
Vishal Mukund Sonje, Vaccine Manufacturing Lead, CEPI, talks about the challenges that arise in the manufacturing of vaccines in various global regions and gives a preview of his presentation at CPHI Frankfurt 2025.

Vishal Mukund Sonje, Vaccine Manufacturing Lead, CEPI, talks about the challenges that arise in the manufacturing of vaccines in various global regions and gives a preview of his presentation at CPHI Frankfurt 2025.

Pharmaceutical packaging plays an important role in sustainability efforts. Maija Pohjakallio, VP, Climate and Circular Economy, Metsä Group, explains how fiber-based packaging can help with these efforts.

Pharmaceutical Technology® spoke with Tara Dougal, Event Director for Pharma at Informa Markets about what attendees at CPHI Frankfurt should expect this year.

US domestic manufacturing investment, R&D model shifts, new excipients, and digital traceability are redefining drug development and supply chains.

The new partnership will work to embed digital identification into labware, solving chain-of-identity challenges for individualized cell and gene therapies.

In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, Parexel, give their opinions on why those working in the pharmaceutical industry should lend their voices to draft regulations.

Major pharmaceutical investments in the United States are expanding API, capsule, and packaging capacity, enhancing supply chain resilience and supporting domestic drug production.

At CPHI and AAPS, Ashland plans to detail the impacts of its advanced excipients: ultra-low nitrite materials curb nitrosamine risk, while high-purity sucrose stabilizes complex biologics.

In episode 27, Christopher Hopkins, PhD; Omkar Kawalekar, PhD; Barnaby Pickering; and Jerry Rosenbaum, MD, go behind the headlines.

Biopharma R&D strategy pivots: M&A favors late-stage assets, obesity deals surge, AI accelerates manufacturing, and policy drives strategic US facility investment.

Advanced biotech equipment, driven by R&D investment and personalized medicine, is essential for scalable drug production and development into the next decade, according to a BCC Research report.

Biopharma data showed M&A strength, selective venture capital favoring Phase II, record obesity deals, and significant upfronts flowing toward innovation in China were key in Q3 2025.

Life sciences CEOs are boosting AI spending, focusing on workforce upskilling, and tackling ethical challenges to drive innovation and product development.

Pharma accelerates specialized R&D and clinical pipelines via agentic AI and collaboration, while manufacturing scales through CGT 2.0 flexibility, automation, and digitized supply chain security.
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In this interview, Sandra Reid of gChem explains how PROCIPIENT®, its USP-grade DMSO, is uniquely manufactured under cGMP and ICH Q7 guidelines to ensure compliance, consistency, and quality across global pharmaceutical markets.
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In this interview, Rishi Pimentel of gChem explains how PROCIPIENT®, a cGMP-compliant excipient-grade DMSO, supports advanced therapies with superior purity and sterility, mitigates risks of using industrial-grade solvents, and strengthens regulatory readiness and supply chain security.
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In this interview, Dr Nigel Langley of gChem discusses the importance of excipient grade, compliance, and supply chain transparency, and introduces PROCIPIENT®, gChem’s high-purity pharmaceutical-grade DMSO.

Pharma news on AI's role in drug development, new FDA/EMA guidance, clinical advances, MFN pricing agreements, and ongoing quality control challenges.

Pharmaceutical Technology® spoke with Juliana Maynard, PhD, Head of Translational Imaging, at Medicines Discovery Catapult, to find out what makes radiopharmaceuticals unique and how MDC’s collaboration with Crown Bioscience can help developers of these treatments for cancer.

Pfizer re-balances weight loss portfolio with Metsera, Bristol Myers Squibb and Roche make breast cancer progress, and Keytruda gets under your skin.

This review of the nitrosamines contamination problem in pharmaceuticals takes a look at how the crisis started and developed.

Pharmaceutical Technology® spoke with Bryan Miller, Director of Scientific and Technical Operations at Crown Bioscience UK, to learn more about Crown Bioscience’s collaboration with Medicines Discovery Catapult on a new development platform for radiopharmaceuticals.

Your weekly news hub for biopharma trends, FDA regulations, M&A deals, supply chain insights, drug development innovations from BIO-Europe, and more.

David McErlane, Group President of Biologics at Catalent, shares how integrated expertise in biologics helps simplify complexity, accelerate development, and deliver therapies to patients faster.

In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, Parexel, answer questions on the use of real-world evidence for both small-molecule and large-molecule drug development. In addition, they tackle a question on supply chain security problems that arise during transportation of pharmaceutical goods.

Saleem Farooqui of Fresenius Kabi explains how the company is addressing today’s pharmaceutical manufacturing needs. Watch this video to learn how these capabilities can help bring products to market successfully.

Alvin Jogasuria, ProBio; Matthew Lunning, University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Carl Schoellhammer, DeciBio, go behind the headlines to discuss the need for doing more with less.

Advancements for novel cancer therapies are booming. This video takes a look at some of the latest efforts in the cancer research and therapy arena.

In the first-ever “Two-Minute Mysteries: BioPharma Stories,” Agilent’s Ken Boda shares the mystery of a low reading.

The week's pharma news includes FDA warnings for Lilly and Novo, new drug approvals for MASH and edema, and a look ahead at CPHI Europe.