Podcasts

Dr. Erika Lüthi, R&D Senior Chemist at Valsynthese, the Fine Chemical Unit of Société Suisse des Explosifs Group, will take you through the evolution of Nitroglycerin, from its explosives origins to pharmaceutical applications. Nitroglycerin has been produced at SSE for over 125 years in a safely way and adapting its use to increasingly noble purposes.

In this podcast, Kayleigh Hearse, Sr Mgr. Technical Projects, Capacity Expansion Pharma Production shares details of Baxter BioPharma Solution’s approximately $100 million expansion of its sterile fill/finish manufacturing facility located in Halle/Westfalen, Germany. Kayleigh explains many of the key attributes of the new building, key learnings and major considerations that took place throughout the planning phase.

A growing proportion of drugs in the development pipeline nowadays start out life at small biotech companies, rather than big pharma businesses. While this means the biotechs are taking on more risk, they will also reap greater rewards in the event of success. When it comes to choosing your CDMO partner, there is no substitute for a careful selection process to determine the right CDMO to make and manage your precious potential drug. In this podcast, David Hall, Senior Director, Commercial Development at Lonza Small Molecules, provides insights on how small and emerging pharmaceutical and biotech companies can navigate the evolving pharma development pipeline.

Wurster Fluid Bed Coating is one of the most utilized processes for microencapsulation of fine particles in pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food, and other industries. Jared McDonald walks through a brief history of the invention of the process, what it is, and how it can be used to address specific needs for a product. A discussion of the importance of choosing an experienced CDMO follows.

Catalent’s recent completion of a $30 million (€27 million) project at its facility in Limoges, France, transformed the site into a European center of excellence for biopharmaceutical development, drug product fill/finish services, and packaging. The site further expand Catalent Biologics’ global network, with early phase integrated clinical development through to clinical supply services and small-scale commercial manufacturing, allowing seamless tech transfer of projects as they progress to late-stage and larger-scale commercial supply from other Catalent manufacturing facilities in Europe and North America.

Built on a reputation of excellence and founded in science, PDA training provides new and experienced professionals around the world with practical information and implementable solutions on essential industry topics related to the manufacturing science, regulation, and technology of drug products and substances. Our trainers are world-class experts with years of hands-on experience in their respective fields. Whether you are employed in industry, government, or academia, PDA has training that will benefit you!

If you’re in the business of pharmaceutical product development or manufacturing for the US market, this brief talk by Dr. Richard Sidwell is for you. The need for pharmaceutical products is higher than ever. At the same time, the ability to develop and supply new products is being constrained by demographics, geopolitics, energy, and inflation. This is why it’s more important than ever to strategically invest in CMC development and engineering, onshoring, and thoughtful supply chain design. Dr. Sidwell discusses recent trends in drug product development and manufacturing given the current demographic, geopolitical, and macroeconomic trends.

In this episode, Alivia Leon, assistant editor, speaks with Christian Dunne, director of global corporate business development, Chargepoint Technology, about current and future processing equipment trends, such as automation, cost, and sustainability.

Drug development is a complicated process, with a huge number of processes and activities required to bring a drug successfully to market. How can an integrated CDMO help a small biotech move a project into and through the clinic, and onto the market? In this podcast, Henny Zijlstra, Senior Director, Commercial Development at Lonza, details why is it faster and more efficient to work with a single supplier.