Felicity Thomas

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

Articles by Felicity Thomas

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with John McQuaid, president and managing director at Almac Pharma Services, at CPHI Milan 2024, held October 8–10, in Milan, Italy, about how the pharmaceutical industry is growing and what might drive investment in the future.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, vice president and chief innovation officer at Colorcon, about the evolution of coating design and how it has impacted investment, as well as innovations in packaging for oral solid dosage products.

In this exclusive Drug Digest video interview, Felicity Thomas, Associate Editorial Director, Pharmaceutical Technology Group, interviews experts about key trends impacting small-molecule APIs and excipients, the importance of supply chain resilience, ways in which advanced manufacturing approaches can prove beneficial, and potential hurdles facing companies seeking to secure their small-molecule API and excipient supply chains.

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The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning has the potential to provide some key benefits; however, there are still significant barriers to the implementation of these advanced technologies.

In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Peter Walters, Fellow of Advanced Therapies at CRB Group, discusses factors to be considered in constructing a new facility for cell and gene therapy production as well as using an existing facility to expand cell and gene therapy pipelines.

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Bio/pharma companies should be approaching their decarbonization journey as a strategic business move for the future as industry stakeholders are placing greater value on sustainability.

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Potential conflicts of interest with advisory group members have led to EMA’s impartiality coming into questioned for some marketing authorization decisions.

In the second episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, vice-president, Technical, at Parexel, discuss the quality requirements needed when incorporating AI in bio/pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.