Pharmaceutical Technology July August 2025

Pharma manufacturing is headed toward smarter tools, deeper partnerships, and a renewed focus on compliance and quality at every stage of the product lifecycle.

The authors performed interference and enhancement testing using a formulated alkaline and acid cleaner, as well as common biopharmaceutical process residues.

Modular process design, single-use technologies, and flexible filling lines are some of the ways manufacturers can combat challenges involved in small-batch manufacturing.

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.

Speedier implementation of the Post-Approval Change Management Protocol is essential for it to have a positive effect on supply security, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning can help identify complex patterns.

Hydrogels, drug-eluting contact lenses, and other implant technologies show real promise.