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Analysis Chemical Thank You Regulatory roundup: EU active on PFAS as Q4 commences

Agency IQ

Codes starting with 3 are for facilities conducting activities covered by the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive (EU) 2010/75 (IED), and codes starting with 4 are for facilities with substances covered by the Seveso III Directive 2012/18/EU.

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Getting Inside the Mind of the Medicinal Chemist with Machine Learning

Practical Cheminformatics

Currently, the most widely used approach for evaluating drug-likeness is the QED method , published by Andrew Hopkins and coworkers at Pfizer in 2012. Marketed Drugs - 1935 marketed drugs taken from the ChEMBL database. In this case, I used the BMS filters from the rd_filters package. This requires a bit of explanation.

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Article EMA Thank You What we expect European regulators to do in June 2024

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Even small changes in the Parliament’s composition could have an impact on ongoing legislative discussions, such as the revisions to the pharma reform package. The current European Parliament and Commission have confirmed their position on the pharma package, but the European Council is still working on its negotiation position.

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Article Periodic Thank You France finds unclear disinfectant labeling to blame for chemical burns in children

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It appears the issue is largely the result of unclear labeling for biocidal disinfectants, an aspect French regulators may flag in future market authorization evaluations for these products. Market authorization for a biocidal disinfectant product can be applied for at the national or EU-wide level.

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The Evolution of Digital Patient Portals: Enhancing Healthcare Access and Engagement

Vial

In 2022, the global market value of patient portals within the clinical research and healthcare industries was estimated to be US $2.9 billion and is expected to climb at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.44% between 2023 and 2030.

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Article Periodic Thank You Swiss regulators align with EU on chemicals, biocides

Agency IQ

On the other hand, ChemRRV encompasses restrictions taken from REACH Annex XVII (the list of restrictions on the use, placing on the market, and manufacturing of substances), as well as REACH Annex XIV, the list of substances flagged for phase-out from the market, except when specific use authorizations are secured (i.e.,

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Is Recent Gene Therapy Setback for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Déjà vu All Over Again?

PLOS: DNA Science

In the final chapter of my 2012 book The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It , I predicted that the technology would soon expand well beyond the rare disease world. In addition to high cost and small markets, patient responses haven’t been predictable. I was overoptimistic.