European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 9, 2024

Revolutionising quality control In the backdrop of stringent quality standards and regulatory demands inherent to pharmaceutical manufacturing, the addition of AI technologies introduce a paradigm shift.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 11, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a discussion paper to complement and inform future guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in drug development. The paper also highlighted that AI/ML can enhance manufacturing supply chain. Comment on the discussion paper here.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

AUGUST 23, 2022

A study of the causes of warning letters issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) between 2010 and 2020 revealed that poor current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) compliance and misbranding were the most common citations.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) through the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality in 2021 embarked on an initiative to develop a framework for establishing a pharmaceutical manufacturing site quality rating system, the Quality management maturity (QMM) programme.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 23, 2022

US Congress is also making substantial investments to improve the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. As more drugs are approved with continuous manufacturing, this production method is becoming increasingly mainstream. There are currently ten approved continuous manufacturing applications in the US.

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PM360

AUGUST 26, 2024

Between 2015 and 2021, over a quarter of the drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were associated with specific biomarkers. Over a decade ago, AstraZeneca identified and tested specific biomarkers to develop drug molecules. What’s holding this back?

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 22, 2023

During the pandemic, the shortage of basic drugs such as paracetamol in key EU countries led to growing calls to push local drug manufacturing to ensure a smooth supply and to minimise shortages. Only 25% of API production for generic drugs took place in Europe in 2020, according to a November 2022 Medicines for Europe report.

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