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2021: the year mRNA therapeutics came of age

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It started with two Covid-19 vaccines2021 is the year interest in mRNA therapeutics boomed, reports Katrina Megget. The Covid-19 pandemic showed what could be done with resources and collaboration to accelerate the development of vaccines. There are multiple other mRNA vaccines that are being developed.

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Bomb scare sparks evacuation of plant making AZ COVID-19 vaccine

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A plant in Wales manufacturing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was evacuated on the advice of the authorities today after it was sent a suspicious package. Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package. Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package.

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IMA: the all-in-one solutions provider for complete vaccines lines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Even with extremely rapid vaccine development, limitations in production capabilities can have real-life implications. To cope with the growing demand for production flexibility and agility, IMA Group is structured according to highly specialised pharmaceutical divisions that concentrate on specific processing and packaging areas.

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Sanofi to sell Japanese manufacturing plant

European Pharmaceutical Review

Historically, the 50-year-old site produced oral solids, sterile liquids, packaged products and offered retesting services to the Japanese and Asian markets. Sanofi states its work currently focuses on the research and development of vaccines, therapies for immunological, oncological and neurological disorders and medicines for rare diseases.

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Cold Chain Packaging – Current Scenario and Future Potential

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Further, the cold chain storage process involves the cold chain storage, cold chain transportation, and monitoring temperature controlled packaging products. Therefore, the pharmaceutical, biotech, food and chemical industries usually rely on cold chain packaging for the transportation of their products.

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Ocugen gets a black eye as FDA denies emergency OK for COVID jab

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Ocugen is the first company to be affected by the FDA’s recent decision to raise the bar on emergency use authorisations for COVID-19 medicines, and will have to file for full approval of its vaccine candidate. — FDA Biologics (@FDACBER) May 25, 2021. That includes the more transmissible B.1.617.2

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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

Additionally, this can be caused by “poor handling, repackaging, and nonadherence to good manufacturing practices [GMP] during dispensing and packaging have resulted in the microbiological contamination of non-sterile pharmaceutical products.” One case of drug contamination from 2021 was highlighted in the paper. Ahmed et al.