As the industry raises the bar once again to protect human health and the environment against chemical substances, Ali S. Faqi discusses the implications of the REACH initiative for manufacturers of chemical substances.
Bringing together the worlds of the scientist, engineer, patient and payer will be increasingly important for future pharmaceutical success, argue Siemens’ Rebecca Vangenechten and Sivarama Nalluri. The linear rather than holistic relationship of R&D, manufacturing and patient hinders development and increases the time to market of new products. It also limits the ability of companies to make a reality of new opportunities for continuous manufacturing and prepare for a future of more personalised medicine.
In this article, Ali S. Faqi discusses the implications of the REACH initiative for manufacturers of chemical substances. Dr. Faqi, DVM, PhD, DABT is Director of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART) team and Senior Principal Study Director at MPI Research.
The global pharma industry is currently weathering a storm of unprecedented market conditions. Accenture research has found that over the past five years, patent protection has expired on products accounting for more than US$80 billion (€60 billion) in annual sales, and in spite of steadily rising R&D costs, pipelines have failed to deliver replacements.
In the ever-changing landscape that is pharmaceuticals, small truly is beautiful.