Blog Posts.

Dr Jones was delighted to meet with Dr Sheuli Porkess, Director of Actaros Consultancy and President of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine to talk about some hot topics in our industry! Read on to hear their insights on AI and the challenges of encouraging diversity in our industry…

Hereditary Cancer Awareness Week raises awareness of inherited cancer risks such as BRCA and Lynch syndrome. Learn how family history, genetic testing, and new research in population screening and polygenic risk scores are shaping the future of cancer prevention.

This year’s World Patient Safety Day highlights “Patient safety from the start: safe care for every newborn and child”. We support safer outcomes for children and vulnerable patients through rigorous data review, pregnancy precautions, and paediatric safety expertise. Read more.

Mitochondria are often called the “powerhouses” of our cells, but when their DNA carries variants, families can face difficult and lifelong health challenges. We are marking World Mitochondrial Disease Week with this educational blog – read on to learn more.

AI in biosciences has been a developing topic for discussion at many recent conferences, so it was time it got its own! Read on to learn more about the BioAI conference…

Schizophrenia is a commonly misunderstood mental health condition which 1 in 300 people have worldwide. It is important to spread awareness this National Schizophrenia Awareness Day so those who need support can access it. Read on to find out more.

Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder caused by a deficiency in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading to a harmful buildup of fat in cells. This causes symptoms like enlarged organs, bone pain, and, in some cases, neurological impairment. Current treatments offer relief but come with limitations such as inconvenient infusions, side effects, and the inability to address neurological symptoms. Read on to discover the promising new developments bringing hope for this rare disease…

The MHRA launched the Patient Involvement Strategy 2021-2025. Now, in the final year of the strategy, what has been done for Patient Involvement, and what do the MHRA plan to do next? Read on to learn…

The EMA is transitioning all of the communications during the Marketing Authorisation process to its IRIS platform, read on to learn more about what this might mean for you.

In recent years, patient-centricity and patient-focus have been mentioned frequently in discussions about the future of the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmora have written a series of blogs to dissect and discuss this trend, read on to learn more…

Reflecting on the current landscape of oncological drug development, Pharmora would like to take this opportunity to raise awarenesses of rare cancers that need more attention. In this blog, we put a spotlight on Sarcoma, where we summarise what sarcoma cancer is, what is in development in the changing treatment landscape, and what could be done in the future.

Gastric (stomach) and Oesophageal cancer are among the least survivable cancers. Read on to learn about the differences in symptoms and in causes for these two cancers, and find out more about ongoing studies in this area…

Celebrating the awareness week for Less Survivable Cancers, Pharmora is contributing to this campaign through a series of blogs. Liver cancer is classed as a ‘less survivable cancer’, but what is the past and the current landscape of treatment for this disease? Read on to find out…

Urgent reminder of the Windsor Framework: the deadline is approaching! This is especially important for all medicines manufacturers with a current PLNI and PLGB licence. They need to urgently to cancel their PLNI to be automatically converted to a UK licence. Read on to find out more…

Pharmora can help bring more medicines to the patients who benefit from them, helping the patient and the manufacturer. Read more to find out how!
In this first blog of two the CMO describes the context of our work

Have you ever experienced an adverse event after taking a medication? Did you tell a healthcare professional about it? Would you know how to report it? Read on to find out why it is important to report!

The theme for #medsafetyweek2024 is “The importance of using medicines correctly to prevent side effects”. In order to do this we need some information on correct use. Where do we find this? Read on to find out!

Following our recent blogs highlighting the necessity to raise awareness of breast cancer, Pharmora would like to take this opportunity dive in the recent advances in breast cancer detection and therapies, to understand how the pharmaceutical industry is joining the fight against breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time to emphasize the importance of early detection, education, and community involvement in the fight against breast cancer. Read on to find out about the importance of breast cancer awareness.

At our most recent conference, Pharmora once again held our Prize Draw for a bottle of fizz! And the winner was …

Hear from Pharmora Limited’s Stephanie Jones and Ian Pinches as they discuss the benefits of attending the World Drug Safety Congress 2024 and what they do at Pharmora Limited

10th of October 2024 was World Mental Health Awareness Day. Read on to learn more about what this means for us at Pharmora, and how we can all help to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace…

Anti-microbial resistance is a rising problem in medicine and healthcare, but what exactly is it? Read on for a brief history of anti-microbial science, the rise of anti-microbial resistance and what this means for us in the future.

This September is Urology Awareness Month, an event which highlights the wide range of conditions and the incorrect assumptions that people can have of these urological conditions. Read on to find out more about the event…

Following on from Men’s Health Week and Urology Awareness Month, Pharmora discovered some interesting news about the changing landscape in the treatment of Prostate cancer and men’s health developments… 

This year, to improve our mental health here at Pharmora, we took part in the Big Butterfly Count. This is an initiative which benefits not only people’s stress levels, but also our understanding of biodiversity – read on to find out more…

Celebrating the World Patient Safety Day, Pharmora has prepared a blog reflecting on how we contribute to Patient Safety. Read more about the work we have done!

In July this year, 2024, Bionow held their first Neuroscience conference in Sheffield. Read on to find out more about the event…

The 25th of July is National Schizophrenia Awareness Day in the UK! Based on the knowledge we have developed through our experience of monitoring medicines to treat this condition, Pharmora has produced a series of blogs to help increase awareness of Schizophrenia. In this blog our CMO, Dr Jones, reflects on the stories of patients she has met with this condition. 

The 25th of July is National Schizophrenia Awareness Day in the UK! Based on the knowledge we have developed through our experience of monitoring medicines to treat this condition, Pharmora has produced a series of blogs to help increase awareness of Schizophrenia. This one describes the background, treatments and long-term outcomes of this condition.

Read on to learn about the new Pharmora Journal Club, and what we learnt from it….

Celebrating the World Cervical Awareness Week, our CMO reflects on patients she has known with cervical cancer, and her personal experience with cervical screening…

Celebrating the World Cervical Awareness Week, we would like to take this opportunity to reflect on cervical cancer, its causes, how it could be prevented, and getting an early diagnosis through screening…

**Enzyme discovered that creates universal donor blood!**
The 14th of June is World Blood Donor Day and we at Pharmora would like to take the opportunity to look at this day and discuss what impact blood donations can have…

This week is Men’s Health Week (10th – 16th June 2024)! Read on to learn more about Men’s Health, research and health tips and current medical advancements.

Read my reflections on this thought-provoking panel discussion on an emotive and important topic: Artificial Intelligence

Did you know that this April is Stress Awareness month? Read on to find out more.

With Pharmora staff’s mental health in mind, we sent 2 of our staff members on a Mental Health First Aider course – to learn about the subject, and to be able to aid other staff members in the office. Read on to learn more…

Pharmora were invited to present to the attendees of the BioNow Careers Fair. Find out how it went in this post from the presenter herself.

In January Pharmora went out for their festive party meal and had a grand old time, read on to hear more about the celebrations…

After attending the BioNow BioInfect conference in February, Pharmora have been inspired to create a series of blogs. This is the first summary blog to start the series, read on to learn more about the rising problem of Anti-Microbial Resistance and the scientists working to combat it.

One of the most daunting challenges in medicine is the increase in antimicrobial resistance, threatening to unravel years of scientific progress. Bacteria have evolved to resist the once-reliable therapies researched by an uncountable number of academics worldwide.

In advance of attending the BioInfect conference this week, we are pleased to present the latest blog from one of our scientists Amy Bonsall.

Pharmora has supported clients to develop many different types of anti-microbials and this blog describes an exciting potential option to help combat antibiotic resistance.

This year Pharmora took part in the Samaritans’ ‘Big Shoebox Challenge’, a Yuletide initiative that encourages people to fill shoeboxes with essential items for children in need.

  This year the team celebrated the festive period together with drinks and gifts before taking time off for the Christmas period. Macclesfield's own Woodfire Smoke also helped the team to enjoy a healthy serving of pizza and chips while we all enjoyed playing...

After great work through some busy periods from all the Pharmora team, it felt time to get everybody out the office to unwind, and the arrival of Agatha Christie’s thrilling murder mystery ‘The Mousetrap’ at Buxton theatre couldn’t have been a better excuse to do so.

In June 2023 Pharmora moved offices due to continued growth – read about our exciting new location and facilities in Macclesfield here!

When medicines are first introduced to market, although there has been extensive research done in a clinical environment, it’s known that only the more common adverse events are likely to have presented themselves due to the small sample size.

Signal management is a key activity in pharmacovigilance, allowing the identification of new risks associated with a medicine. Manufacturers of medicines and regulatory agencies are constantly managing signals. But what is a signal and how are they managed?

Reporting adverse events is crucial in identifying potential safety issues and relevant risks in drug administration. An adverse event (AE) is any untoward occurrence that is experienced by a person following administration of a medicinal product or a medical intervention to that person. An adverse reaction is an AE that is suspected of being related to that product or intervention.

Patient safety is defined as the avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care (NHS, 2022). The idea was first pioneered by Florence Nightingale, who used charts and other figures such as graphs to show relationships between hygiene and patient outcomes.