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Quicker, More Accurate Diagnoses for Dangerous Diseases and Genetic Disorders

Standfirst:There is growing awareness of the valuable role that diagnostics can play, both in the early identification and treatment of dangerous or infectious diseases as well as genetic disorders. The early and accurate identification of one’s predisposition to cancer, sexually...

Dash to Serialization Implementation: The European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) Countdown for Indian Pharma Manufacturers

Compliance is a serious issue for India’s pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers; due to the complicated nature of the pharmaceutical supply chain. Serialization requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to invest in new technology and adapt their current processes and systems. Not only...

Looking Towards the Future: Worldwide Biosimilar Uptake and Pricing

What is a biosimilar? Whereas generic drugs are identical copycats of small-molecule chemical products, biosimilars are only similar to biologic products; innately more complex than chemical products, biologics are large-molecule, organic drugs, subject to natural variability and vulnerability due to...

Risking Addiction for Relief: Is There a Better Alternative to Opioids?

Every day, the United States loses 116 lives to the opioid epidemic.(1) Pharmacists are asking what can be done to combat the opioid epidemic and treat pain effectively. In the ever-changing healthcare environment, minimizing pain is a top priority, but...

Commercial Pharma: It’s reboot time

CRM, CLM, KAM, Big Data, customer focus, patient centricity… for the last 20 years,buzzwords and concepts have been raining down on the Pharmaceutical Industry, generating a flurry of projects, proof of concepts, pilots and even some successful implementations. Consultants were...

Quality Systems for Regenerative Medicine Delivery; Basic Quality Requirements for Distribution

The emergence of regenerative medicine as a viable therapy class has created an urgency  to review and improve upon the current quality systems distribution standards that are employed in support of these therapies. Industry efforts are already underway through both...

Streamlining the supply chain with aggregation

The introduction of serialization or track and trace legislation has been driven by global demand for increased patient safety, by shaping a more secure supply chain that puts patients front of mind for drug manufacturers and their partners. But while...

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