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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FTC suit over Amgen spotlights ‘bundling’ deals with insurers; FDA staff says Pfizer RSV vaccine is effective

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Simply put, this occurs when a drug company combines two or more medicines in a package deal for health plans and pharmacy benefit managers, which determine lists of medicines that are covered by insurance. The FDA is slated to make a decision on whether to clear the shot in August. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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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 1.351) variant.

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USP General Chapter —Glass revised

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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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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Italy probes Pfizer over profit transfers; FDA postpones meeting for OTC birth control pill

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This calls for celebration with a cup of stimulation, and we are opening a new package of Pumpkin Spice for the occasion. However, this is also shaping up as a beautiful day as well, given the clear and sunny skies — and delicious breezes — enveloping the Pharmalot campus this morning. Autumn, after all, is in full swing.

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European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 4 2024

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Preparing for the impact of EU GMP Annex 1 on primary packaging Niamh Bissett and Dr Ana Kuschel West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Login or create an account to download your copy of our Issue now!

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FDA committee recommends AstraZeneca and Sanofi’s RSV prophylactic nirsevimab

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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee (AdCom) has voted unanimously in favour of AstraZeneca’s and Sanofi’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) prophylactic nirsevimab for use in newborns and infants entering their first RSV season.

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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

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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.” Ahmed et al. Ahmed et al. One case of drug contamination from 2021 was highlighted in the paper.