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Should we be worried about pharma’s supply chain?

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: Pharma supply chain issues are a concern for us all but especially patients. 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. We can’t continue to develop drugs the same way as we have done before.

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Thursday pharma headlines

World of DTC Marketing

Merck’s old drugs are under more scrutiny, and anti-vaxxers are causing problems by cherry-picking unreliable information. regulators knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the anti-baldness treatment Propecia when they decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug’s label.

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How NLP Helps Life Sciences Companies Unlock Insights from Drug Labels

PM360

When developing content for new drug labels, life sciences companies’ regulatory teams face challenges in gathering intelligence to better understand competitive factors, market dynamics, and effective approval strategies. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or European Medicines Agency (EMA).

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US legislative update: takeaways for European pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the current US Congressional session, Congress has focused heavily on legislation directed at reducing prescription drug prices. The new law will also require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to Medicare if they increase drug prices faster than consumer inflation. 5) monitoring access to biosimilars.

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FDA grants priority review to bluebird bio’s BLA for SCD gene therapy

Pharma Leaders

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted bluebird bio’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for lovotibeglogene autotemcel (lovo-cel) gene therapy and granted priority review for the product’s use in the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD). We look forward to working with the agency on its review.”

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GAMP 5 update: computerized system expectations for pharma manufacturers

European Pharmaceutical Review

As ISPE GAMP 5 Second Edition notes in the preface “Operating in a highly regulated industry may lead practitioners to apply prescriptive and rigid compliance-based approaches that are not commensurate with and not effective in managing any actual risk to the product and the patient.” Takeaways from ISPE’s GAMP 5 Second Edition update.

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Clinical trials and pregnancy: regulators weigh in

Clarivate

Drug developers often face a Catch-22 regarding clinical trials and pregnancy. How feasible is it to establish a drug’s safety for use in a population that may be unwilling or unable to participate in clinical trials? Panelists were asked to discuss the potential use of the drug during pregnancy.