. In October, the U.S.

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How AI in pharma can live up to the hype 

Drug Discovery World

Its application in pharma, most commonly in drug discovery, has been steadily growing with global partnerships between tech vendors and pharma companies becoming more commonplace. According to Hampleton Patners’ latest Healthtech M&A market report2, digital health companies raised a total of $57.2

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What an innovation centre means for 3D biology

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong learns about Molecular Devices’ Organoid Innovation Centre (OIC) and how the company is aiming to advance research into 3D biology and organoids. . Therefore, while researchers can understand just how a drug molecule impacts a cell, they can’t be sure that it will perform the same when used in-vivo. .

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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

Drug Discovery World

The company’s candidate screening approach recapitulates aspects of tau oligomer formation in neurodegenerative diseases and enables the identification of novel therapeutic approaches. Several of the large pharma companies have recently re-entered the dementia field. With its recent award of $3.35 Overcoming sector challenges

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Untangling the Complexities of Cell and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials: A Supply Chain Perspective 

Pharmaceutical Technology

Every major pharma company is now involved in CGT development which has resulted in the approval of 28 therapies by the FDA thereby making CGT no longer a niche category of therapies. Allogeneic therapies begin with healthy donor samples to develop the eventual therapeutic product which can be administered to multiple patients.