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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Italy probes Pfizer over profit transfers; FDA postpones meeting for OTC birth control pill

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This calls for celebration with a cup of stimulation, and we are opening a new package of Pumpkin Spice for the occasion. The investigation began in February and covers 2017, 2018, and 2019. Autumn, after all, is in full swing. Meanwhile, our ever-growing to-do list requires attention. Sound familiar?

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Child-Resistant Packaging

RX Note

Limitations Child-resistant packaging can present difficulties for some aged individuals or people with disabilities. External Links Perceptions and Attitudes of People with Disabilities and Older Adults about Child-resistant Drug Packaging, 2012 Are child safety caps enough to keep kids out?, How Child Proof Caps Work?

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STAT+: Muscular dystrophy patient who was first in line for a custom CRISPR therapy dies

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Richard Horgan founded the nonprofit in 2017 when he was a student at Harvard Business School. Like many gene therapy companies, Cure Rare Disease packaged the therapy in adeno-associated viruses. High doses of gene therapies based on these viruses have been linked to deaths in other experimental gene therapies.

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Impacts of pharmaceutical pollution on communities and environment in India

Express Pharma

The National Action Plan for Antimicrobial Resistance 2017 aims to limit antibiotics in industrial waste. Other strategies can be waste minimisation, green packaging, energy efficiency and sustainable sourcing. To address pharmaceutical pollution, several initiatives have been introduced.

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Frontiers Health Digital Innovators: Aptar’s Sai Shankar

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He joined Aptar in April 2017, having spent 15 years in big pharma – Allergan (CMC team leader, Head of R&D Packaging development, Product Development) and Sanofi (Packaging Engineering, Industrial Affairs). Sai has 20 years of product development and business strategy experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

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RedX Pharma CEO focuses on pipeline that found Lilly’s rising star

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Back in 2017, the UK biotech RedX Pharma had to sell its prized asset after administrators stepped in to stave off a debt crisis, with Loxo Oncology snapping up the BTK inhibitor for $40 million.

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Trick of the Trade: Antibiotic ointment for removal of artificial nail glue from eyelids

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

Because nail glue is often packaged in small containers identical to eye drop bottles, patients can mistake the nail glue for ophthalmic drops — especially those with visual impairment [6]. Published Apr 12, 2017. Nail glue injuries to the eye: assessment of two cases. Can J Ophthalmol. 2022;57(1):e11-e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2021.04.026

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