
Vibha Jawa, PhD, chief scientific officer at EpiVax, explains why the need for animal studies varies by modality and what it takes for organ-on-chip and other human-relevant models to replace these studies in IND-enabling toxicology work.

Vibha Jawa, PhD, chief scientific officer at EpiVax, explains why the need for animal studies varies by modality and what it takes for organ-on-chip and other human-relevant models to replace these studies in IND-enabling toxicology work.

Sanjay Konagurthu, PhD, senior director of Science and Innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains what teams need to do to ensure the usefulness of AI and what strides have been made with AI in regulatory submissions.

Pauric Bannigan, Intrepid Labs, explains where AI speeds formulation decisions, why data is the bottleneck, and how active learning trains models with far less data.

Sanjay Konagurthu, PhD, senior director, Science and Innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific, provides an update on the progress of AI and machine learning used in drug delivery.

Stephanie Johnson, Pfizer, explains how off-platform triggers, single-owner risk registers, and traceable prior knowledge keep protein formulation programs on track.

Stephanie Johnson, Pfizer, discusses how platform formulations moved 2 Pfizer protein programs to IND in 8 months by redistributing, not removing risk.

Shubhajit Paul, a senior research fellow in Boehringer Ingelheim’s Department of Material Analytical Sciences, spoke with PharmTech at AAPS PharmSci 360 to explain how tabletability prediction can be improved for roller-compacted formulations.

This week on PharmTech.com, experts discussed E&L suitability standards, rare disease treatment development, sourcing ingredient suppliers, the use of AI in quality control, and more.

Cole and Jaenisch dig into AI poisoning in pharma manufacturing, how it hides in plain sight, and who should be accountable for catching it.

Nate Edwards of Arya Consulting moderates a discussion with Elisabeth Gardiner of Tevard Biosciences and Donny Xu of the RTW Institute about the regulatory and manufacturing hurdles facing rare disease drug developers.

Jane Zhang of ETCH Sourcing explains why geopolitics, transparency, and partnership now weigh as heavily as cost and quality when companies choose suppliers, in this episode of Ask the Expert, moderated by Susan J. Schniepp of Nelson Labs.

Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD, USP, explains what harmonization of extractables and leachables standards looks like in practice.

Jaenisch, Muraru, and Pandey discuss new skills for QC and regulatory teams, plus patient trust, as new approach methodologies reshape pharma.

Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD, explains how USP’s industry-wide initiative aims to build confidence in trace-level extractables and leachables results.

The deadline to comment on FDA's generative AI paper is Oct 19, 2026. We explain why professionals in pharma manufacturing should weigh in.

AI accountability, faster FDA pathways, rare disease CMC review, and next-gen GLP-1 formulation lead this week’s PharmTech roundup.

Boyang Wang, Immortal Dragons, discusses how the FDA’s Expedited IND Pilot must prove efficiency as sponsors chase the fastest route to valid first-in-human data.

Nate Edwards of Arya Consulting moderates a discussion with Elisabeth Gardiner of Tevard Biosciences and Donny Xu of the RTW Institute about rare disease treatment development and navigating the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher Program.

Jaenisch, Muraru, and Pandey join PharmTech's Cole to discuss FDA's generative AI paper, ARPA-H's SURPASS trials, and AI accountability.

Richard Jaenisch explains what FDA's real-world use case database means for CMC and quality teams navigating NAMs.

Boyang Wang, Immortal Dragons, explains how FDA’s Expedited IND Pilot and research partners could speed serial steps to first-in-human trials compared to China’s 818 Decree.

PharmTech AI Pulse Check panelists explain why attribution, audit trails, and sign-off matter more than AI watermark detection for GxP quality teams.

This week, drug formulation and manufacturing experts showcased their knowledge, and companies exhibited their products, at CPHI Milan.

Richard Jaenisch examines whether FDA's NAM pathway truly shortens drug pipelines or just shifts the evidentiary burden elsewhere.

Mitigating nitrosamine risk requires assessing each product individually, says Bram Baert, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Capsugel, and Sandrine Picco, Senior Analytical Specialist on Capsugel's Innovaform Accelerator Team, in this interview with PharmTech.

Jason Bertola, executive director of Commercial Development for the Advanced Synthesis Platform at Lonza in North America, explains the demand for spray drying and the hurdles involved with scale up, in an interview with PharmTech.

API-gated journals may skew pharma regulatory research as AI agents favor accessible sources, raising citation integrity and pharmacovigilance risks.

Ron Scarboro, Azurity Pharmaceuticals, explains when formulation robustness justifies added cost and which post-approval quality and supply metrics teams can track.

Richard Jaenisch explains why NAMs are compressing drug development faster than AI and what FDA's new nonclinical testing rule means for sponsors.

Shadow AI and vendor data retention put GMP records and trade secrets at risk. AI Pulse Check panelists outline what pharma AI policies require.