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Vaccine equity: how the pandemic demonstrated global health inequality

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With the rapid onset of the pandemic, the race to develop a viable vaccine quickly became a race to secure access to the developed vaccines. In this article, Ben Hargreaves examines how wealth determined the winners and what is now underway to help lower-income countries gain access to the available vaccines.

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The critical role of the generics sector during the pandemic

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“Now more than ever, it is our responsibility as a sector to ensure affordable access to healthcare and enable the future longevity of medicine development and supply.”. The generics medicines sector can, too, play a substantial part in discovering new areas for licensed products to be used in. Delivery of essential medicines.

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Takeda dengue vaccine receives positive CHMP opinion

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion of Takeda GmbH’s live, attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine, Qdenga ( TAK-003 ). Medicines submitted under EU-M4all are assessed by the CHMP in collaboration with the WHO and target countries.

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Novartis looking into future of its Sandoz’ generics business

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Novartis revealed today that it may consider divesting its generic medicines subsidiary Sandoz – amongst other options – which would further narrow its focus to innovative medicines.

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US frets over pharma supply chain security

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The pharmaceutical industry is no different, with India and China becoming two of the leading manufacturers and exporters of generic medicine, as well as medical supplies, antibiotics and ingredients required to manufacture treatments.

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Generics propelling pharmaceutical parenteral packaging market

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Main drivers for the market were reported to be rising popularity of generics together with blockbuster and other small-molecule drugs going off-patent globally. Overall, increasing demand for generic medicines will be a significant factor for growth.

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Can technology help diversify clinical trials?

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As we saw during the incredible response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the industry demonstrated resilience and was able to rise to the challenge of an existential threat facing humanity and overcome incredible difficulties to develop and deploy lifesaving vaccines.