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HPAPIs – Current Interest of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Roots Analysis

Owing to the advancement in clinical pharmacology and oncology domain, and the rising demand for targeted therapeutics and precision medicines, high potency active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) and cytotoxic drugs have become one of the key areas of interest to researchers and drug manufacturers across the globe.

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FDA End-of-Year Release of Warning Letters Impresses (or Depresses)

FDA Law Blog

Perhaps FDA wanted us to remember 2023 as the year FDA succeeded in uncovering critical defects in drug and device manufacturing, and in critical trials. Warning Letters, generally made public in a batch each Tuesday, are FDA’s public sanction that is most widely used to bring pressure on manufacturers and clinical trial investigators.

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AZ exits US vaccine plant after mix-up spoils J&J’s COVID jab

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AstraZeneca is shifting production of its COVID-19 vaccine away from a plant in Baltimore which also makes Johnson & Johnson’s shot, after human error resulted in the contamination of 15 million doses. . Emergent claims however that one batch of the vaccine simply failed quality controls, and no contamination took place.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

The Pharma Data

Following the completion of the spin-off of the Upjohn Business (4) in the fourth quarter of 2020, Pfizer now operates as a focused innovative biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of biopharmaceutical products worldwide. down 7%, which reflects relatively stable U.S.

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FDA pens stinging report on Emergent COVID vaccine plant

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The FDA’s closeout letter refers specifically to the cross-contamination incident that led to 15 million doses of the J&J shot being jettisoned when ingredients destined for AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 shot were accidentally mixed into vials of the J&J product. AZ’s vaccine meanwhile has yet to be approved in the US.