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USP General Chapter —Glass revised

European Pharmaceutical Review

In response to supply chain challenges, including shortages of critical glass vials for products like COVID-19 vaccines and parenteral drugs, the Packaging and Distribution Expert Committee (PD EC) has made a significant revision of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <660>—Glass.

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Sanofi to sell Japanese manufacturing plant

European Pharmaceutical Review

Sanofi has signed definitive agreements with Adragos Pharmaceutical, a German contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), for the sale of its pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Kawagoe, Japan. The French pharmaceutical company will also enter into a long-term supply agreement with the CDMO.

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2022 ISPE Annual Meeting: Transform, Collaborate, & Innovate for the Path Forward

ISPE

He shared Pfizer’s approach to reinventing to be able to develop medicines and vaccines faster, an approach that is helping pave the way to future development. Pfizer “cleared runway to allow for large-scale vaccine manufacturing before we had a product!” while clinical trials were still underway, he said.

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Innovation across the healthcare system is needed to realise the value of medicines

pharmaphorum

Medicines and vaccines are among the most powerful interventions that can help improve quality of life for people across the world. The answer to this question comes back to our definition of value. And it all fuels the debate: are medicines a cost or an investment?

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4 Easy Strategies to Increase Clinical Revenue for Independent Pharmacies

DiversifyRx

My definition of clinical revenue has two components: It is revenue that does not flow through a PBM. There are many examples of clinical revenue, such as MTMs, annual wellness visits, LTC consulting, food sensitivity testing, travel vaccines, and more. How is clinical revenue or service-based revenue defined?

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CMS Final Medicaid Drug Rebate Rule Details New Misclassification Penalties and Numerous Other Changes

The FDA Law Blog

Another rejected proposal was a definition of “vaccine” (vaccines are exempt from Medicaid rebates), which would have limited this term to a product that is administered prophylactically – i.e., to prevent rather than treat a disease. that is not supported by the statute and applicable regulations.” 1396r-8(k)(3).

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How Amazon could Disrupt Pharmacy Services

The Digital Apothecary

Personally, I haven't seen this much attention in awhile about pharmacy since PillPack made strip-packaging of medications mainstream three-years ago, and am quite eager to see if this is really going to change the current paradigm of pharmacy services. Each has pros and cons of services. after seeing a doctor visit.