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$10bn savings from follow-on biologics; CBO report

Implementation of an abbreviated approval pathway for follow-on biologics could result in savings of almost $10bn over a decade, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

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Synthesis of aromatic polyketides in E. coli solved

US researchers have for the first time synthesised an important class of drug compounds - the aromatic polyketides - in Escherichia coli, a bacteria widely used in microbial production.

Residents fume about waste drug processing plant

Residents in the Indiana town of Anderson, US are up in arms about Peat International’s plans to build a waste drug vaporizing plant.

Consortium formed to improve QbD software

Blue Reference has formed a Quality by Design Product Development Consortium (QbD PDC) to provide a forum for the improvement of its process analytics software.

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CMOs fall foul of FDA regulations from OutSourcingPharma

Two contract manufacturing organisations PrimaPharm have been cited by the US Food and Drug Administration for not adhering to Good Manufacturing Practice standards.

Recipharm firms up French position from OutSourcingPharma

Recipharm hopes that its new tablet and capsule manufacturing facility in Fontaine-Les-Dijon, France, which significantly expands its dry powder production capacity, will help it broaden its European client base.

Perceptive licenses EQ-5D for use in ePRO from OutSourcingPharma

Perceptive Informatics has gained the right to use EQ-5D, which will allow the company to offer clinical study sponsors the option to collect health-related quality of life outcomes using a telephone.

Pharma outsourcing: people on the move from OutSourcingPharma

Outsourcing-Pharma.com presents its periodic round-up of executive appointments in the contract services sector.

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