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STAT+: ‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

STAT

In 1997, Celgene obtained a key patent for what would become a blockbuster blood cancer treatment, giving it a monopoly until 2019. Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid.

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Extemporaneous Compounding

RX Note

Introduction In 2018, the Ministry of Health Malaysia published the Good Compounding Practice as a guidance for compounding practices. NOTE: When compounding a preparation using the contents of an ampoule , care should be taken to withdraw the solution using a filter needle to avoid incorporating glass particles into the compound.

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The Benefits of Integrated CDMO Services: Streamlining Drug Development and Manufacturing

Drug Patent Watch

billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3% 2019, March 14). The Rise of Integrated CDMOs The global biotechnology and pharmaceutical services outsourcing market size was valued at $70.48 from 2023 to 2030. Accelerate time to market with integrated CRO/CDMO services. Retrieved from [link] Source

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China leads APAC in institute-led clinical trials: GlobalData

Express Pharma

According to GlobalData’s Pharmaceutical Intelligence Center, the number of single-country, interventional trials conducted by institutes has surged at a compound annual growth rate of 28 per cent from 656 in 2019 to 2,290 in 2023 across the major APAC countries. Notably, Phase II trials surged from 223 to 889.

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Beckley Psytech raises $80m for psychedelic meds development

pharmaphorum

The Oxford-based company had originally hoped to raise $50 million from the series B, and the scale of the financing is further evidence that repurposing psychedelic compounds as potential therapies for neuro-psychiatric disorders is a hot topic in biopharma. Beckley – formerly known as Beckley Canopy Therapeutics – raised £7.4

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

It is a key component of human vaccines for shingles, malaria, coronavirus disease 2019 and others under development.” Bioengineering vaccine adjuvants The paper explained: “QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant currently sourced by extraction from the Chilean soapbark tree. Martin et al. Martin et al.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Who Doesn’t Like a Nice Rosé?

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

 Deferoxamine binds with ferric iron (Fe3+) to form ferrioxamine, a water-soluble compound excreted in the urine. As McGraw-Hill Education; 2019 Madiwale T, Liebelt E. Iron toxicity treated with deferoxamine Background Deferoxamine is the treatment for severe iron toxicity [1]. Deferoxamine Blake Froberg, Bryan Judge, and Louise Kao.