The relationship you build with your executive sponsor (ES) is the most critical relationship you will build with your CDMO partner and will serve as the foundation for long-term commercial success. At the core of vendor selection activities, it is vital to understand the CDMO’s flexibility and culture, models and scale of equipment, technical and analytical capabilities, regulatory support, quality system, and audit inspection history – and it is equally as vital to understand its executive sponsorship model. Learn more about why this is a vital component of your process.
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.