Articles in this Issue
Heparin is a potent anticoagulant that has been used clinically to manage blood clotting
since 1935. Hundreds of thousands of doses are administered daily in the U.S. during surgery and for patients at risk of venous ...
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With the upcoming implementation of the revised Annex 1 of the European Union GMPs, many companies are developing contamination control strategies. For some, this is a newer experience, as the requirements apply to both sterile ...
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“Routinely used disinfectants should be effective against the normal microbial vegetative flora recovered from the facility... If indicated, microorganisms associated with adverse trends can be investigated as to their sensitivity...
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Risk assessment for extractables and leachables (E&L) contained in polymeric manufacturing components is an important step to evaluate patient safety. In medium to high risk applications, testing for extractables by using solvents...
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Today it’s a free-for-all on social media, which has become the main source of information for people on the COVID-19 pandemic, and sometimes a major source of information for even conventional media, so there is a huge opening ...
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As the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccine development showed us, viruses and their components can both cause disease and help prevent it. While genetic illnesses are not born from a viral infection, scientists have found in ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to national public health systems and created serious socio-economics disruptions around the world. A zoonotic event that triggered the spillover of SARS-CoV-2 to human ...
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Analytical methods that can determine the quality of pharmaceutical products fast and without the need for sample preparation are highly desirable. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is such a tool. Within fractions of a ...
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Charles River Laboratories, Senior Product Manager, Accugenix: Besides the obvious answer of COVID-19 vaccine production, availability, and safety, we continue to see pharmaceutical companies respond to new and stricter regulatory...
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The Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line is the dominant mammalian expression system for biopharmaceutical production. Improving the efficiency of production of these biologics will be critical in controlling costs to healthcare ...
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Protamine Sulfate (ProS) is the only FDA approved anticoagulation reversal agent for unfractionated heparin. ProS is biologically derived from chum salmon sperm and therefore may be contaminated with residual salmon sperm DNA. ...
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Ayurvedic medicines attain/maintain harmony in the system and work on improving the health of the body rather than treating symptoms. The patent covers compositions to treat renal disorders and mainly nephrons. The patent ...
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Let’s start off with some facts from the National Institute of Drug Abuse - Roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them. Between 8 and 12 percent of people using an opioid for chronic pain ...
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