Regulatory Update

Accreditation organizations’ systems to show online pharmacy legitimacy
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Regulating Online Pharmacies & Medicinal Product E-Commerce
The internet has led to an increase in e-commerce of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicinal products; one in four adults has purchased medicines online.Orizio, G., A. Merla, P. J. Schulz, and U. Gelatti. “Quality of Online Pharmacies and Websites Selling Prescription Drugs: A Systematic...
Cell and Gene Therapies and Their GMP Requirements
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Cell and Gene Therapies & Their GMP Requirements
Cell and gene therapies are the latest revolution in medicine manufacturing. Unlike small molecules or traditional biotech products, these therapies introduce cells and genes into a patient to treat the underlying cause of a disease—they are living medicines.
Patient-Centric Specification: Regulatory and Industry Progress
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Patient-Centric Specification: Regulatory & Pharma Industry Progress
On 5 June 2018, a plenary session entitled ”Patient-Centric Specification” (PCS) was held at the 2018 ISPE Quality Manufacturing Conference in Arlington, Virginia. More than 160 professionals from worldwide innovator and generic pharmaceutical companies, academia, and regulatory agencies attended....
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Manufacturing & Control Challenges for Accelerated Development
Enhanced and accelerated regulatory pathways for “Breakthrough Therapies (United States) and “PRIME” medicines (European Union) have been introduced to provide faster access to exciting new therapies developed to treat unmet medical needs.1,2 Jokura et...