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How competitors are collaborating to shape biopharma best practices and regulations of the future

Pharmaceutical Technology

Maintaining sterility is critical in the final steps of parenteral drug processing, ensuring doses are free from microbial contamination that could affect patient safety. With operator intervention being a primary source of contamination, finding ways to reduce human contact has been an ongoing challenge and goal in aseptic filling.

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In the News: July 2021 Regulatory and Development Updates

Camargo

Approval of the Month: Repurposed Transplant Drug Approved Based Only on Real-World Evidence. In July, Astellas Pharma US received FDA approval for the use of Prograf (tacrolimus) capsules, injection, and oral suspension for the prevention of lung transplant rejection. FDA Inspections Ramping Up?

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Second Circuit Decision A Reminder that Alleged FDCA violations don’t always equal FCA violations

FDA Law Blog

According to the Realtor, these CIP qualification discrepancies “may lead to contamination” and “…over time [lead to] to adulterated [Gamunex] product and significant risk of patient harm.” 3729) quit tam suit, alleging that Grifols USA, Grifols Biologicals, Grifols, S.A.,

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Hybrid Meat: The Future of Sustainable Meat Consumption?

XTalks

UPSIDE Foods, a California-based company, received FDA approval for its chicken grown from animal cells, which marked a significant milestone for slaughter-free meat in the US. The concept of hybrid meat has emerged as a sustainable compromise to the ongoing debate about meat consumption.

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Top 15 Diabetes Drugs in 2023 by 2022 Sales Statistics

XTalks

Ozempic (Semaglutide) Ozempic sales in 2022: $8.713 billion Company/Developer: Novo Nordisk Date of first FDA approval: December 5, 2017 Indications Ozempic is FDA-approved for: Type 2 diabetes Price of Ozempic: $1,029 for 1.5 Read on to learn more about the top 15 diabetes drugs in 2023, based on 2022 sales statistics.

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

XTalks

Immunofluorescent staining of CTCs is a CTC isolation method that has been used since the first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 2013 for the CellSearch ® CTC enumeration platform. Regulatory Approvals for CTC-Based Assays in Oncology. Table 1: Some examples of cfDNA-based assays that are approved by the US FDA.

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

As my greater advocacy initiatives have worked to implore the FDA to bring more balance, commonsense and fairness to regulating and providing consumer education about personal imports of prescription drugs, I’ve realized that I should practice the same in how I talk about the FDA. The medications that we obtain in the U.S.,