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Pharmacovigilance_ Why Are So Many Companies
Volume 12 Issue 3

Pharmacovigilance: Why Are So Many Companies Failing their Regulated Audits?

When EU legislation on pharmacovigilance came into force in July 2012, it established the clear legal requirement that marketing authorisation holders must perform audits of …

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Building Solid Foundations
Volume 12 Issue 3

Building Solid Foundations for Regulatory Data Automation

Automating regulatory processes delivers undeniable benefits, ranging from accelerating time to market to reducing error. But life sciences companies are widely grappling with the basic …

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Ensuring the Pharmaceutical Industry is Prepared
Volume 12 Issue 3

Ensuring the Pharmaceutical Industry is Prepared for a Future Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched healthcare suppliers, organisations, governments, and healthcare professionals to their very limits, locking down the world like never before. Healthcare industries, …

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The Patent Landscape Behind COVID-19 Vaccines
Volume 12 Issue 3

The Patent Landscape Behind COVID-19 Vaccines

The development of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 has become a fascinating story, especially for those with an interest in life sciences. In the development of …

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Agile and Flexible
Volume 12 Issue 3

Agile and Flexible – A Fitness Check for the Pandemic Era

The COVID-19 pandemic era is shaking up the pharma supply chain. Heavily regulated processes that used to take years are speeding up as existing drugs …

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Successful Marketing of Medicinal Cannabis_Part 2
Volume 12 Issue 3

Successful Marketing of Medicinal Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Products – Part II

In June, the first part of this article was published, describing differences in the legal background of some of the European Union countries, which need …

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Pre-filled Safety Syringes and the Self-administration
Volume 12 Issue 3

Pre-filled Safety Syringes and the Self-administration Trend: A Mutually Reinforcing Relationship

Under growing pressure resulting from staff shortages, overburdened funding, an ageing population and most recently a global pandemic, healthcare systems across the world are supporting …

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Optimising the HPAPI Value Chain to Achieve
Volume 12 Issue 3

Optimising the HPAPI Value Chain to Achieve Maximised Product Value

In the quest to find new and more effective treatments against severe diseases, researchers are increasingly moving towards active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with increased potency …

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The Role of Connected Inhalers in Improving
Volume 12 Issue 3

The Role of Connected Inhalers in Improving Usability and Adherence in Respiratory Disease

Recent data suggest that 339M people globally have asthma, resulting in 425,000 deaths annually, many of which would be preventable with access to medication and …

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Respiratory Drug Delivery – What has Happened and
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Respiratory Drug Delivery – What has Happened and What Might the Future Hold?

Recent decades have seen vast technological developments all over the world, particularly in respiratory drug development. Respiratory drug delivery has equally been defined by the …

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