Drug Development

Chris Spivey, editorial director for Pharmaceutical Technology®, discusses mRNA advances and the background for the leading scientific conference for the field, with host and co-organizer CureVac CEO Dr. Alexander Zehnder.

Matthew Lauber, senior director—Cell and Gene Therapy, Consumables & Lab Automation, at Waters Corporation discusses the analytical and downstream purification challenges of oligonucleotides.

The Alliance for mRNA Medicines (AMM) was officially launched at the 11th International mRNA Health Conference in Berlin, Germany.

Dujuan Lu, PhD, global leader—E&L, SGS Health Sciences, talks about the differences in designing E&L testing for combination products vs. conventional pharmaceuticals.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Ole Wiborg from Zerion Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical development company, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Dujuan Lu, PhD, global leader—E&L, SGS Health Sciences, recommends some key issues that pharma manufacturers should consider when formulating products that require a medical device.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Gustavo Ferrer from Dr. Ferrer BioPharma, a US company focused on innovative intranasal medications, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

According to USP, the products will advance quality and reduce risk in the development and manufacture of biologics and vaccines.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Leonardo Vincenzi from CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals, a US company that specializes in process development, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Predictive modeling facilitates the identification of coformers, cocrystal components, and complexing agents.

Monoclonal antibody and viral vector manufacture share similarities, but vector scale up faces unique challenges.

As part of a $30 million investment, Aragen is setting up a new biologics manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India.

Industry investments indicate increasing trust in the newest modalities, including mRNA approaches.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Dr. Tom Kamperman from IamFluidics, a Dutch high-tech company that develops customized microencapsulation solutions, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Gautam Shetty from Congruence Medical Solutions, a US drug delivery device company, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Sara Fathollahi, PhD, product application specialist at DFE Pharma, makes the case of how excipient suppliers can support the transition from batch to continuous manufacturing.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Dr. Rainer Schmidt from Galvita AG, an excipient manufacturer based in Switzerland, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Webinar Date/Time: Thu, Nov 16, 2023 11:00 AM EST

The final guidance document was issued to assist bio/pharma companies in the clinical development and licensure of COVID-19 vaccines.

Spark Therapeutics and SpliceBio have formed a collaboration to develop a gene therapy that can treat an inherited retinal disease.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has partnered with Forge Biologics, which will manufacture AAVs to help accelerate gene therapy programs in California.

Wheeler plans to use the facility to bolster its mission in helping fledgling biotech innovators and startups accelerate their development at an equitable price.

Chris Spivey, editorial director, hosts a wide ranging discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic response, future government communications, and healthcare funding for mRNA with experts Dr. Kate Broderick, Chief Innovation Officer, Maravai LifeSciences and Dr. Tom Madden, President & CEO at Acuitas Therapeutics. Highlights include supply chain modalities, ensuring a fully trained manufacturing workforce, combining delivery with gene editing innovations, epigenetic approaches to modulate gene expression moving toward the clinic. We conclude with the huge potential for RNA expression of monoclonal antibodies and protein replacement applications.

Sander Van Gessel, MEng, Business Unit Director, DFE Pharma, discusses the important components of nitrosamine impurities from a manufacturing point of view as a part of his session, "Reducing Nitrosamines Without the Use of Scavengers: The Critical Role of Excipients - An Excipient Manufacturer's View."

Sander Van Gessel, MEng, Business Unit Director, DFE Pharma, discusses the recent findings of nitrosamine impurities in human drugs as a part of his session, "Reducing Nitrosamines Without the Use of Scavengers: The Critical Role of Excipients - An Excipient Manufacturer's View."