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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

World of DTC Marketing

The goal of getting a drug to market as fast as possible so they can recoup drug development costs has the potential for mistakes that could cost lives. Coupled with all this is the continued outsourcing of raw materials and other steps in drug development. We need a 21st-century approach that puts patient safety first.

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Why are healthcare companies so silent?

World of DTC Marketing

Over a span of four days in early April, the White House ordered the distribution of 23 million hydroxychloroquine tablets from the stockpile to a dozen states, enough pills for 1.4 million covid-19 patients, according to public records obtained by The Post in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

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The lingering menace of diethylene glycol / ethylene glycol adulteration

European Pharmaceutical Review

The following year, the US Congress passed the 1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, which mandated safety assessments prior to the release of any new drug. The USP also introduced a general monograph for the good distribution practices (GDP) for bulk pharmaceutical excipients (<1197>).

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Brii Bio introduces Covid-19 combination therapy in China

Pharmaceutical Technology

In December last year, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) granted approval for amubarvimab/romlusevimab combination to treat mild and normal Covid-19 in adults and paediatric patients aged 12 to 17 years. The initial commercial batch of the antibody therapy was released on 7 July this year. 2 subvariants. “Our

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Psychedelic research: evaluating the fast-evolving regulatory roadmap

European Pharmaceutical Review

Most psychedelic drugs are Schedule I controlled substances, which means that very strict legal and regulatory controls accompany their use” Some psychedelics originate in nature and have been used by Indigenous cultures for thousands of years; others are manipulated or manufactured. 1 Such restraints have stood solid for decades.

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AffaMed signs deal for Lilly’s Galcanezumab in Mainland China

Pharmaceutical Technology

In June last year, Eli Lilly submitted a new drug application to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China for Galcanezumab to prevent episodic migraine in adult patients. In September 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Galcanezumab as the preventive treatment of migraine in adults.

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The internet enables misinformation on COVID

World of DTC Marketing

Also cited was a lack of trust in the government to ensure the vaccines’ safety and effectiveness. And while there’s concern that the Covid-19 vaccines were rushed and that that means they haven’t been properly vetted or that their safety is otherwise in question, it’s simply not the case.