EDQM Releases Document on Recombinant Viral Vectored Vaccines for COVID-19

The agency has recommended conditional marketing authorization for Zemcelpro (dorocubicel/unexpanded umbilical cord cells) to treat adults with hematological malignancies (blood cell cancers).

Some of the companies that received American samples, FDA said, are partially owned or controlled by the Communist Party in China.

The company’s successful completion of facility and equipment qualifications gives it another biologics manufacturing option alongside its United States campus in Morgan Hill, Calif.

The dismissal of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has far-reaching impacts for the industry and beyond.

This paper highlights considerations based on risk that ensure ongoing success as well as improvement when applying cleaning and decontamination principles for biopharmaceutical cleanroom surfaces.

Bringing in external expertise may be necessary when internal knowledge is lacking, but it is critical that any contract employee or consultant is comprehensively assessed to ensure the right person is employed.