Patrick Lavery

The 2024 edition of the annual conference, held in Milan, attracted more than 59,000 professionals from across the bio/pharmaceutical landscape.

Merck’s Sanat Chattopadhyay called for stronger leadership, data-driven oversight, and shared accountability to raise pharmaceutical quality standards.

Charles Gibbons of Lachman Consultants and Michael Grischeau of AbbVie stressed AI governance, data integrity, and human oversight as essential to applying digital tools across labs and supply chains.

The performance of ARS Pharmaceuticals’ Neffy marginally outpaced historical reports of epinephrine injection effectiveness.

More than 700 out of 1000 senior executives surveyed believe that next-gen supply chains should be among the top tech priorities for life sciences organizations.

The agency says it will now publish complete response letters promptly, offering developers early insight into regulatory deficiencies to improve development planning.

The nonprofit is calling upon its community of experts in both artificial intelligence and machine learning to continue building support for responsible adoption of AI in the bio/pharmaceutical industry.

The partnership, which has received £118 million (US$158 million) in research funding, aims to establish a better understanding not only of how the body fights infection, but also how vaccines protect it.

Aficamten is a small-molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor that was compared for the first time in the trial to the standard-of-care beta blocker.

AC-201 is being developed in a novel, oral formulation as a potent inhibitor that binds to the pseudo kinase domain, JH2, of TYK2/JAK1.

Cereno reports that its lead program, CS1, demonstrated encouraging efficacy while meeting its primary endpoint of safety and tolerability in a Phase IIa trial.

The treatment becomes the only approved twice-yearly option for pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in the European Union.

This comprehensive overview of contemporary formulation strategies covers the drug product lifecycle from end to end, illustrating best practices for various formulation types seen through a CRDMO’s lens while also covering problem solving, the role of digital tools, and geopolitical changes.

The recall was in response to particulate matter found in the container.

Orlynvah is the first new, branded product for the treatment of uncomplicated UTIs to be introduced in the US in more than 25 years.

The company’s commitment to its North Chicago, Ill. plant is part of a previously announced $10 billion capital investment earmarked for the expansion of US innovation and manufacturing capacity.

The company is not developing an mRNA vaccine, but had been using one as the control in a 10,000-subject Phase IIb trial.

For the first target addressed in the partnership, the two companies reported the successful delivery of AI-designed, functional antibody leads.

Experts from LGM Pharma and Rockwell Automation share their thoughts on what makes tech transfer effective, where processes could be improved, and why certain development and manufacturing decisions are so crucially important.

Orforglipron showed clinically meaningful results at 72 weeks, after three doses, in a pool of more than 3000 adults.

A new nuclear magnetic resonance method reveals real-time, coordinated changes in nanoemulsion drugs, improving noninvasive analysis and regulatory evaluation.

The company’s FDA-approved first generic sertraline capsules secured a 180‑day exclusivity period, highlighting strategic generic development pathways.

The program has been transitioned to a permanent pathway that is designed to support innovative tools like artificial intelligence, wearables, and biomarkers in drug development and trials.

If action is not taken within 60 days, the White House said it would “deploy every tool in our arsenal” to improve drug pricing practices for American patients.

In this podcast episode, we discuss sustainable approaches to such equipment and materials as medical propellants, flow sensor technology, and walk-in chambers, plus the critical role of women in elevating and accelerating development in these areas.

7-OH and the leaf of the kratom plant are not analogous, but as the former is a derivative of the latter, it has opioid-like qualities that make its susceptibility to abuse concerning.

FDA’s latest whitepaper shows how scalable quality management investments in pharma reduce costs, improve reliability, and help prevent drug shortages.

Re-Vana’s drug delivery technology is designed to release treatments over a 6- to 12-month period, with the goal of reducing frequency of injections for patients.

While a one-stop shop still has its advantages, sponsor companies and CDMOs are starting to see each other not as transactional relationships, but true partners with a common goal of getting drugs to patients faster.

Following an overhaul at ACIP, the HHS secretary took the advice of the committee’s new members, saying he was acting on guidance that dated back to 1999.