Cynthia A. Challener is a contributing editor to Pharmaceutical Technology.
Supply Chain Security Tops Concerns for Biopharma Raw Materials
Biopharma are looking to reduce risk, increase performance, and optimize productivity in raw material development.
African Biopharma Market Presents Long-term Opportunities
Biopharma companies seeking to leverage opportunities in African market must adopt the right strategy to achieve success.
Acute Need for Supply Chain Transparency
Biopharma manufacturers must reduce the risk in their complex supply chains
Steady Progress Toward Continuous Flow API Synthesis
The pharma industry makes slow, but steady moves toward commercial-scale continuous processes for small-molecule API manufacturing.
Risk Reduction Top Driver for Biopharmaceutical Raw Material Development
Customers are looking to reduce risk, increase performance, and optimize productivity.
Pharma Investments Reflect Key Industry Trends
Shrinking facility size, growth of biologics, and emerging market demand influence pharma investments.
The Mainstreaming of Continuous Flow API Synthesis
The pharma industry is moving toward commercial-scale continuous processes for small-molecule API manufacturing.
Automating Online Sampling of Bioprocesses
The Modular Automated Sampling Technology platform allows sampling of bioreactors.
Advances in Real-Time Bioreactor Sampling
The Modular Automated Sampling Technology platform takes online samples from bioreactors and transfers them directly to analytical devices.
Alternatives to Precious Metal Catalysts Sought
Industry seeks alternatives to costly and toxic precious metals used to form the catalysts for organic synthesis.
Seeking Alternative Catalyst Solutions
Transition metal-containing catalysts are widely used in organic synthesis, but many are based on expensive, rare metals. Researchers are seeking more sustainable alternatives.
Cocrystals: Industry Takes a Wait-and-See Approach
The perceived risks associated with cocrystals may be slowing progress of their industrial application.
HPAPIs: Fast-growing Segment Presents Challenges and Opportunities
Appropriate process design and engineering are critical for the production of small-molecule and biologic HPAPIs.
Potential Benefits Drive Interest in Continuous Manufacturing
Players across the biologics value chain are attracted by the advantages of continuous biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Determining Cross-Contamination Risks in Multiproduct Biopharmaceutical Facilities
A global contract manufacturer of biologics discusses the increasing impact of health-based exposure limits in assessing cross-contamination risks.
Packaging Becomes Enabler for Biopharmaceuticals
Once an afterthought, packaging has now become an essential component of biopharmaceutical product development and marketing.
Scientific Advances in Cocrystals are Offset by Regulatory Uncertainty
Drug developers are taking a wait-and-see approach to the use of cocrystals.
Process Design Is Critical for Commercial Manufacture of HPAPIs
Increasing potency and growing interest in antibody-drug conjugates are creating challenges for manufacturers of HPAPIs.
Advances in Continuous Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
Both upstream and downstream processes can benefit from continuous manufacturing advantages.
Controlled-Release Technologies Create Opportunities for Solid-Dosage Drug Formulators
Lifecycle management opportunities are impacting the development of controlled-release technologies for solid-dosage drugs.
Appropriate Process Design Critical for Commercial Manufacture of Highly Potent APIs
Increased Efficiency Key to Competitiveness in Downstream Bioprocessing
Higher antibody titers and a growing demand for smaller-volume, flexible processes are creating the need for more cost-effective downstream processing.
Drug Delivery Technologies Provide Growth Opportunities for Biopharmaceuticals
Advanced drug delivery technologies can increase efficacy and safety, extend patent lives, and provide competitive differentiation for biopharmaceuticals.
Synthetic Biology Stirs Interest in Greener, More Efficient Processes
The commercial availability of an increasing diversity of enzymes has led to the growing use of biocatalysts for API synthesis.
Synthetic Biology: The Next Frontier in Chiral Chemistry for API Synthesis
Regulatory Initiatives Spur API Supply Chain Security
In order to ensure a safe drug supply chain, governments have implemented both legislated and voluntary programs designed to address problem areas.
Demand Increases for Novel Excipients, but Manufacturers Still Face Challenges
Drug formulators are looking for new excipients to address solubility and bioavailability issues and extend patent protection, but there are hurdles to using novel, specialized ingredients.
Advances in UPLC Techniques and Column Chemistry Aid the Confirmation of Biosimilarity
Automated sample handling, advanced glycan analysis, and specially designed columns are help speed up confirmation of the biosimilarity.
Securing the Global API Supply Chain
Recent regulatory initiatives designed to secure the global pharmaceutical supply chain will directly impact the global supply chain and API manufacturers.
The Role of NMR and Mass Spectroscopy in Glycan Analysis
NMR analysis provides crucial structural information of synthesized glycans while LC-MS/MS is ideal for quantitation of free sugars in biological matrices.