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Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0000 A new international coalition has been launched by a range of pharmaceutical companies and organisations, aimed at transforming respiratory healthcare after the pandemic. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/coalition-launches-to-improve-respiratory-healthcare-post-co/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/coalition-launches-to-improve-respiratory-healthcare-post-co/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0000 Respiratory.png The risk of heart inflammation after receiving an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine is very rare and mild in the vast majority of patients, according to the UK’s independent Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU). https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/risk-of-heart-inflammation-after-mrna-covid-19-vaccine-very-/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/risk-of-heart-inflammation-after-mrna-covid-19-vaccine-very-/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:04:27 -0000 Covid-19 Biotechnology company Novavax has joined the University of Oxford in a clinical trial assessing how combined regimes of Covid-19 vaccines work in adolescents. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/novavax-joins-university-of-oxford-study-to-assess-covid-19-/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/novavax-joins-university-of-oxford-study-to-assess-covid-19-/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:45:00 -0000 Covid-19 A former Lighthouse Lab at the Charnwood Campus was officially opened by Jane Hunt MP last Friday (10 September) having been acquired by the global whole genome sequencing company, Dante Labs. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/dante-labs-acquires-former-lighthouse-lab/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/dante-labs-acquires-former-lighthouse-lab/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:40:00 -0000 DanteLabsCharnwoodCampusGrandOpening(2).jpeg The International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) is calling on the UK government to ensure it learns the lessons of its Covid-19 vaccination programme ahead of the upcoming flu season. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/ilc-calls-on-uk-government-to-learn-lessons-from-covid-vacci/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/ilc-calls-on-uk-government-to-learn-lessons-from-covid-vacci/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:09:26 -0000 flu shot.png Pharmatech company Exscientia is collaborating with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on a four-year project to develop small molecule therapeutics that tackle the current coronavirus pandemic. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/exscientia-and-gates-foundation-extend-collaboration-to-fight-covid/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/exscientia-and-gates-foundation-extend-collaboration-to-fight-covid/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:30:00 -0000 Covid-19 Globe The UK will receive an additional 35 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a new deal arranged by the government’s Vaccine Taskforce. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-orders-35-million-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccines/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-orders-35-million-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccines/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0000 Covid-19 Pfizer has had its Covid-19 vaccine officially approved by the FDA, making it the first of its kind to gain full regulatory approval by the organisation. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-first-to-be-given-full-fda-/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-first-to-be-given-full-fda-/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000 fda.png Researchers from Lancaster University say they have moved forward towards developing a Covid-19 vaccine which can be taken through the nose. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/researchers-move-closer-to-developing-nasal-spray-covid-vaccine/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/researchers-move-closer-to-developing-nasal-spray-covid-vaccine/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:50:00 -0000 Nasal spray.png Packaging provider Peli BioThermal has received a UK Business Hero Award for its work during the Coronavirus pandemic. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/peli-biothermal-receives-uk-award-for-work-during-pandemic/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/peli-biothermal-receives-uk-award-for-work-during-pandemic/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:25:34 -0000 Peli-biothermal-award.gif Pharmaceutical company Infex Therapeutics has partnered with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) to help develop its pandemic resilience strategy. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/infex-therapeutics-partners-with-cancer-research-uk-to-stren/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/infex-therapeutics-partners-with-cancer-research-uk-to-stren/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:05:00 -0000 partnership (3).png Dante Labs has taken on a former Lighthouse Lab at the Charnwood Campus in Loughborough. The Charnwood lab will be operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will deliver Covid-19 RT-PCR testing and clinical whole genome sequencing at scale. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/dante-labs-to-deliver-covid-19-testing-and-genome-sequencing/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/dante-labs-to-deliver-covid-19-testing-and-genome-sequencing/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:16:55 -0000 Covid Pharmaceutical technology company Exscientia has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate a Covid-19 therapy developed using artificial intelligence (AI). https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/exscientia/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/exscientia/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:58:06 -0000 AI (1).png Ian Bolland is joined by Carolyn Crandall from Attivo Networks to discuss where companies operating in the healthcare and medical device space are most vulnerable, and what they need to do to guard against cyber threats. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/the-medtalk-podcast-cyberthreats-and-covid/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/the-medtalk-podcast-cyberthreats-and-covid/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:50:02 -0000 Cyberattack.png The Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) will recruit 3,000 people across England and Wales to study the effects of all Covid-19 vaccines. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/study-assessing-covid-19-vaccine-side-effects-to-launch-in-u/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/study-assessing-covid-19-vaccine-side-effects-to-launch-in-u/ Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:15:00 -0000 covid questionnaire.png SME Newcells Biotech and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have developed an experimental model that replicates the impact of respiratory infections on the lungs and upper airways. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/sme-and-academic-partnership-develops/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/sme-and-academic-partnership-develops/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:00:00 -0000 Lungs.png The first Covid mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub is being set up in Africa by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners within Covax. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/who-to-establish-covid-mrna-vaccine-hub-in-south-africa/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/who-to-establish-covid-mrna-vaccine-hub-in-south-africa/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:20:00 -0000 Covid-19 Reece Armstrong The UK is to donate 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world within the next year, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-to-donate-100m-covid-19-doses-around-the-world/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-to-donate-100m-covid-19-doses-around-the-world/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:58:35 -0000 Covid-19 vaccine Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim and biotech Lifebit have announced a long-term partnership working on detecting and reporting global disease outbreaks. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/lifebit-and/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/lifebit-and/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:20:00 -0000 Disease outbreaks.png Janssen’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for use in the UK. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/mhra-approves-janssen-s-single-dose-covid-19-vaccine/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/mhra-approves-janssen-s-single-dose-covid-19-vaccine/ Fri, 28 May 2021 13:30:00 -0000 Covid-19 (2).png World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has commended the US government for supporting the waiver for intellectual property (IP) protections for Covid-19 vaccines. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/who-commends-us-for-support-waiver/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/who-commends-us-for-support-waiver/ Wed, 12 May 2021 08:11:44 -0000 Covid US Protestors will gather today (11 May) outside of AstraZeneca’s headquarters and company sites, as well as Oxford University, to demand that the company openly license its Covid-19 vaccine. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/protestors-gather-outside-of-astrazeneca-hq-in-demand-for-pe/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/protestors-gather-outside-of-astrazeneca-hq-in-demand-for-pe/ Tue, 11 May 2021 09:30:00 -0000 AZ AD GJN UK prime minister Boris Johnson is being called on by a group of cross-party MPs to publish any and all of his exchanges with pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyists. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/johnson-called-on-to-reveal-any-exchanges-with-pharma-lobbyi/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/johnson-called-on-to-reveal-any-exchanges-with-pharma-lobbyi/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:38:03 -0000 PM Boris Johnson An Antivirals Taskforce has been launched by the UK government in a new effort to develop treatments to fight Covid-19. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-government-announces-antivirals-taskforce-to-red/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/uk-government-announces-antivirals-taskforce-to-red/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:31:09 -0000 Covid-19 Over 170 former heads of state and government and Nobel laureates are calling on president Biden to waiver intellectual property (IP) rules for Covid-19 vaccines and to push for a people’ vaccine to help end the pandemic. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/president-biden-called-on-to-waive-ip-rules-for-covid-19-vac/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/president-biden-called-on-to-waive-ip-rules-for-covid-19-vac/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:15:26 -0000 Covid-19 A new survey into the sustainability of the life sciences industry has found that the Covid pandemic has acted as a springboard to reassess how the sector operates and helped make leaps towards mass digital transformation. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/covid-19-has-helped-life-sciences/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/covid-19-has-helped-life-sciences/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:40:00 -0000 Digital transformation The FDA and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine after the reporting of six rare blood clots. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/j-j-covid-19-vaccine-put-on-pause-in-us-after-rare-blood-clo/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/j-j-covid-19-vaccine-put-on-pause-in-us-after-rare-blood-clo/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:01:51 -0000 Covid US An agreement in principle has been signed between Novavax, GSK and the UK Government Vaccines Taskforce for the manufacture of up to 60 million doses of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for use in the UK. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/gsk-to/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/gsk-to/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:07:54 -0000 Covid-19 People with a higher risk of blood clots should only be offered the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine if the benefits of protection from Covid-19 outweigh any potential risks. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/mhra-updates-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-guidance-following/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/mhra-updates-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-guidance-following/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0000 Covid-19 vaccine Epidemiologists from across 28 countries believe we may have less than a year before the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates to the extent that first-generation vaccines are rendered ineffective or new vaccines are needed. https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/new-covid-19-vaccines-could-be-needed-in-less-than-a-year-ep/ https://www.epmmagazine.com/pharma-manufacturing-news/covid-19-pharma-news/new-covid-19-vaccines-could-be-needed-in-less-than-a-year-ep/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:30:00 -0000 Epidemiology