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Ethnopharmacology: traditional medicine and modern drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Traditional medicine refers to the knowledge, skills and practices that indigenous and different cultures use to maintain health, encompassing forms such as herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture. Studying the behaviour of animals can aid in drug discovery research too.

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Thirty years of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations

Pharma in Brief

This year marks the 30-year anniversary of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations ( Regulations ), introduced in 1993 to prevent patent infringement by linking the regulatory approval of generic or biosimilar drugs with the patent rights of innovators.

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Post-Brexit medicines regulation must have international scope

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If the UK creates regulatory frameworks that drastically diverge from those of its “science allies”, it could become a late – or even no – launch market for new treatments. Diverging from global medicines standards for the sake of it would be destructive and undermine the attractiveness of the UK.

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Biogen holds onto Tecfidera market in Europe for a little longer

Bio Pharma Dive

A decision by European regulators to revoke approvals for five generic versions of Biogen's multiple sclerosis medicine helps cement the drug's monopoly there through early 2025.

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EU Regulator Pulls Approval for Preterm Labor Drug One Year After FDA

BioSpace

A European Medicines Agency panel on Friday cited a possible but unconfirmed risk of cancer and recommended that hydroxyprogesterone caproate drugs be suspended from the European Union market.

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CHMP recommends against Merck-Ridgeback’s Covid-19 medicine authorisation

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the refusal of the marketing authorisation for Me rck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ Lagevrio (molnupiravir). Merck and Ridgeback intend to appeal the decision and request a re-examination of the regulator’s opinion.

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FDA approves Novartis’ copycat of blockbuster Biogen drug

Bio Pharma Dive

market against Biogen’s inflammation-regulating medicine Tysabri. According to one analyst, the approval was the last hurdle keeping Sandoz’s Tyruko from directly competing in the U.S.