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Johnson & Johnson Pulls Neutrogena and Aveeno Spray Sunscreens Over Benzene Contamination

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Johnson & Johnson is recalling sunscreens from two of its popular brands over concerns of carcinogenic benzene contamination. The company said that while benzene is not an ingredient in any of its sunscreen products, it was detected during routine internal testing in some samples of its aerosol sunscreen finished products.

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Virtual and augmented reality: Bringing the future to pharma manufacturing

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In this article, Ben Hargreaves asks whether there is particular potential for the technologies to revolutionise staff training and reduce costs in pharma manufacturing. The pharma industry’s overall push into industry 4.0 The importance of manufacturing. which is critical to Pharma 4.0,

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Aseptic lyophilisation: Opportunities to improve quality and process monitoring with mass spectrometry

Pharmaceutical Technology

When freeze drying sterile pharmaceuticals, mass spectrometry helps manufacturers protect valuable batches from silicone oil contamination – a possible risk of the lyophilisation process. Preventing silicone oil contamination Silicone oil is a common component of lyophilisation systems.

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A winning combination: The benefits of micronization and containment in a single installation

Pharmaceutical Technology

This, coupled with small pharma companies being unable to acquire or access containment capabilities in-house, means that the demand for innovative specialized small molecule capabilities remains high. Of those, only 935 (34%) small molecule API facilities offered some type of containment capabilities.

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Prefilled syringes and vaccines: Optimising parenteral packaging for the next pandemic

Pharmaceutical Technology

Manufacturers are actively looking at ways they can improve drug delivery through well-designed parenteral packaging systems, and the choice to deploy prefilled syringes for more and more injectable drug products is a key part of this push. Cost is an important final factor, especially for small and mid-sized pharma companies.

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The rising importance of containment in small molecule drug development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Despite the current emphasis on biologic medicines, small molecule drugs still dominate the pharmaceutical manufacturing world. Manufacturing these highly potent and often cytotoxic drugs introduces many risks for operators and the environment. Cross-contamination of standard products with highly potent ones is another key concern.

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First Zantac cancer case dropped before trial, without settlement

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The first lawsuit claiming that gastrointestinal drug Zantac causes cancer has been voluntarily dismissed a week before it was due to come to trial, in an early victory for the pharma companies that will defend themselves from the allegations. “GSK will continue to vigorously defend itself against all claims alleging otherwise.”

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