In the Spotlight September 2003

Capsugel's Bram Baert and Sandrine Picco argue that chasing zero nitrite in pharmaceutical excipients is often impractical and costly. They recommend setting scientifically justified, risk-based limits and consistently staying below them.

Ron Scarboro, Azurity Pharmaceuticals, claims drug reformulation that removes patient barriers must preserve efficacy, urging early cross-functional team alignment.

PharmTech AI Pulse Check episode 2 covers AI data governance, API-gated journals, watermarking limits, and why attribution beats detection in GxP.

The FDA opened an expedited IND pilot, tightened scrutiny of foreign trial data, and finalized a rule recognizing non-animal testing methods. In Europe, the EMA advanced pharmaceutical legislation reform, restricted 2 legacy products, and opened an injectable-iron safety review.

Novartis licenses Abogen's mRNA-encoded T-cell engager for autoimmune disease, raising scale-up questions for mRNA-lipid nanoparticle manufacturing.

Pharma manufacturing spent 90 years learning that producing correct outputs isn't the same as catching your own errors. AI has only learned the first.

Ron Scarboro, Azurity Pharmaceuticals, explains why real-world usability belongs at product definition and how post-launch feedback should guide drug formulation.

Ronald Piervincenzi, USP, explains why drug supply resilience needs a system approach, from procurement benchmarks to regulatory capacity building.