Category: Pharma

May 4, 2023

Hovione and H&T Presspart have partnered to advance the development of Presspart’s Sunriser Capsule-based Dry Powder Inhaler platform. The companies plan to work together to develop the Sunriser Dry Powder Inhaler, which is flexible enough to address the challenges of […]

April 18, 2023

In 2018, FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER’s) Office of New Drugs (OND) developed a research program to centralize and enhance its regulatory science research activities. In more recent years, the OND Research Program (OND-RP) published its first […]

March 23, 2023

There are myriad factors influencing the drug delivery market, such as the rising prevalence of chronic conditions, an ageing population, and technological advancements in drug development, leading analysts to predict continued growth in the sector at a compound annual rate […]

January 4, 2023

The intention is to streamline the process for patients wishing to access their medical records via electronic health record systems (“EHR systems”) and to facilitate the ability for researchers, innovators, and policy makers to use the data in a trusted […]

January 3, 2023

What is decentralised storage? Corporate data can be stored in one of three ways: on premises (the company’s in-house computer network), in the cloud (with service providers such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure), or in decentralised storage […]

December 29, 2022

COVID-19 erupted, mutated, and was supplemented by the challenges of monkeypox and the need to catch up with major treatment and immunisation backlogs accumulated during the pandemic. At the same time, the industry must address the long-term difficulty of providing […]

December 28, 2022

In pharma, multi-billion-dollar deals dominate M&A headlines, but most deals are far shorter of this range and generally lie between $10-$500 million. Since the first wave of consolidation started in 1988, there has been a significant concentration of the pharma […]

November 29, 2022

‘Supporting the era of green pharmaceuticals in the UK’ highlights that, while Britain can play a leading role in the sustainability agenda for pharmaceuticals, action must also be taken on a global scale to ensure impact. The pharmaceutical industry’s share […]

November 28, 2022

Empowering labs with automated equipment that produces rich, traceable, and actionable data insights means pharmaceutical companies can ensure drug production runs smoothly – even under stress. Modular set ups, remote monitoring systems, and automated batch processing can all assist in […]

November 23, 2022

Many will also face barriers to care, where access to specialists is limited and often geographically out of reach. That’s where technology coupled with user-centred design can help – bringing solutions and convenience to these pain points and positively impacting […]

November 3, 2022

Beyond digital clinical measures, digital solutions are maturing to address major challenges facing clinical research and offer enormous promise to support the key performance indicators (KPIs) for every member of our industry. We see how digital measures of adherence ensure […]

October 3, 2022

Pharma companies’ customer communication methods require reimagining as technology progresses. Kapoor says, now, pharma can learn from the on-demand nature of content distribution that Hollywood utilises and simultaneously prepare for future needs in content delivery. “One of our senior clients […]

September 9, 2022

Pharma’s reliance on global supply chains and its need for vast quantities of water make it particularly vulnerable to climate change. But preparing to adapt to the phenomenon presents an opportunity as well as a challenge. Rising global temperatures will, […]

September 7, 2022

The industry’s application of mRNA techniques during the pandemic led to the fastest vaccine development in history. The processes used are now seeing huge infrastructure commitments, in order to cement their place in the development of future products and trials. […]

August 4, 2022

In particular, for the pharmaceutical industry, these talent shortages bring about a host of difficult challenges. This is due to the specialist nature of roles and the growth and diversification of biopharma, which requires an increasingly sophisticated and skilled workforce. […]

July 28, 2022

When President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 on July 21, his physician recommended he take the antiviral drug Paxlovid. The drug significantly reduces the likelihood of hospitalization or death for someone at high risk of developing severe covid. Biden […]

July 25, 2022

The application incorporates all indications covered by the reference medicine, Biogen’s Tysabri (natalizumab), for relapsing forms of MS, including clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), active secondary progressive disease in adults and Crohn’s disease. A marketing authorisation application (MAA) […]

July 22, 2022

The CMA delivered a preliminary judgment in the case last year which concluded that Pfizer and Flynn abused a dominant position in phenytoin sodium capsules, causing NHS spending on the drug to balloon from around £2 million a year in 2012 to […]

July 21, 2022

Maggie Carmichael wasn’t developing like other kids. As a toddler, she wasn’t walking and had a limited vocabulary for her age. She was diagnosed with PMM2-CDG, potentially fatal gene mutations that cause abnormal enzyme activity — and affect fewer than […]

July 19, 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended Rhythm Pharmaceuticals’ Imcivree (setmelanotide) as a treatment for hyperphagia (insatiable hunger) and early onset severe obesity. The recommendation follows positive results from clinical trials suggesting that Imcivree may reduce […]