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The expanded facility will feature two new 40-L and 300-L manufacturing vessels, a capsule filling line, and six drying tunnels that will add more than 10 million doses per annum to the site.

The new facility will give the company’s Australian customers access to tablet formulation and coating services in order to shorten supply chains and increase the region’s pharmaceutical sector capacity.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals US is voluntarily recalling DDAVP Nasal Spray 10 mcg/0.1mL, Desmopressin Acetate Nasal Spray 10 mcg/0.1mL, and STIMATE Nasal Spray 1.5 mg/mL because of superpotency or high amounts of desmopressin.

The companies have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to develop, manufacture, and commercialize efinopegdutide, an investigational drug for treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

The therapy, indicated for a rare form of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was developed by Kite, a Gilead company, which will manufacture the therapy at its facility in El Segundo, CA.

The expansion will involve using the facilities’ existing central utilities and labs to supplement its small-scale and large-scale assets.

Healthcare groups met in late July 2020 to discuss the state of the US pharmaceutical supply chain and the impact of COVID-19.

FDA sent a warning letter to ACRX Specialty Pharmacy Inc. detailing violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and deficiencies in sterile manufacturing practices.

The document gives guidance on the limited population pathway for antibacterial and antifungal drugs.

This article presents the results of a survey conducted to gain insight on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biomanufacturing operations.

PPD announced it will provide drug development services to advance Pfizer’s portfolio.

As biopharma companies and research institutes work to develop vaccines against COVID-19, policy makers and health officials debate strategies for ensuring fair and equitable distribution of anticipated preventives.

The investment will allow for the expansion of analytical R&D efforts and will support the company’s reference materials business.

The company’s SLIM technology has been a part of the company’s accelerated growth by offering enhanced R&D analytics.

The company has launched a residual GMP-compliant test and dual sourcing opportunity designed to increase compliance and reduce risks for ATMP manufacture.

COVID-19 has brought to light the issues of European manufacturing capabilities, leading industry to question whether it is now time to reinvest in domestic medicines supply.

Efforts by regulators seek common approaches to clinical research and biopharmaceutical production needed to wipe out the coronavirus pandemic globally.

EU regulators are requesting more effective action be taken to tackle serious impurities in APIs and finished products.

Time sure flies, except when you are waiting for something to happen.

COVID-19’s impact on the global economy is dealing a blow to merger and acquisition activity in the biopharma industry.

Outsourcing partners provide capacity and tech transfer expertise in the pharmaceutical industry response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new manufacturing company has been launched under the Defense Production Act to produce APIs in the US.

The company has begun development of a 3D bioreactor for the cGMP production of extracellular vesicle exosomes.

Vico Therapeutics has raised $31 million (€27 million) in a Series A financing round, which the company will use to further advance its Antisense OligoNucleotides lead platform.

PCI Pharma has announced the creation of a new clinical center of excellence in Western Europe at its site in Berlin, Germany.

EMA has started a review of dexamethasone as a treatment for adults with COVID-19 who require respiratory support and have been admitted to hospital.

EMA's CHMP has adopted a positive opinion for Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for women in non-EU countries where HIV disease burden is high.

Pharmapack Europe 2021 has been rescheduled after a careful review by the event organizers with key stakeholders.

Avacta Group has expanded its partnership with Daewoong Pharmaceutical to include Affimer molecules that target viruses, such as coronavirus.

The transaction is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020.