Pharmaceutical Technology Editors

Lincoln Pharmaceuticals has received a patent, which is valid for 20 years, from the Government of India for its liquid diclofenac metered-dose rectal spray.

Pfizer has issued a voluntary recall of batches of its docetaxel injection 80 mg/8 mL due to impurity concerns.

A second lawsuit has been filed by Centrient Pharmaceuticals India in the High Court of Delhi in New Delhi against Dalas Biotech for patent infringement.

A joint funding initiative, UKI2S Innovate Accelerator, has been providing funding for start-ups throughout the United Kingdom for 12 months.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company has acquired an exclusive global license from COUR Pharmaceuticals for the development and commercialization of an investigational celiac disease therapy.

Sartorius has signed an agreement for the acquisition of parts of Danaher’s Life Science Portfolio in cash.

GE Healthcare has announced the inauguration of an open-access lab at the Mereside Campus of Alderley Park in the United Kingdom, which will be used to support acceleration of biotech, health, and life-sciences research.

Lonza has announced that its Niacinamide Plant in Nansha, China will be shut down in November and December 2019 for routine maintenance.

CHMP has recommended that Ervebo (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP), a vaccine for active immunization against Ebola, be granted conditional marketing authorization in the EU.

AstraZeneca has committed to extending its Young Health Programme for a further five years (until 2025), spending $35 million to help educate young people on how to reduce the risks of non-communicable diseases.

CHMP has recommended that Baqsimi (glucagon), a non-injectable treatment for severe hypoglycemia, be granted marketing authorization in the EU.

The packaging solution works to protect drugs with a 3-Phase Activ-Polymer solution, a technology that is customized for the drug developer’s formulation, offers a broad spectrum of specific drug protection, and oxygen and odor scavenging.

The new device can inject a range of drugs of different viscosities up to 35cP and different fill volumes up to 1mL.

The goal of the investment is for the cures to be made available across the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa’s low-resource communities.

The partners have developed a scalable, cost-effective purification process for adeno-associated viruses.

The CPhI Pharma Index points to Germany as having consolidated itself into a leading pharma industry.

Dr. Reddy’s, Sanofi, and Perrigo Company issued voluntary recalls of ranitidine in October 2019 because of N-Nitrosodimethylamine contamination.

The therapy received positive results in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 34 adults with proven celiac disease.

Under the agreement, gene and cell therapy companies can go directly to Aldevron for NTC’s technology without acquiring a license from NTC.

The company will produce the anti-HER3 antibody drug HMBD-001for use within a clinical partnership between Cancer Research UK and Hummingbird Bioscience to test the agent in a Phase I trial.

The transaction is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

Through the agreement, Foamix will have access to $20 million of financing to fund the commercial launches of the topical treatments.

The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of 2019.

The company will debut its new brand name, ALPLApharma, and its new childproof closure, the CRC justONE, at CPhI Worldwide from Nov. 5–7 in Frankfurt, Germany.

The new location is the first step in the company’s plan to invest in the North American market over the next two years.

Bikash Chatterjee, president and chief science officer at Pharmtech Associates and Girish Malhotra, president of EPCOT International, touch upon how manufacturing could be revolutionized by new technologies if regulators evolve to prevent hindering future innovation.

The new location was established to ensure uninterrupted support for clients’ trials in both the United Kingdom and Europe if the UK leaves the European Union on Oct. 31, 2019, especially in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The winners will be announced on Nov. 5, 2019 on the first day of CPhI Worldwide.

On Tuesday Nov. 5, 2019, Dr. Meinolf Brackhagen from DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences will discuss the current and future roles of excipient suppliers

During day two of CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, Informa Pharma Intelligence will host a roundtable discussion regarding recent and future mergers and acquisitions.