Pharmaceutical Technology sat down with Anna Jenks, director of Pharmaceutical Operations for Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, USA to talk about her prologue presentation for AAPS PharmSci 360 2024.

The company is touting its HPC74 series, which it said features heat-seal coated construction and has the highest puncture and tear strength of all of its reinforced medical papers to date.

This Behind the Headlines news roundup panel discussion discusses news items such as research results from the June Lab at the University of Pennsylvania presented at the Hanson Wade 9th CAR-TCR Summit; winter vaccine recommendations, particularly for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Beyfortus access and deployment; upcoming early October Nobel prize announcement predictions; digital biology analytics, quantitation, alongside point of care (POC) and distributed manufacturing. The panel also talks about the Biosecure Act and manufacturing reshoring; Federal reserve interest rate cuts of a full half a percent (1); and the general investment and financial outlook.

According to the survey results, 49% of industry respondents are “highly positive” on the contract services sector seeing growth over the next 18 months.

The new mechanism of action targets cholinergic receptors instead of the standard dopamine receptors.

The agency is recommending that the market authorization for Oxbryta (voxelotor) be suspended so that emerging data may be reviewed.

The two companies are partnering to provide logistics and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharma companies.

The EcoPositive range, which comprises 50% of Bormioli Pharma’s current standard catalog and is composed of three distinct sustainability approaches, offers more than 3000 industrial solutions, in glass and plastic.

A new Center of Excellence will be established at PCI Pharma Services’ location in Rockford, Ill., and two sites in Ireland will also benefit from the investment.

Two drugs, Miplyffa (arimoclomol) and Aqneursa (levacetylleucine), have been approved by FDA to treat neurological symptoms associated with Niemann-Pick disease, type C in adults and children.

FDA’s Darby Kozak provided commentary on the anniversary of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984.

Lonza signed a long-term supply agreement to manufacture CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel) for Vertex at its facility in Geleen, the Netherlands, and plans to expand manufacturing to Portsmouth, NH, in the United States.

The next-generation IRO platform was found to significantly outperform the legacy Prodigy system, showing improvements in cell growth, CAR+ cell yield, and overall efficiency.

The agency is recommending the extension of the smallpox and mpox vaccine, Imvanex, to adolescents aged 12 to 17.

The approval of EBGLYSS (lebrikizumab-lbkz) by FDA puts a new biologic treatment for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis on the market for patients whose symptoms are not well controlled with topical treatments.

Approvals were recommended for treatments of ovarian cancer, lung cancer, bleeding disorders, respiratory disease, and more.

The announcement of the pairing comes several months after Adare Pharma Solutions said it would upgrade several of its facilities, including in Milan, Italy, where the 3D printing operations will be located.

Vectura’s expertise in the field includes formulation and device development for dry powder inhalers and pressurized metered dose inhalers, among other products and services.

The collaboration is designed to combine NanoVation Therapeutics’ lipid nanoparticle technology for RNA delivery to cells outside the liver with Novo Nordisk’s knowledge of cardiometabolic and rare disease R&D.

Hayley Crowe, executive vice-president and general manager Global Life Sciences at Ecolab discussed at BIO 2024 how technology innovations have enhanced downstream bioprocessing.

The drug manufacturing ecosystem Pharma 4.0, a term coined in 2017 by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers, promises a revolution across drug discovery, manufacturing, and supply chain logistics, ensuring drugs are delivered precisely when needed, and improving overall patient care.

Lilly has added a $1 billion investment to increase biologics manufacturing at its Limerick, Ireland, site while unveiling its new $800 million facility in Kinsale.

The company said this new commitment to its facility in Germany goes hand in hand with its recently announced ReciPredict, an initiative intended to streamline the product development cycle.

Novo Nordisk will use Korro Bio’s OPERA platform to develop RNA editing candidates for two targets to treat cardiometabolic diseases.

The critical APIs that this funding will contribute to are used in the treatment of asthma, diabetes, and anxiety disorders.

Descon Conveyor Systems is joining Pacteon’s portfolio, and its product will be shown alongside those from Schneider Packaging Equipment and Phoenix Stretch Wrappers.

Seventeen biologics and nine tides—five peptides and four oligonucleotides—were approved in 2023 alone, with further growth predicted.

Sartorius' new Vivaflow SU tangential flow filtration cassette offers better flexibility in lab workflows and is designed to be more user-friendly.