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First Digital Pill Tracks Patients Medication
<p xss=removed>Abilify MyCite, the first digital pill, with a sensor digitally tracks if patients have taken their medication. Abilify MyCite also gets an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p> <p xss=removed>This first digital pill is fitted with a digital ingestion tracking system and has an ingestible sensor embedded in the pill that records that the medication was taken.</p> <p xss=removed>The Abilify MyCite featur...
First-of-its Kind Gene Therapy Could Treat Inherited Blindness
<p xss=removed>A new gene therapy might be able to recover vision lost in inherited retinal disease patients.</p> <p xss=removed>This treatment could pave the way for treating inherited retinal diseases and more common loss of vision due to age degeneration (Unsplash/Vanessa Bumbeers).</p> <p xss=removed>Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) patients were capable to see well enough to navigate a maze created for trials, after receiving an invest...
Merck Announces First-of-its Kind Filters for CHO & Downstream Filtration Applications
<p>Merck announced Millistak+® HC Pro, the first of its kind high capacity, fully synthetic depth filters for non-treated Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) harvest clarification and downstream filtration applications.</p> <p>Millistak+® HC Pro filter media provides a cleaner and more consistent depth filtration process compared with traditional diatomaceous earth (DE) and cellulose-based filtration processes.</p> <p>The Millistak+® HC Pro portfol...
Pfizer Launches First-of-its Kind Innovative Technologies for Hemophilia Patients
Pfizer recently introduced two innovative solutions for individuals with hemophilia in the US: Hemocraft™, a modified version of the popular game Minecraft®, and the HemMobile® Striiv® Wearable wristband....
Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Adcetris for Frontline Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma
The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to ADCETRIS (Brentuximab Vedotin) in combination with chemotherapy as a frontline treatment for advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma...
Sanofi and Regeneron’s Cemiplimab Receives FDA "Breakthrough Designation"
Sanofi and Regeneron jointly announced that Cemiplimab (REGN2810), an investigational human monoclonal antibody targeting PD-1, has been awarded FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation...
New Drug Development Workflow Designed for Extrusion-Based Drug Implant Production
<p>The Thermo Scientific Pharma mini implant line, first end-to-end solution, is an automated, integrated system designed for continuous production of drug implants.</p> <p>Drug formulation scientists can use the first commercially available, fully integrated solution for polymer-based drug implant development and production using Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) to meet growing demand for innovative drug delivery systems in the pharmaceutical industr...
Potential Breakthrough Therapy for Cancer based on Pepscan’s CLIPS Technology
Pepscan, a company specializing in CLIPS technology, recently announced a significant breakthrough in their drug development program. The UK-based Bicycle Therapeutics team utilized Pepscan's CLIPS technology to identify a bicyclic...
World’s First Cell and Gene Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis Gets Approval
Invossa is a pioneering cell-mediated gene therapy specifically designed to address moderate knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren and Lawrence grade 3) by promoting cartilage regeneration....
New Method for Residual Solvent Characterization by GC-VUV
<p>A new method has been announced by VUV Analytics, for residual solvent testing in pharmaceutical products and excipients that significantly reduces analysis time while improving testing throughput.</p> <p>It allows the combination of various sample types into a single test. The gas chromatography – Vacuum Ultraviolet (GC-VUV) spectroscopy method reduces the GC separation time recommended by the Unites States Pharmacopeia (USP) Method 467 of...
