Exclusive: Compounding giant Empower Pharmacy cuts hundreds of staff, stops New Jersey operations

Empower Pharmacy; compounding pharmacy; layoffs; job cuts; New Jersey operations; East Windsor facility; manufacturing shutdown; outsourcing facility; FDA inspection; Form 483; compounded GLP-1 drugs; workforce reduction

Nektar Digs Into Mid-Stage Data To Establish Alopecia Efficacy of Rezpeg

Nektar Therapeutics; rezpegaldesleukin; Rezpeg; REZOLVE-AA; Phase 2b; alopecia areata; hair loss; SALT score; mid-stage trial; efficacy signal; Eli Lilly; IL-2 pathway; autoimmune disease; Phase 3 planning

Strategic solutions for cost, time and quality challenges in drug development – recent developments

drug development; cost reduction; timeline acceleration; quality management; integrated CDMO/CRO models; AI in pharma; CMC optimization; clinical development efficiency; supply chain risk; biotech strategy

UniQure restates FDA’s negative feedback on Huntington’s trial; Neurimmune expands AstraZeneca alliance

UniQure; AMT-130; FDA feedback; external control group; gene therapy; Neurimmune; AstraZeneca; neurodegeneration; antibody collaboration; licensing deal; biopharmaceutical partnerships

Japan Approves Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody UPLIZNA for Suppression of Relapse in Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD)

UPLIZNA; Inebilizumab; Anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody; IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD); Immunoglobulin G4; Japan approval; Relapse suppression; MITIGATE trial; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Schott Pharma Invests Over €100M in New Sterile Cartridge Facility at Hungary Site

Schott Pharma; Hungary; sterile cartridge facility; €100 million investment; RTU cartridges; pharma packaging; manufacturing expansion; Lukácsháza; GLP-1 drugs; diabetes; automation; environmental impact