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UK biotech ‘booming’ as sector rakes in £1.6bn in Q2 financing

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The new figures – from the BioIndustry Association and Clarivate – were dominated by more than £1 billion in venture capital funding for UK biotech and life sciences companies, headlined by DNA sequencing company Oxford Nanopore’s £195 million raise in May that was just shy of the £205 million record set by Immunocore in 2005.

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Can holograms help in the frontline fight against pharmaceutical counterfeiting?

European Pharmaceutical Review

These include Meditag serialised hologram labels, first introduced in 2005 and found on all registered medicines in Malaysia to help pharmacists and inspectors detect unauthorised and counterfeit product. ” Several branded medicines are available that feature holograms on the packaging or in the blister pack.

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The Ripple Effect: How Pharmaceutical Advertisements Impact the Industry and Beyond

Pharma Marketing Network

Narrative review: the promotion of gabapentin: an analysis of internal industry documents. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Goozner, M. The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs. University of California Press. Steinman, M. Landefeld, C. S., & Bero, L. Annals of Internal Medicine, 155(1), 43-53.

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Ensuring Product Safety: U.S. FDA Guidance on Testing High-Risk Drug Components for Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol

Quality Matters

FDA Guidance on Testing High-Risk Drug Components for Diethylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol (Disclaimer: The article below includes a discussion of key points of the guidance document. It is not the guidance document, nor it is an alternative to the guidance document. The guidance document is available here: [link].)

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Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

RX Note

Change gloves every 30 minutes during compounding or immediately when damaged or contaminated, unless otherwise recommended by the manufacturer's documentation. The Hidden Truth Studies have shown that the antineoplastic residues can be found be on the external packaging of both oral and IV drugs.

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Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Procedure for GMP

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ISO 9000:2005 Sec. Additional documents included each month. Additional documents included each month. – Maintaining CAPA documentation e.g. CAPA report – CAPA effectiveness checks – CAPA closure and ongoing review What should be included in your CAPA procedure? What is corrective and preventive action?

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The imperative of fridge-free vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

7 The additional substantial economic benefits that flow from room-temperature storability have also been thoroughly documented. This requires the development of technologies to rapidly produce effective, safe, stable vaccines that can be manufactured and distributed quickly. Maillard Reaction and Drug Stability. Woodhead Publishing.

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