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EMA issues guidance amidst European medicine shortage

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published recommendations to increase communication and planning efforts in a bid stop the current medicine shortages becoming even worse. The EMA set up a task force in 2016 in light of issues concerning medicine availability and supply chain.

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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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US FDA approves Blueprint Medicines’ indolent systemic mastocytosis therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Blueprint Medicines’ Ayvakit (avapritinib) as the first and only treatment for indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) in adult patients. The precision therapy has been designed for potently and selectively inhibiting KIT D816V, which is the main underlying driver of the disease.

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Regenerative medicine: new focus on VEGF target?

Pharmaceutical Technology

Regenerative medicines in early-stage development (preclinical, discovery, or investigational new drug [IND]/ clinical trial application [CTA] filed status) have seen a change in drug targets compared to therapies in late-stage development (Phase II to pre-registration stage).

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CARsgen and Huadong Medicine to commercialise CT053 in mainland China

Pharmaceutical Technology

CARsgen Therapeutics has announced a col labor ation with Huadong Medicine to commercialise zevorcabtagene autoleucel (zevor-cel), CT053, in mainland China. Under the collaboration, Huadong Medicine will have the exclusive right to commercialise CARsgen’s CT053 in mainland China.

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Lilly and ProQR to expand genetic medicine development agreement

Pharmaceutical Technology

Eli Lilly and Company has expanded a licencing and partnership agreement with ProQR Therapeutics to discover, develop and market new genetic medicines. The post Lilly and ProQR to expand genetic medicine development agreement appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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

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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).

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