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FiercePharma | March 26, 2020

After nearly five years and significant investment, commercial production is again underway at a plant that was once the poster-child of pharma production quality failures. Following a January inspection, the FDA has given its nod of approval for Xellia Pharmaceuticals to start manufacturing at the sterile injectables plant in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Bedford. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based Xellia says it will use the greater capacity to scale up its approved pipeline of antiinfectives and t...

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Long Island University | March 23, 2022

Long Island University announced a new research and innovation partnership with Dassault Systèmes in life sciences. The partnership will focus on research with high societal impact to advance the fields of pharmaceutical sciences, precision medicine and health care in the digital age. Research includes precision medicine using "Virtual Twins," or exact digital models of human anatomy being developed by LIU and Dassault Systèmes; pandemic preparedness and th...

HealthITSecurity | January 20, 2020

Proofpoint is urging all organizations to take steps to shore up any vulnerabilities, after detecting a massive Emotet campaign targeting the pharmaceutical industry. The hacking group behind Emotet is known as TA542. Emotet is a modular botnet able to download and install a wide range of malware. It's also known to steal data and send malicious emails from victims. Proofpoint notes that it can easily spread across networks, leveraging infected devices to launch additional attacks. The notor...

Improved Pharma | September 15, 2020

Improved Pharma has expanded their offerings by acquiring S. I. Photonics’ top-of-the-line spectrophotometer, model 440. This model has a high sensitivity, low noise CCD detector that enables the collection of a full spectrum within a second. The power of this instrument is enhanced by the number of accessories and dip probes that permit easy sampling of a variety of materials. The dip probes can be used to monitor reactions in real-time and are especially useful for obtaining quick data d...