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The Falsified Medicines Directive – are you ready?

The Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU, which is due for adoption in February 2019, will require pharmaceuticalcompanies to apply serialisation codes to every applicable pack (OTC and some minor exemptions). As a consequence, artwork changes will be required, which all too...

Full service: The expertise and efficiency of a one – stop shop

When it comes to the manufacturing of drugs, particularly highly sensitive biologics, a high-level of expertise is required. Typically, small and medium-sized pharma and biotech companies lack the knowledge and know-how necessary to cover all the processes independently prior...

Stem Cell and Regenerative Therapies for Hearing Loss

The year 2018 marks a notable milestone in the history of stem cell and regenerative medicine. It was twenty years ago, in 1998, that James Thompson and John Gearhart published methods for the creation of the first human embryonic...

A collaborative approach to innovation in Pharma

“IGNITE is a creative environment that fosters innovative thinking and encourages new ideas and enables users to have their voice heard in overcoming challenges that are faced to find new ways to better deliver quality data, speed up clinical...

The use of gamma sterilized, pre-filled syringe plungers for Ready-to-Use primary packaging components

Historically, injectable drugs havemostly been packaged aseptically, with pharmaceutical laboratoriescarrying out the sterilization of the primary packaging components internally. The conventional solution is for pharmaceutical laboratories to sterilize components before use, generally using steam.Yet, the alternative solution is to use...

High quality ophthalmic consumables at affordable prices to developing countries: An Aurolabs Case Study

Aurolab, the manufacturing division of Aravind Eye Hospital, at Madurai, Tamil Nadu that supplies high quality ophthalmic consumables at affordable prices to developing countries. Though its primary focus is on ophthalmic industry, Aurolab is also diversifying into related health care...

Natural History of Diabetes

This editorial is a response to many and many requests to submit a paper on diabetes although I never treated diabetes except for a few subjects. I treated many reversible pathological conditions by teaching a meal pattern prompted by demand...

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