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As 2020 is draws to a close, our Chief Executive Officer Thomas Eldered looks back on Recipharm’s key milestones this year in an interview with Nordic Life Science News.

The plant ‘cannabis sativa’, better known as marijuana, has long been used for medical purposes. Around fifty years ago, researchers started to explore the versatility of marijuana following the discovery of ‘∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol’ (THC), the main psychoactive component of approximately 70 phytocannabinoids. 

Rafael W. Hartmann, Raphael Fahrner, Dr. Denys Shevshenko, Prof. Mårten Fyrknäs, Prof. Rolf Larsson, Dr. Fredrik Lehmann, Prof. Luke R. Odell

The auto-injector industry has grown substantially over the last 20 years and is continuing to develop at a rapid rate. This growth is driven by several factors, but particularly the increase in the number of parenteral treatments available for chronic diseases.

The European Union’s good manufacturing practice (GMP) guide for sterile products, known as Annex 1, has been subject to many changes since the first version was published in 1971.

Understanding the solution chemistry of the systems evolving from complex multidrug amorphous formulations continues to be a grand challenge in field of drug development of fixed dose combinations (FDCs). In this article, we contribute to advancing the knowledge of FDC formulations by rationalizing the solution behavior of drugs during dissolution and supersaturation.

Q1. Why is it even important for pharma to be a sustainable industry? Surely healthcare is so important to people, literally vitally so, that pharma gets a free pass when it comes to its environmental impact?

Analytical chemistry’s role in drug development is to provide assurance of the quality, safety, and efficacy of new medicines. The effectiveness with which these analytical requirements are carried out can also have a marked impact on the speed that a product is ready for market.

The most significant impact on the environment comes from commercial scale pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Many now realise the benefits that working with a contract provider with specialist expertise in analytical testing can offer in terms of accelerating timelines.