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European Biopharmaceutical Review |
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A Watchful Eye
Michael Rosenberg of Health Decisions Inc explains why monitoring is the single most important safeguard for clinical studies and considers the methods available for accurately gauging the trajectory of a trial.
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Digital Directions
As the regulatory pressure on small and medium-sized companies increases, electronic document management system software is being tailored to maintain efficiency standards. Keith Williams of GxPi looks at how to implement these hosted systems to enhance functionality.
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Blockbuster Takeover
The acquisition of Genzyme grabbed headlines as the largest pharmaceutical company takeover in the industry for years. Daniel Bastide from Thomas Eggar LLP reports on the negotiations that made the purchase possible.
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Perfect Partnering
Ross McLennan of TMRI Ltd shows how a multitude of collaborations between industries can allow for stronger adaptive clinical designs, and details some of the initiates already in place that prove what they can offer.
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Software Solutions
The burden of the industry’s livelihood is dependent on the success of partnerships. Alison Shurell at IntraLinks explains how embracing new technology can effectively speed up the communication chain.
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Standing at the Threshold
Contemplating revisions to the blockbuster ‘one-size-fits-all’ business model, Private Consultant Emile Bellott highlights the reasons why applying genetic-aware therapeutic strategies presents a compelling opportunity for the major industry players.
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Accelerating Innovative Vaccines
Scott Preiss, Alberta Di Pasquale, Marleen Mergaerts and Nathalie Garçon at GlaxoSmithKline Biologics discuss vaccines in common use and the factors that go into narrowing down their design goals.
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Learning from Experience
Using examples of exogenous virus contamination, Andy Bailey of ViruSure GmbH reviews the vulnerability of the biotech manufacturing process from sources yet to be identified.
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Mind the Messenger
Raymond Verhaert and Victor Schut of ProteoNic review the technology affecting translational activity, with specific focus on their application to the study of mammalian and yeast cell culture.
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Stem Cell Innovation
Vanessa Ott and Blake Anson of Cellular Dynamics International look at how the world of induced pluripotent stem cells has changed since it was discovered that they could be extended to human cells.
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Big Ideas on a Small Scale
The successful development of miniaturised, automated, speedy and reliable assays in the future will be heavily dependent on nanotechnology, suggests Mike Fisher at NanoKTN in this portrait of what is available currently.
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Best Practices
Nathalie A Compagnone of Innovative Concepts in Drug Development examines the role of regulatory agencies in diagnostic testing and biomarker development.
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New Horizons
Focusing on the rise of the ‘omics’ field, Gustavo Salem of Agilent Technologies, Inc considers the future of integrated biology and explains how a deeper understanding of cellular processes is set to alter the way we view therapeutics.
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From Lab to Clinic
When streamlining a business, often one of the strongest ways to ensure you have all the necessary expertise is to outsource. Angela Scott and Susan McKee of Angel Biotechnology evaluate the risks and benefits of biomanufacturing using external contractors.
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The Perfect Host
John Liddell and Ian Hodgson of MSD BioManufacturing Network demonstrate that if molecule expression can be achieved in E Coli, then lower costs and a faster speed to market will usually follow.
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Sustainable Standards
Yaniv Vardi at Sparta Systems Europe Ltd assesses how crucial the enterprise-wide quality management system is in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
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Dragon’s Den
In a comparison of the biotech industry’s US and Chinese workforces, Erik Lundh of J. Robert Scott draws on recent survey findings to report on top hiring issues and the international effect of the ‘brain drain’.
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News and Press Releases |
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Novo Nordisk to Acquire Emisphere Technologies for $1.35 Billion
ROSELAND, N.J., Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (“Emisphere” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Novo Nordisk A/S (“Novo Nordisk”), whereby Novo Nordisk will acquire Emisphere, on a cash-free, debt-free basis, for $1.35 billion in cash. The consideration to be paid per share will depend on the amount of cash and debt at closing, but the Company currently estimates it to be approximately $7.82 per share based on approximately 170.9 million fully diluted shares outstanding. This price represents a premium of approximately 17% over the volume-weighted average Emisphere share price for the five trading days ending on November 5, 2020.
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White Papers |
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A Rules Based Approach to Labelling and Artwork Management
Kallik
Many organisations today are experiencing unprecedented demands from regulatory authorities and consumers alike for product labelling to be made clearer and more informative. Forthcoming regulations (including the new EU MDR regulations coming into force May 2020) also require that labelling content to be published electronically in addition to print. As companies seek to continuously differentiate themselves in established markets as well as gain entry into new territories, the increase in both volume and complexity of product and market variations will have a direct impact on labelling.
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Industry Events |
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12th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
8-11 February 2021, Vienna, Austria
In continuation of the very successful scientific meetings in Budapest, Paris, Berlin, Florence, Geneva, Barcelona, Malta, Istanbul, Lisbon, Glasgow and Granada, the 12th PBP World will be held in Vienna from 8-11 Feb 2021. This every two year held conference has gained an ever increasing impact among the pharmaceutical scientists: With up to 1000 submitted abstracts and about 1300 participants it has become a well-established major meeting, attracting scientists from all over the world.
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