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Rare Disease Day 2024: Advocating for Awareness and Support

PM360

This February we celebrate the 16th annual Rare Disease Day , established in 2008, to raise awareness of the more than 7,000 identified rare diseases worldwide. Rare Disease Day is observed annually on the “rarest” day of the year, February 28th or 29th depending on leap years. What is a Rare Disease?

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FDA Authorizes Marketing of MISHA™ Knee System for People Suffering from Knee Osteoarthritis

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing authorization of the MISHA Knee System, an implantable shock absorber (ISA) for the knee. Chief, Hip and Knee Division of Sports Medicine Institute, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

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GERTEIS® PACTOR® SERIES In-Line Ribbon-Strength Measurement System

Pharmaceutical Technology

The importance of ribbon density has previously been emphasized by Helen Winkle [1] from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and it becomes clear then that maintaining the ribbon density by setting the correct force and gap is crucial for the final granulates. References. [1] 2] Gamble, J. et al, Pharmaceut.

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GAMP 5 update: computerized system expectations for pharma manufacturers

European Pharmaceutical Review

The original iteration of ISPE GAMP 5 was released in 2008 arriving in the nascent stages of what has become the cloud revolution and certainly before the widespread adoption of agile development methodologies, meaningful augmented reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence use cases in the life sciences industry.

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The Future for Biotesting

Pharmaceutical Technology

Firstly, there is a comprehensive toxicological service for human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals, food additives, chemicals and agrochemicals. IS: We mainly recruit our staff from local universities and special high schools. IS: Yes, we think so even if it has been a huge financial and administrative drain.

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Ep. 001 – John Mack Podcast Transcript

Pharma Marketing Network

You know, in November 2009, the FDA held a public hearing about the promotion of Food and Drug Administrative Related Regulated Medical Products, using the internet and social media tools. They would write up the presentations by physicians about drugs. That was in 2008. So, I didn’t look so bad.

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