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Frontiers Health Digital Innovators: Aptar’s Sai Shankar

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He joined Aptar in April 2017, having spent 15 years in big pharma – Allergan (CMC team leader, Head of R&D Packaging development, Product Development) and Sanofi (Packaging Engineering, Industrial Affairs). Sai has 20 years of product development and business strategy experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

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RedX Pharma CEO focuses on pipeline that found Lilly’s rising star

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Back in 2017, the UK biotech RedX Pharma had to sell its prized asset after administrators stepped in to stave off a debt crisis, with Loxo Oncology snapping up the BTK inhibitor for $40 million.

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Hikma shares rally after US launch of Advair generic resumes

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Hikma had to start a whole new trial to answer the FDA’s questions following a rejection in 2017 and then had to put its launch on hold this year while the regulator reviewed a packaging update. The amendment was required because of enhanced packaging controls to meet new industry standards adopted since the filing.

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FDA Brings its Formal Meetings Guidance Up to Date: What You Need to Know About Type D, INTERACT, and “In-Person” Meetings Under PDUFA

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Tobolowsky — Much has changed since the long-gone days of 2017. While the Nats being replaced by the Orioles as the dominant home team did not get a mention in the new Draft Guidance, there were plenty of other interesting changes made to the old 2017 draft guidance. By James E. Valentine & Mark A.

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Trading Partners May Exhale: FDA Releases Guidance Exercising a Year-Long Period of Enforcement Discretion Related to DSCSA Enforcement of Certain Provisions

The FDA Law Blog

Drug manufacturers have had electronic systems in place since 2017. FDA will exercise enforcement discretion concerning the implementation of the electronic interoperable exchange of information between trading partners to the package level. Guidance at 4. So what is FDA going to do?

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Purdue to pay $8.3bn after admitting criminal charges in opioid case

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Purdue filed for bankruptcy last year, after it proposed a separate $10 to $12 billion settlement package to resolve those lawsuits. It admitted to bribing two doctors to write more prescriptions of OxyContin as well as other drugs between June 2009 and March 2017. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

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The impact of climate change on the pharma supply chain

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According to Pharmaphorum, when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, more than 500 medical product facilities – producing 10% of all drugs consumed in the US – were affected or damaged. While using high-capacity aircraft and minimal packaging reduces weight and increases capacity for vital products by using fewer flights.