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Winners in this year's Pharmapack Awards include both commercial products and innovations that are shaping the future of pharmaceutical packaging.

Pharmaceutical Technology® sat down with Stefan Verheyden, Global Vice President Sales Pharma & Biopharma Solutions Injectables at Gerresheimer, to talk about the primary and secondary packaging solutions Gerresheimer and Bormioli Pharma will be showcasing at Pharmapack Europe 2025 in Paris, France from January 22–23.

The company will be featuring its sustainable packaging solutions at the event in Paris on Jan. 22–23, 2025.

The two companies will be exhibiting together after Gerresheimer’s December 2024 acquisition of Bormioli.

Production is set to take place at Samsung Biologics’ Songdo, South Korea, site, and the agreement will run through December 2030, subject to change.

Pharmapack identifies biologic approvals, drug delivery advancements, GLP-1 generics, and the return of funding flow as drivers for a record year in 2025.

The company will be showcasing its injection blow molded bottles and five-layer blown film at the packaging event in Paris on Jan. 22–23, 2025.

The first CPHI Middle East event will be held Dec. 10–12, 2024 at the Riyadh Front Exhibition & Convention Center Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and is expected to be host to 30,000 pharma professionals.

Pharmaceutical Technology® caught up with Brittany Hayes, PhD, Highly Potent & Oncology Platform Director at CordenPharma, after AAPS PharmSci 360 to talk about the challenges and quality requirements involved in the development and manufacture of peptide-based oral dosage forms.

Alec McChesney (BD Director, SCORR Marketing) discusses goal setting and alignment between life sciences marketing and business development teams.

Marianna Tcherpakov, PhD, director of Business Development, CMC Services, at Frontage Laboratories, spoke on the CDMO’s role in tackling complex technical challenges to enable startup biotechs solve scale up problems.

Pauline Janssen of DFE Pharma gave a presentation on the utility of analyzing big data sets to better understand and diagnose variability in the production process.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe chats with Kevin Li, MBA, from BioDuro-Sundia about integrated services and the benefits these services can provide to pharma companies.

Shawn Li, principal scientist at Merck & Co., known as MSD outside the Unites States and Canada, talked about the importance of properly characterizing HCPs in the biomanufacturing process.

At AAPS PharmSci 360, Karunakar Sukuru, RPh, PhD, the global vice-president-Rx Product Development, Pharma and Consumer Health, at Catalent Pharma Solutions, discussed lipid-based formulations and tackling bioavailability challenges for oral biologics.

Karunakar Sukuru, RPh, PhD, the global vice-president-Rx Product Development, Pharma and Consumer Health, at Catalent Pharma Solutions, spoke on recent challenges and trends in softgel formulations.

Bala Addepalli, PhD, Director, R&D New Modalities Portfolio, Waters Corporation, discussed trends in new analytical tools for RNA characterization and gave highlights of his talk at AAPS PharmSci 360.

Bala Addepalli, PhD, Director, R&D New Modalities Portfolio, Waters Corporation, discussed recent advancements and current challenges in the development of large RNA therapeutics.

Redica Systems has been assisting pharmaceutical companies in determining GMP quality risks at their manufacturing sites, and with AI, it has a relatively new addition to its toolbox.

Xiao-Yan Cai, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Accurant Biotech, discussed collaborative efforts that must be undertaken between companies, and across scientific disciplines, to work together on continuing to develop medicines to save lives.

Anil Andrade, vice-president of Global Sales at ACG World, shared insights about the growth in demand in the pharma industry and efforts put forth to achieve sustainable operations.

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.

Five speakers discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of artificial intelligence, more women in leadership tracks in the industry, and various emerging technologies.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe sat down with Joan Bassa, Human Health Business Unit Director at Bioiberica, to talk about the history of heparin, its uses in pharmaceuticals, and what heparinoids have to offer the industry.

Pharmaceutical Technology sat down with Niloufar Salehi, advisor at Eli Lilly & Company, to talk about the session she is moderating at AAPS PharmSci 360 2024, Symposium: An Accelerated Development of Poorly Soluble Drugs Using Predictive Tool.

Rafael Ferrer, interim chief business officer at Acino, talked about his company's recent efforts to reach customers in Africa, the Middle East, and most recently, Latin America.

Enzene Biosciences CEO Himanshu Gadgil talked about fully connected continuous manufacturing's role in providing equity for biotech companies that may not normally be able to afford such services.

Nicolas Camper, senior director—Bioconjugation Chemistry, Abzena, discussed new advancements in ADC technologies, including the role of complex chemistries.