Among the numerous logistical challenges to providing COVID-19 vaccines around the globe, temperature is receiving little attention. Relatively few logistics or healthcare organizations have freezers capable of cooling down to –80° C (–112° F). But vaccines using gene-based technology known as messenger RNA (mRNA) require such ultralow temperatures. Against that backdrop, Stirling Ultracold has announced…
How Pfizer accidentally leaked data on hundreds of patients
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), a COVID-19 vaccine candidate frontrunner, inadvertently leaked data on patients taking drugs to treat cancer, nerve pain, erectile dysfunction, menopause and other conditions. An improperly configured Google Cloud storage bucket caused the exposure of personally identifiable data from October 2018 to July 2020, according to VPNMentor researchers. Also included in the cloud were…
Amazon, Onica to support digital health for Teva’s Digihaler
Teva Respiratory (NYSE:TEVA) announced that it is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Onica to build and host its digital health platform. The Teva Pharmaceuticals affiliate’s digital health platform is a cloud-based backend data system designed to support its FDA-approved Digihaler portfolio of breath-actuated digital inhalers and its companion mobile app that tracks inhaler events…
Why pharma tech manufacturers should consider cloud AR tools
Dijam Panigrahi, Grid Raster A handful of industries have continued to expand during the COVID-19 pandemic. None are more prominent than the pharmaceutical technology industry. Although the pharma tech industry has faced supply chain challenges in 2020, it has outperformed the broader manufacturing sector. While the pandemic itself is bolstering interest in new pharmaceutical therapies,…
First and Only Digital Inhaler With Built-In Sensors Approved by FDA
Q&A on Scientist’s Bombshell Claim of Gene-Edited Babies
Designer babies might be here sooner than anyone reckoned. A Chinese researcher who says he created gene-edited babies crossed what most scientists consider a forbidden line. It’s not clear if the claim is true and if so, how the twin girls whose DNA reportedly was altered will fare as they grow. There is wide scientific agreement that…
Survey Shows Digital Manufacturing as a Top Priority for Life Sciences
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Making the Invisible Visible: Rapid Surface Testing for Corrosion Risks
A passive layer protects the surface of stainless steels against corrosion and ongoing dissolution of material. Corrosive damage on piping systems and tanks can occur when the passive layer on new pipes or tanks has not formed properly. TÜV SÜD Chemie Service participated in the assessment of KorroPad, a method for characterizing the passive layer…
