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Emerging Technologies in Automation Machinery for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharmaceutical industry has long been a forerunner on the use of technology where it has proved vital in increasing efficiency quality and safety Automation machinery has become more important over the years due to its ability to efficiently handle manufacturing packaging and distribution challenges Advanced technology is improving automation machinery as an integration tool in the pharmaceutical...

How Pharma 4.0 Is Revolutionizing Drug Manufacturing

The pharmaceutical industry in the world is experiencing a digital transformation rejuvenated by the advent of Pharma an industry phenomenon that is based on Industry Due to the readjustment of the manufacturing industry to Industry the automation data interchange and intelligent ecosystem the pharmaceutical ecosystem is similarly being reorganized with Pharma technologies Research and develo...

Advancing Pharmacovigilance Talent for AI: Overcoming Skills and Resource Barriers

In the transforming field of pharmacovigilance PV artificial intelligence AI is reshaping how drug safety is monitored and managed As PV evolves from manual reactive workflows to sophisticated AIaugmented systems the imperative for comprehensive workforce upskilling grows stronger Organisations and professionals must adapt to new technical demands regulatory requirements and ethical challenges to...

Acquisitions of Small-Medium Pharma Companies in EU

In EU the middleclass in Pharma is disappearing companies with revenues by M with a small factory and operations limited to some few countries

Role of QSAR in filling in the gaps of CoVID-19 Therapeutics

Since initial reports from Wuhan China in December and the subsequent declaration of a global pandemic by the WHO in March CoVID has precipitated the greatest health crisis in modern history While exposing fundamental weaknesses in healthcare systems across the globe this tragedy has also been an opportunity for scientists and researchers in different fields to collaborate and produce solutions...

Cybersecurity in Pharma: The Threat No One Budgeted For

There is a particular kind of risk that organisations are bad at pricing the one that has never happened to them Pharmaceutical companies have spent a generation building sophisticated defences against the risks they know intimatelycontamination adulteration deviation recall Quality systems are mature inspectionready and deeply funded Cyber risk has never enjoyed that status It sat in the IT budge...

Techno Trends

University of Queensland Researchers Unlock New Drug Target for Neurodegenerative Disease Therapies

University of Queensland UQ researchers have developed a novel drug molecule that targets the hardtostudy immune receptor CaR opening new possibilities for treatments targeting neurodegenerative diseases such as Motor Neurone Disease MND

Projects

Evonik Announces US$100 Million Modernization of U.S. Drug Substance CDMO Facility

Evonik has announced a US million investment to modernize its Tippecanoe Labs manufacturing site in Lafayette Indiana over the next five years The investment is aimed at strengthening the companys US drug substance

Research Insights

A genomic-led strategy to anticipate drug safety effects

Safetyrelated issues account for approximately of failures in new drug discovery programs On top of that many are discovered during postmarketing surveillance

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Placing the Right Bets: Defining Tailored Investment Strategies for Pharma Launch

Pharmaceutical launches have become significantly harder to execute successfully As IQVIAs new white paper highlights median six month cumulative sales for innovative launches have declined by compared with pre levels reflecting shrinking market opportunities