Cell and gene therapies continue to expand rapidly, with an anticipated exponential growth over the next five years. This rapid growth has left an urgent need for industry scientists to gather and share lessons learned concerning bioanalytical, biomarker and regulatory strategies. This series provides insight from PPD Laboratories’ experts into a variety of cell and gene therapy (CGT) modalities in the bioanalytical community, with detailed discussions that leverage their experience with technologies and modalities within this CGT sphere.
The PharmTech team focused on its coverage of AAPS PharmSci 360 this week, conducting interviews with experts on a range of topics including formulation platforms, AI, amorphous solid dispersions, and animal studies.
Nitin Kumar Swarnakar, PhD, global application lab manager at BASF, talks about spray drying for drying amorphous solid dispersions and Raman spectroscopy’s role as a quantitative analytical tool.
Aleksandra Zuraw, senior veterinary pathologist at Charles River, discusses how chain of custody, good laboratory practice, quality control, and validation are applied to digital pathology data used in drug development.