Pharma Serialization: First Experience, Best Practices, Future Direction
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Read MoreIssue: NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
The medical crisis that didn’t happen
Remember Hurricane Katrina? Remember the Louisiana Superdome, and the thousands of people looking for food and relief, and the dire issue of getting needed medicines to patients? Now, today, you didn’t hear about unmet medical needs like that as floods […]
Read MoreA conversation with Jim Mullen, Patheon
Patheon is one of the leading contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) in the world, having come together through a merger of the same-named company (at the time privately held by JLL Partners) and the pharma manufacturing assets of Royal […]
Read MoreActive packaging protects oral solid formulations
Despite advancements in, and the proliferation of, other drug delivery platforms, oral solid dose (OSD) drug delivery–a category that comprises both capsules and tablets–remains the most popular delivery method in use today. In fact, six out of the 10 most […]
Read MoreHavas Health links up with a government contractor for predictive analytics
An unusual pairing of capabilities has been announced by Havas Health, part of the global communications agency Havas Group, and Vencore, a US-based IT vendor. The joint venture, HVH Patient Precision Analytics, is targeting the problem of identifying undiagnosed rare-disease […]
Read MoreATCC broadens its resources for cell lines to research cancer
A flurry of announcements from American Type Cell Culture (ATCC; Manassas, VA) signal a major commitment to new resources and capabilities in providing cells and cancer “models” (a term that refers to cell lines with particular genomic characteristics) to academic […]
Read MoreA new approach to pharma supply-chain collaboration
Market expectations of service and quality are continuously advancing. The health product consumer of today seeks and expects more service, more safety, more value and more customization. For this to happen requires enormous, and continuous, efficiency improvements on the part […]
Read MorePharma traceability: year in review
2017 is going to be a busy year for traceability initiatives in the US and abroad, as manufacturers and packagers get more experience under their belts in installing the necessary serialization equipment, and wholesalers and other trading partners are making […]
Read MorePharma seeks growth in eyecare
Relative to other disease states, like cancer, diabetes or cardiovascular, ophthalmology is both smaller and less contentious. A relatively small number of pharma companies have significant franchises in it, namely, Allergan, Alcon (a subsidiary of Novartis) and Bausch + Lomb […]
Read MorePutting drug administration in patient’s hands
Many people who interact directly with an elderly person know that they often carry various kinds of daily or weekly pill dispensers with them—by one measure, an elderly person typically is consuming a handful of prescriptions or OTC products daily, […]
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