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Drug Digest: Adaptive Trial Design and Regulatory Shifts in Biopharma Development
In this Drug Digest episode, Abzena’s vice president of Regulatory Strategy, Jeff Mocny, and Cellares’ director of Regulatory Affairs, Anna McMahon, examine how evolving regulatory and quality expectations are reshaping biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing.

Drug Digest: Outsourcing Partnerships Fuel Global Biopharma Discovery and Scale-Up
Strategic outsourcing utilizes external expertise to accelerate the biopharma pipeline, integrating specialized workflows that drive efficiency from discovery through early clinical trials.

Drug Digest: Closing the Gap in Modern Process Control and Automation for QC/QA
Biopharma quality control is being revolutionized by advanced analytics and digital transformation through a synergy that boosts quality and scalability.

Drug Digest: Strategic Alliances and Technology Integration in the Evolving Biopharma Landscape
In this episode of Drug Digest, the discussion centers around the optimization of biopharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain efficiency through the mastering of AI capabilities, data integration, and critical validation challenges.

Drug Digest: Small Molecules, APIs, and Excipients—Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
In this exclusive Drug Digest video, Steve Barr from SK pharmteco and Prasad Raje from LGM Pharma explore how supply chain pressures, sustainability, and AI adoption are reshaping small molecule development and excipient use in pharma.

Drug Digest: Speed, Flexibility Top Large-Molecule Manufacturing Trends
In this exclusive Drug Digest video, Deepak Bahl from Roquette and Jagruti Patel from Lonza look at strategies for accelerating early-stage development while reducing risk, approaches to speeding up timelines for complex formats without sacrificing quality, and maintaining a flexible CMC process that ensures quality.

Drug Digest: Patient Preference Drives Solid Dosage Trends
In this exclusive Drug Digest video, Adi Kaushal from Lonza summarizes the current state of the oral solid dosage market, identifies the main challenges to drug developers, explains how CDMOs are leveraging expert techniques to improve OSD bioavailability, and looks into the future of advancements in drug delivery.

Drug Digest: Keeping Pace with Progressive Technologies in Biopharma Development
This episode of Drug Digest will discuss where the significant bottlenecks are in the development and manufacturing of new molecules resulting from progressive technologies, such as AI and ML, and how best to approach these challenges.

Drug Digest: Strategic Partnerships
In this exclusive Drug Digest video interview John McQuaid from Almac Pharma Services and Sridevi Khambhampaty from Shilpa Biologics delve into the evolution of the bio/pharma outsourcing market and look at how service-providers’ strategies have adapted to meet demand.

Drug Digest: Advances in Small-Molecule Manufacturing
In this exclusive Drug Digest video interview Anil Kane from Thermo Fisher Scientific will be tackling the topic of advances in small-molecule manufacturing and several other experts will provide brief commentaries on associated topics.
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Avi Nandi, SK Pharmteco, explains at INTERPHEX 2026 how CDMOs simplify cell & gene therapy supply chains by managing lead times, consistency, and material expiry.

Dave Edwards on Why AI Readiness in Pharma Starts With Data and a Mindset Shift
At INTERPHEX 2026, MasterControl CEO Dave Edwards details how AI tools are boosting efficiency and compliance in pharma quality and manufacturing without replacing human oversight.

Maria Batalha, Valgenesis, discusses how her team assited a comapny in centralizing drug substance data, standardize processes, and unlock powerful AI-driven insights.

This article provides a statistically defensible and GMP-aligned justification for continued IPC reliance on computed net fill weight when equivalence in mean and variance can be demonstrated.

Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Nelson Labs, and Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discuss how companies can investigate patient complaints involving prefilled syringes and combination products.

Peter Makowenskyj, senior director of Design Consulting at G-CON, and Beata Sweryda-Krawiec, associate director at Boehringer-Ingelheim, discussed trends influencing the design of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities during a Quick Fire Learning Lab at INTERPHEX 2026.

At INTERPHEX 2026, Todd Vaughn and Christa Myers of CRB Group discuss rising automation in aseptic manufacturing and growing regulatory focus on sterility.

Panelists at INTERPHEX 2026 talked about the move to hybrid modeling for process development and the barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Winners in 8 categories were announced at ISPE’s Europe Annual Conference.

The agency is celebrating the achievement of key first year goals in implementing the Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies.

Tariff reimbursements may be requested through the US Customs and Border Protection’s online portal.

Drug shortages are rising. Learn what's breaking the pharmaceutical supply chain, and what industry leaders are doing to fix it.

Ranjit Deshmukh, Principal, BiologixCMC, discusses how contract manufacturers can optimize their processes and plan for the future by optimizing facility design.

Asahi Kasei acquires Aicuris, adding three antiviral assets targeting immunocompromised patients, with combined revenue projected at $500M by 2030.

Rohan Kumar, laboratory analyst at CS Analytical, discusses how sustainability in pharmaceutical packaging can be improved.

This week, PharmTech discussed the use of AI in real-time monitoring, a strategic collaboration in radiopharmaceutical development, and navigating regulatory hurdles.

FDA grants full approval to sparsentan for FSGS, the first-ever treatment for the rare kidney disease, backed by Phase III data showing 48% proteinuria reduction.

Andrew Chang and Steven Falcone, Novo Nordisk, discuss GMP mutual recognition, real-time digital monitoring, and the future of pharma QMS.

In part 1 of a multi-part series, David Schoneker, president, Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting, explains the difference between a new excipient and a novel excipient and what goes into developing a new excipient.

Andrew Chang and Steven Falcone, Novo Nordisk, share how real-time digital monitoring, smart sensors, and a globally connected manufacturing network are shaping pharma's QMS future.

CPHI Americas 2026 tackles pharma's pressing challenges such as: regulatory shifts, AI in drug discovery, biologics innovation, and supply chain resilience.

Interpack 2026 previews filling, labeling, and packaging equipment from Uhlmann Group, groninger, and HERMA designed for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Christopher Lewis, Umoja Biopharma, shares how AI is reshaping pharma through smarter oversight, personalized training, and actionable data insights.

Christopher Lewis, Umoja Biopharma, explores how AI is revolutionizing pharma training, predicting process issues, and unlocking the value of existing data.

Regeneron and Telix announce a 50/50 radiopharma collaboration, combining antibody expertise with specialized manufacturing to develop next-generation cancer therapies.

European Biotechs are utilizing AI and precision medicines to improve the personalized treatment of cardiovascular disease.

FDA rejects Replimune's melanoma therapy despite breakthrough designation, raising urgent questions about regulatory consistency and accelerated approval pathway reliability.

Andrew Chang and Steven Falcone, Novo Nordisk, explain how FDA-EU GMP mutual recognition and a robust internal signal process drive global regulatory compliance.

Richard Jaenisch and Christopher Cole discuss AI in pharma manufacturing, covering learning steps, output evaluation, hallucinations, and FDA/EMA guiding principles.

This week, PharmTech discussed proactive, data-driven contamination control, solving manufacturing hurdles, and the market entry of complex generics and biosimilars.

New PRAC safety data link cenobamate to rare severe liver injury, prompting updated monitoring requirements and revised product labeling for prescribers.

Christopher Lewis, Umoja Biopharma, explores how AI can streamline compliance, cut investigation time, and free skilled workers for higher-value tasks

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