Beyond Amorphous Solid Dispersions Novel Applications in Pharmaceutical Spray Drying (Oct 2025)
October 6th 2025Developers of innovative drug products dealing with protein formulations, nucleotide-based drugs, peptides, and poorly soluble molecules, face significant challenges in achieving efficient and scalable manufacturing solutions. Spray drying has emerged as a powerful and versatile manufacturing technology. It offers significant advantages for stabilizing complex and sensitive drug molecules while optimizing production processes. Join our panel of experts as they explore how spray drying can be applied to enhance the stability, bioavailability, and manufacturability of various molecules, including peptides, oligonucleotides, small molecules, monoclonal antibodies, and nutraceuticals. This session will cover the latest innovations in spray drying technology, and provide valuable insights into formulation development, process parameters optimization, and large-scale production. Attendees will also learn how to maintain molecular integrity during the spray drying process and leverage in-silico tools to streamline commercialization.
Decentralized Trials: The Value of Direct-to-Patient & Pharmacy-Led Solutions
August 13th 2025Discover how pharmacy-led models in direct-to-patient clinical supply are pivotal in modernizing clinical trials, offering scalable, patient-centric solutions that align with regulatory guidance and industry trends. Strategic collaboration with pharmacy providers is the key to unlocking the full potential and benefits of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs).
Demand-Led Clinical Supply Model for Program-level Product Pooling in Global Decentralized Study
August 13th 2025Global decentralized trials require fast, efficient, and sustainable clinical supply solutions. This case study shows how a biopharma company worked with Catalent’s FastChain® demand-led model to improve supply by reducing waste and shipments by 40%, speeding patient dosing to under three weeks, and enabling flexible, decentralized packaging and distribution, whilst supporting an eco-friendly trial management worldwide.
European Clinical Supply Planning – Balancing Cost, Flexibility & Time
August 13th 2025Choosing the best location for packaging and distributing clinical supplies depends on various study factors and business needs. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer, but by evaluating key considerations, sponsors can determine whether the EU or non-EU countries like the UK best fit their clinical supply strategy.
Optimizing Clinical Trials in China with Strategic Solutions for Supply Chain Challenges
August 13th 2025China is a key player in global clinical trials, yet its intricate regulatory environment and logistical challenges demand meticulous supply chain management. Catalent provides tailored services such as Free Trade Zones, temperature-controlled shipping, and local comparator sourcing to support sponsors in executing trials effectively and in compliance with regulations.
The Role of On-Demand Manufacturing and Derisking in Accelerating Early Clinical Trial Success
June 4th 2025Small pharmaceutical companies are constantly seeking innovative solutions to streamline early clinical trials. Adaptive clinical trials offer important benefits to sponsors and patients, both from a commercial and ethical standpoint. These trials offer flexibility and efficiency, especially in the early stages, where trial protocols can be adjusted based on interim data, such as introducing new doses or modifying participant sample size. However, adjusting manufacturing demand during an adaptive trial can be complicated, and strict regulatory requirements present significant challenges. On-demand manufacturing provides a robust solution, allowing for real-time supply and demand adjustments and improved trial flexibility. This paper explores how on-demand manufacturing meets the operational needs of adaptive trials and aligns with regulatory expectations.
Clinical Supply Planning in Europe - Balancing Cost, Flexibility and Time
December 19th 2024The packaging and distribution of clinical supplies is a fundamental piece to the overall success of a clinical trial, and advance preparation can help establish a more efficient supply chain. Selecting the best geographical location for those activities, however, depends on the clinical trial protocol, business decisions, and even the investigational medicinal product (IMP) being studied.
Successful Drug Development Strategies Using Lipid-Based Formulations and Softgels
July 24th 2024Lipid-based formulations (LBFs) and softgels can offer numerous advantages in terms of clinical and commercial potential. Integrating formulation and manufacturing to enhance drug solubility and market speed can help unlock these benefits. Learn more about:
Roles and Responsibilities of Specialized Clinical Supply Experts
June 21st 2024When selecting a clinical supply provider, consideration often focuses upon the manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution capabilities available that will, at face-value, be sufficient to meet the needs of the sponsor and their trial. However, there are human-based and knowledge-driven factors that are often overlooked that go beyond these basic physical capabilities and are integral to the development and delivery of high performing clinical supply chains. Having a team of individuals with specialized expertise in different areas of clinical supply—including protocol review and early operational planning, to managing the development and execution of a sound clinical supply strategy—can prove invaluable to the overall suitability and performance of the supply chain, and in turn, the successful execution of the study itself.
Critical Supply Strategies for CROs
June 21st 2024When a CRO is bidding on a project where clinical supplies will be one of the aspects to manage on behalf of the client via a partner, leveraging the expertise of a chosen clinical supply partner can be a valuable resource in demonstrating the CRO’s understanding of and ability to deliver upon critical drug-supply related aspects of the project, and ability to hit key milestones such as FPI for their client. Additionally, once the CRO has been awarded the project and now must create an executable plan for managing the study’s complex clinical supply needs, there are one or more key decision influencers who are critical to engage early on during the planning and project set-up stage and several proactive steps to take to build a solid clinical supply plan.