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There are only a few months left before the introduction of the European Falsified Medicines Directive (EU FMD). Once these regulations are in place, unique codes on pharmaceutical packaging should increase supply chain transparency and make the infiltration of counterfeit medicines more difficult.

Drug stability testing is one of the most important parts of the drug production process. These tests aim to determine the performance of a drug under different conditions, such as humidity, sunlight and temperature, and therefore help to decide safe expiry dates.

As the industry continues its preparations for the European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), Recipharm has reached another important milestone in its journey to serialisation compliance.

In general, the barriers faced by Recipharm will be the same across the pharma industry, the most difficult of which being financial.

Following the EMA’s most recent survey, which concerned pharmaceutical companies’ preparedness for Brexit, it became apparent that very little guidance had been given to businesses on how best to prepare for the change.

The introduction of more thorough quality control regulations is changing how companies test drug stability, with more and more turning to outsourcing for efficiency. Stability studies are among the most important in the drug production process, as they influence planning production and expiry dates.

In response to the UK’s decision to withdraw from the European Union, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will relocate from London, UK to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in less than six months’ time.

The 1st July marks six months until the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocates from London, UK to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in response to the UK’s decision to withdraw from the European Union.

The opioid addiction crisis in the US is a pressing problem in healthcare; one many believe may also affect Europe in years to come. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, from 1999 to 2016, over 200,000 deaths have occurred due to prescription opioid abuse in America.

As global demand for high quality pharmaceuticals increases, as does demand for contract providers that offer manufacturing that is ‘full service’.