Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Former US Senator Jeff Flake and Brandon Allgood, PhD, will be the keynote speakers at the 2019 installment of CPhI North America, in Chicago, IL.

The program and speakers for CPhI North America’s third Women in Leadership Forum have been announced, happening on Thursday, May 2 from 8:00am–11:00am in Chicago, IL.

The companies will merge to offer a broader range of analytical data packages and regulatory support for biopharmaceuticals.

Hovione Technology has acquired global rights to a dry powder inhaler for pulmonary drug delivery, the Papillon DPI invented by Dr. Klaus-Dieter Beller.

FDA sent a warning letter to RIJ Pharmaceutical LLC after an inspection of the company’s Middletown, NY facility found CGMP violations.

The agency sent a warning letter to Luen Fook Medicine Sdn., Bhd. for CGMP violations found at the company’s Malaysia facility.

The partnership includes a $10,000 donation to fund Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) STEM programming for girls in grades three through eight.

Catalent’s acquisition of Paragon Bioservices will provide expertise and in expanding gene and cell therapy markets.

EMA is evaluating the safety of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) after new side effects were reported.

Brexit has the potential to rumble on until Oct. 31, 2019 as the UK is granted a further six-month extension by European Union leaders.

Legacy Pharmaceuticals has entered into a collaboration with SCHOTT to solve a technical challenge of leaching that is occurring with an antiviral drug.

NICE has not recommended the use of Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer.

Shareholders have approved the issuance of Bristol-Myers Squibb common stock for the pending $74-billion merger with Celgene.

The companies will join forces on a research project to develop end-to-end workflows for the preparation, characterization, and monitoring of biotherapeutics using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

The new service offers a flexible, customizable suite of products and services designed to accelerate the clinical and commercial development of gene and cell therapies.

The acquisition of CiVentiChem’s facility in the United States is expected to enhance UK-based Sterling Pharma Solutions’ chemistry development capabilities.

The European Medicines Agency weighs in on the role of regulators in determining added benefits of novel therapies.

The UK’s Centre for Process Innovation is collaborating with partners GSK and AstraZeneca to establish a continuous wet granulation manufacturing facility for small-scale development of oral solid-dosage pharmaceuticals.

The agency approved Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine), as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults with no antiretroviral treatment history and with no known or suspected substitutions associated with resistance to the individual components of Dovato.

Empty pharmaceutical capsules provider ACG aims to merge science and art with its new art competition worth $5000.

Catalent invests $5 million in hot melt extrusion capabilities at Somerset, NJ facility.

Concerto HealthAI’s real-world data and artificial intelligence capabilities are expected to accelerate outcomes studies and patient insights for Pfizer’s investigational therapies and commercialized therapeutics.

With the spin-off, Alcon will operate as a standalone company, and Novartis will focus on its core innovative medicines.

Amgen issued a notice of termination of its migraine collaboration agreements with Novartis, against which Novartis filed a lawsuit in response.

The EU has announced that it has launched two WTO cases on unlawful import duties on ICT products and unlawful measures on pharmaceuticals, against India and Turkey, respectively.

From April 1, 2019 non-pharmacovigilance fees that applicants and marketing authorization holders need to pay to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have increased by 1.7%.

Sterling Pharma Solutions has acquired the US arm of complex chemistry solutions provider, CiVentiChem, which is based in Cary, North Carolina, USA.

3M Drug Delivery Systems UK organization has revealed that it is relocating its R&D team to the Charnwood Campus, which is an officially designated Life Sciences Opportunity Zone in Loughborough, United Kingdom

Novartis’ Sandoz resubmitted its biologics license application (BLA) for a proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim to FDA in response to a 2016 complete response letter from the agency.

The company’s Quantum peristaltic pump uses a patented single-use cartridge technology and is applicable to downstream bioprocessing.