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California’s low-cost insulin plans receive $100m manufacturing boost

Pharmaceutical Technology

Insulin prices made the headlines again as California governor Gavin Newsom announced plans on 7 July for the state to manufacture low-cost insulin. The state plans to work directly with a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) to manufacture low-cost insulin. In-house manufacturing the norm.

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Decline of novel drug approvals means less business for cutting-edge CMOs

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This is mixed news for contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs), as large CMOs such as Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, US) and Catalent Inc (Somerset, NJ, US) are typically involved in the manufacture of the most innovative products. The drug increases insulin synthesis and release.

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FDA rejects Provention’s type 1 diabetes drug teplizumab

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Three months ago, the FDA said it was unconvinced by a bridging study designed to show equivalence between Provention’s product intended for commercial sale, made by contract manufacturer AGC Biologics, and the drug that teplizumab’s original developer Eli Lilly used in clinical trials.

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FDA sets August decision date for Provention’s type 1 diabetes drug

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Provention has modified its 14-day treatment course with teplizumab to match the exposure to the drug that was seen with the clinical trial material, and has also submitted responses to FDA questions about manufacturing and product quality.

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Biologics – The Next Step in Revolutionary Medication

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With the increased interest and gradual shift of investment from small molecule drugs to biologics and the establishment of several biologics manufacturing companies / biologics CMOs, more than 250 biologic therapies and vaccines have been developed, globally.

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Outsourcing Peptide Synthesis: Preferred Choice of Drug Developers

Roots Analysis

The peptide therapeutics market has undergone substantial evolution since the inception of insulin. It is noteworthy that peptide is a complex class of drugs that possess many manufacturing challenges, including complex process and big-budget development and manufacturing.

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Provention finally gets FDA nod for type 1 diabetes drug teplizumab

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” T1D occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells that make insulin, and occurs in three stages. In stage 1 there are antibodies against the beta calls, but blood glucose levels remain normal and there are no symptoms.

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