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Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #218. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . New Gene Therapy for SMA – ZOLGENSMA by Novartis FDA approved 59 NMEs (New Molecular Entities) in 2018 and 12 up to now in 2019. 2 , 3 . A review of these approvals sheds light on what is happening in the Drug Development Scene. Drug Development has changed in several ways in recent times. It is mostly going away from mainstream indications and towards specific ‘unmet needs’, rare diseases, orphan drugs, new classes such as Nibs (small molecule kinase inhibitors), Nabs (nanoparticle, Albumin based), Mibs (proteasome inhibitors), mAbs (monoclonal Antibodies based) and so on. The bot...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #217. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Dear Pharma Colleagues. This series of Blogs was a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. This series was spread over 30 parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Pharma Business – Concluding Comments When I started writing on this topic, it was not intended to be a series. I was going to write on one particular area of Pharma business, and I realized that one blog post will not be sufficient for the topic. I also understood that I was in a unique position to write about most areas of Pharma business, out of first-hand experience. So, this series was born and gre...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #215. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Logistics Logistics is among those fields which have undergone rapid changes and huge developments. The field is still evolving fast. Use of Technology and Artificial Intelligence has changed the very concept of how logistics were handled. Logistics, in real sense, covers the entire sequence of planning, implementing, keeping and supplying for an operation. However, logistics in Pharma most often re...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #214. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Pharma Business – OPERATIONS – WAREHOUSING Warehousing Warehouses are another area which is regulated under the GMP guidelines. It is always part of any ‘qualification inspection’. Warehousing is much more than just storing the goods. Warehousing has evolved over time to become a scientific subject in all respects. General Conditions Current regulations dictate that a qualified pharmacist must ru...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #213. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Pharma Business – OPERATIONS – MANUFACTURING Manufacturing II – Contractual Contract Manufacturing has gained popularity in the last decade or so. There are two variants. Toll Manufacturing Toll Manufacturing is a DRAP regulated variant of contract manufacturing. It is allowed only between two manufacturing companies. There is a laid down policy and procedure which is applied to toll manufacturing ...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #212. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Pharma Business – OPERATIONS – MANUFACTURING Manufacturing – Own and Contractual Manufacturing is a large function. Though it is part of supply chain, but it is not uncommon to see it being treated as a separate, stand-alone function. There are around 700 Pharma manufacturing units in Pakistan currently. There was a time when Pharma manufacturing was concentrated in Karachi...