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Life sciences hub at Canary Wharf sees rapid growth

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AviadoBio joins a host of life sciences and healthcare organisations already based at Canary Wharf, including government-owned genomic health pioneer, Genomics England, Barts Health NHS Trust, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Medical Defence Union, the General Pharmaceutical Council and NHS Transformation.

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What’s on the horizon for UK drug discovery?

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Now, the UK government has announced that the country will be participating as a fully associate member of Horizon Europe , until the programme ends in 2027.

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Medicinal cannabis: Why more clinical trials and better access is needed

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Michael Sassano , CEO at SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals looks at what’s needed throughout Europe to help increase access to medicinal cannabis and the current state of pharmaceutical research in this area. However, the potential use of cannabis in a pharmaceutical setting is vast. The GW Pharmaceuticals purchase by Jazz for $6.7

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 1: Cannabis  

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Michael Sassano, CEO at SOMAÍ Pharmaceuticals, shared with DDW that it is estimated that there will be 340,000 medicinal cannabis users in Europe in 2022 alone, and the overall market is estimated to grow over 500% over the next three years – with the market value in Germany alone poised to hit over €7 billion by 2027 5.

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How Many Clinical Trials Are Run by CROs?

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Contract research organizations (CROs) are an integral partner of the drug development process, as they play a pivotal role supporting clinical trial conduct for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sponsor companies. A rise of clinical trial outsourcing due to cost management, globalization, and digitalization.

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Article EMA Thank You What we expect European regulators to do in August and September 2024

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Positive August 2024 Eurneffy (epinephrine) Ars Pharmaceuticals Irl Limited Positive August 2024 MResvia (Respiratory Syncytial Virus mRNA vaccine) Moderna Biotech Spain S.L. Positive August 2024 Balversa (erdafitinib) Janssen-Cilag International N.V.

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

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France In January, the French ecology ministry published a PFAS action plan enumerating six objectives for regulating forever chemicals more comprehensively by 2027. In other words, the European pharmaceuticals industry could find itself directly affected rather than indirectly impacted through the supply chain.