Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 22, 2023

The pharmaceutical industry began using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in the early 2000s. Pfizer was the first to use the tech, adding RFID tags to track a Viagra (sildenafil) shipment circa 2006. Twenty years ago, the cost of implementing RFID tags and the ecosystem (software) was much more expensive than today.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The company’s first product, a palatable anti-parasitic drug, made to taste like toffee, united Pfizer’s skills as a chemist with Erhart’s training as a confectioner. The “first industrial war” involved drug producers as much as weapons manufacturers. It was a success, and set the pattern for the company’s future development.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 4, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Lorbrena, expanding the indication to include first-line treatment of people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lorbrena (lorlatinib) — In March 2021, Pfizer announced that the U.S.

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