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Can holograms help in the frontline fight against pharmaceutical counterfeiting?

European Pharmaceutical Review

With predictions that the global market for anticounterfeiting packaging is set to reach almost $250 billion by 2026, growth in authentication and anti-tamper devices such as holograms appear to have a healthy future.” Several branded medicines are available that feature holograms on the packaging or in the blister pack.”

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FDA Publishes Its Draft Strategy Document on Innovative Manufacturing Technologies

The FDA Law Blog

Regarding CDER’s ETP, the current ETP guidance document, originally published in 2017, will be updated by the end of 2026, and will include details on communicating the type of products and stages of development for which a requestor can approach the ETP.

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Students Expand Healthcare and Quality Knowledge

PQA

Name: Tonisha Gaitor School: University of Georgia Major/Degree Program: PharmD/MBA Anticipated Year of Graduation: 2026 What drew you to PQA and our work to improve medication use safety, adherence, and appropriate use? The main thing I want to learn this summer with PQA is how communications can be used in relation to healthcare.

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Handling HPAPIs safely – what does it take?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Training and establishing a potent compound handling policy, gowning procedures, engineering control procedures, ways of communication in case of hazards, risk-based training on containment, weighing and transferring techniques, and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and respirators are the critical training areas. cited 2023Feb].

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Research digest: The need for a Pharmacist Clinician Model in a collaborative workforce

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Ahead of the UK’s 2026 regulatory changes, which will give all new pharmacist registrants full and independent prescribing rights, a new paper offers a critique of a Pharmacist Clinician Model, outlining the need for such a model and offering a systematic approach to its safe and effective development.

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Is the Listing of REMS Patents in the Orange Book Patently Anticompetitive?

The FDA Law Blog

patients are “first in the world” to receive innovative medical devices that are of “high-quality, safe, and effective” through “early, frequent, and strategic communications between the FDA and medical device sponsors.” Devices in the Safer Technologies Program (STeP) will be included in FY 2026. Food & Drug Admin.,

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Connected customer data: a golden opportunity for pharma marketers

pharmaphorum

billion by 2026, according to research by the Business Research Company. It creates a 360-degree view of the customer, enabling communications to be accurately targeted and unnecessary information suppressed. I believe huge opportunities await organisations that properly leverage their data.”. billion in 2021 to $9.23