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Novo Nordisk industry membership reinstated

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Novo Nordisk has regained full membership with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), following suspension in 2023. This action resulted after the pharmaceutical company made serious breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice in 2021.

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STAT+: AI drug firm Recursion moves from survival to industry domination

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SALT LAKE CITY — On paper, Recursion Pharmaceuticals shouldn’t have worked.   The founders were a medical school dropout, an entrepreneur whose most recent success was with a custom sign-making e-commerce shop, and an exacting University of Utah scientist.

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STAT+: Endo Health ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion in opioid criminal case

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In the second-largest fine ever levied on a pharmaceutical company, Endo Health Solutions was ordered to pay nearly $1.1 billion in criminal penalties and another $450 million in criminal forfeiture for illegally marketing its Opana ER prescription opioid.

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STAT+: Mid-year drug price hikes are back despite Inflation Reduction Act

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At the start and halfway points of each year, many pharmaceutical companies raise drug prices to bolster revenue and reportedly fund new research. It’s almost a tradition. “It’s increasing prices on their existing portfolio. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Campaigners challenge NHS England’s latest plan to share patient data

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The government’s last attempt to shake up patient data-sharing – 2013’s Care.data scheme – suffered from a number of false starts and was eventually shut down in 2016. People can opt out of the scheme by filling in a form and taking it to their GP before 23 June, but campaigners say this has not been communicated effectively.

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PDA revises report on glass container manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Having been originally published in 2007, then revised in 2013, this latest 2023 edition addresses evolving standards and container types. According the PDA, the standardised quality criteria in TR 43 are intended as a guidance overview for container manufacturers and for incoming container acceptance inspection at pharmaceutical companies.

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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

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Employing MALDI-TOF MS for microbial identification in sterile drug manufacturing Fungal contamination in pharmaceutical cleaning facilities Case study examples Mould and yeast have been reported by several previous authors in numerous pharmaceutical cleanrooms , cold rooms, and controlled areas, according to the authors. Ahmed et al.