The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countless difficult decisions to be made in the face of unprecedented uncertainty. Patients, consumers, and industry professionals alike are looking for guidance, support, and answers. With increased demand on pharmaceutical manufacturers to develop a COVID-19 therapeutic alongside all the existing treatments that are still needed by millions, there follows the growing need for strict quality control processes, and the ability to test and release large volumes of newly manufactured vaccines.
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.
OpenAI acquired Orchestra Bio to pair AI agents that track drug development timelines with its Rosalind life sciences tools, raising oversight questions for pharma teams.