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How global healthcare partners and Indian pharma companies are contributing to affordable medicines

Express Pharma

As the world’s leading supplier of generic drugs, India’s pharmaceutical industry has become a ray of hope for millions as it ensures quality-assured and cost-effective treatments reach those who need them the most. It also contributes to 40 per cent of medications in the US and 33 per cent in the EU.

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Takeda dengue vaccine receives positive CHMP opinion

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion of Takeda GmbH’s live, attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine, Qdenga ( TAK-003 ). Medicines submitted under EU-M4all are assessed by the CHMP in collaboration with the WHO and target countries.

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Vaccine equity: how the pandemic demonstrated global health inequality

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With the rapid onset of the pandemic, the race to develop a viable vaccine quickly became a race to secure access to the developed vaccines. In this article, Ben Hargreaves examines how wealth determined the winners and what is now underway to help lower-income countries gain access to the available vaccines.

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Generics propelling pharmaceutical parenteral packaging market

European Pharmaceutical Review

Main drivers for the market were reported to be rising popularity of generics together with blockbuster and other small-molecule drugs going off-patent globally. Overall, increasing demand for generic medicines will be a significant factor for growth.

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STAT+: ‘Like playing the lottery’: A mixed picture for laid-off life sciences workers in Massachusetts

STAT

The state’s biotech scene   exploded in the mid-2010s and early in the pandemic as exuberant investors disregarded the high failure rate in drug development and bet on buzzy technologies such as gene editing and messenger RNA vaccines. And although many companies are making layoffs, others are expanding.

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Millions of peoples’ access to affordable medicines at risk if India-EFTA trade deal finalised as is: MSF

Express Pharma

. “If accepted, these IP provisions will have drastic consequences on access to medicines and the health of patients in India and beyond. Millions of lives depend on India putting people’s health first and being able to continue supplying generic medicines globally,” according to Dr Mantoo.

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CHMP meeting highlights: February 2024

European Pharmaceutical Review

At its February 2024 meeting, the EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended the extension of marketing authorisations for six treatments, and positive opinions for the approval of ten medicines.