The Issues and Regulation of Pharmaceutical Waste Management

The EPA’s recent focus on pharmaceutical waste management has been influenced by increasing evidence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. An Associated Press series on pharmaceutical waste in May 2009, reported that EPA has found traces of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water of over 41 million Americans. There is cause for concern regarding the unknown human and ecological impacts of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the water we drink and the water that is crucial habitat for our flora and fauna.

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Effects Of X-Ray Inspection On Pharmaceutical Products

whitePaper | December 12, 2019

X-ray inspection of pharmaceutical products and over-the-counter (OTC) medications are steadily increasing in use as pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide strive to safeguard their brand reputations, protect consumers' welfare and comply with national and international regulations and legislation.

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Pharma 2020: Marketing the future. Which path will you take?

whitePaper | August 8, 2021

If Pharma is to create a new marketing and sales model that is fit for 2020, it will have to begin by analysing its own value chain to identify opportunities for working more closely with healthcare payers and providers. It will, for example, have to collaborate much more closely with payers (be they governments, health insurers, employers or patients) to ensure that it develops medicines which have real social and economic value.

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Adapting to Pharma’s Next Normal

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Let’s just say what we’re all thinking: 2020 was rough. It threw every element of our lives into disarray. We suddenly had to become experts at navigating a new way of working, schooling and socialising. It was disruptive and it was challenging, but it was also transformative

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A Vision for the Global Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Industry

whitePaper | May 22, 2021

One of the key roles of the generic and biosimilar medicines industry is specifically to promote the widest possible access to affordable medicines with high quality, safety, and efficacy for patients globally by introducing competition into the markets. Despite the many hurdles, the generic medicines companies have clearly lived up to the challenges posed by the pandemic as it is an industry that is quick to adapt and agile in manufacturing scale-up. During the outbreak of COVID-19, this industry was providing most of the medicines needed in Intensive Care Units to ventilate critically ill COVID patients. It is also providing most of the quality medicines dispensed around the world, especially for increasingly prevalent chronic diseases and is therefore a strong contributor to health outcomes globally.

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The Ultimate Guide to Digitizing Pharma Manufacturing

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

The sheer size of the pharmaceutical industry makes it important for all stakeholders to stay up to date with pharmaceutical industry trends.

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Addressing Viral Pandemics Such as COVID-19 Using the Carterra® LSA

whitePaper | January 21, 2023

Emerging Diseases Require New Tools Medicines to treat and prevent infectious diseases cover a broad range of modalities from dosed therapeutics to vaccines. Biotherapeutics require a detailed knowledge of binding sites, or epitopes, on their respective antigens.

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INC Research has merged with inVentiv Health to become the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization, creating better, smarter, faster ways to help clients navigate an increasingly complex marketplace. Our new business addresses today’s market realities through clinical and commercial sharing expertise, data and insights to meet the needs of global biopharmaceutical firms of all sizes.

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