Contract service providers must step up their game to stay competitive in increasingly complex bio/pharma market.

Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Present and Future

The need for preclinical testing expertise is growing as molecular complexity increases.

Navigating the Preclinical CRO Outsourcing Process

A look at the newest innovations offers a deeper understanding of affinity ligands and their role in the future of downstream processing.

A Closer Look at Affinity Ligands

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Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Civica Rx plans redundant manufacturing capacity to relieve and prevent shortages of generic, sterile injectable drugs. 

Addressing Drug Shortages

Felicity Thomas is Associate Editorial Director of Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, BioPharm International.

Characterizing and controlling protein aggregation is vital to ensure safety and efficacy of a biopharmaceutical product. In this interview, important aspects of protein aggregation and the tools available to address this issue are discussed.


Keeping Aggregation Under Control

Hallie Forcinio is packing editor for Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, editorhal@sbcglobal.net.

More sustainable and functional packaging protects temperature-sensitive drugs.

Packaging Preserves the Cold Chain

Considering the potential interaction of a drug with the delivery device early on in in development is integral to achieving the best combination.

Avoiding Negative Drug–Device Interactions

The new molecules entering the development pipeline are bringing forth exciting challenges in drug delivery.

Delivering the Goods

Susan Haigney is lead editor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmaceutical Technology Europe.

Risk assessments, audits, and good communication between sponsor and supplier are key elements of supplier oversight.


Being Vigilant in Supplier Oversight

Eric Langer has over 25 years experience in biotechnology and life sciences strategic marketing management, market research, and publishing. He has held senior management and marketing positions at biopharmaceutical supply companies. He has published and authored many books and reports on topics in Biotechnology, Large-scale BioManufacturing, and bioscience commercialization and communication. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University marketing management, biotech marketing, services marketing, and marketing in a regulated environment. In 1989 he co-founded BioPlan Associates, Inc. to provide market analysis, and strategy to biotech and healthcare organizations.

But are innovations sufficient to increase adoption? CMOs are demanding better continuous bioprocessing options.

Biomanufacturing: Demand for Continuous Bioprocessing Increasing

Pre-clinical immunization studies of iBio’s SARS-CoV-2 VLP candidates are being performed by Texas A&M.

iBio Advances COVID-19 Vaccine Development

AzarGen’s biosimilar, made in iBio’s plant-based system, will be compared to the original molecule in pre-clinical studies.