Hydroxychloroquine's false hope: How an obscure drug became a coronavirus cure

Claims about hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have taken hold of the global consciousness. Online conversations, media articles and politicians’ statements quickly - and incorrectly - labeled it as a ‘cure’ for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Mithra

Mithra (Euronext: MITRA) is dedicated to providing innovation and choice in women’s health, with a particular focus on fertility, contraception and menopause. Mithra’s goal is to develop new and improved products that meet women’s needs for better safety and convenience. Its two lead development candidates a fifth generation oral contraceptive Estelle and next-generation hormone therapy Donesta - are built on Mithra’s unique natural estrogen platform, E4 (Estetrol). Mithra also develops, manufactures and markets complex therapeutics and offers partners a complete spectrum of research, development and specialist manufacturing at its CDMO centre (more info : www.mithracdmo.com).

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The Cardinal Health™ InteLogix™ Platform

video | September 6, 2023

Learn about the industry’s first pharmaceutical supply chain solution that is reducing the cost of care and ensuring access to critical medications for hospitals and health systems....

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Aeris: Benchtop XRD for pharmaceutical solid form analysis

video | August 28, 2023

Is solid form characterization critical in your line of work, but you lack expertise in X-ray diffraction (XRD)? Do you need an efficient tool to support you with lead optimization? Do you need an easy way to validate the stability of your solid form following processing?...

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Semi-automated testing of on-body delivery systems (OBDS)

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Line Optimizer - digital guided workflows for optimized pharma production operations

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Connectivity in general is becoming an ever more important consideration for production facilities as we endeavour to produce more with less and all the while trying to satisfy an increasing need for more information and communication to and from the production equipment itself....

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Mithra

Mithra (Euronext: MITRA) is dedicated to providing innovation and choice in women’s health, with a particular focus on fertility, contraception and menopause. Mithra’s goal is to develop new and improved products that meet women’s needs for better safety and convenience. Its two lead development candidates a fifth generation oral contraceptive Estelle and next-generation hormone therapy Donesta - are built on Mithra’s unique natural estrogen platform, E4 (Estetrol). Mithra also develops, manufactures and markets complex therapeutics and offers partners a complete spectrum of research, development and specialist manufacturing at its CDMO centre (more info : www.mithracdmo.com).

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