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FDA approves GSK's bepirovirsen for chronic hepatitis B after a 19% functional cure rate, raising oligonucleotide scale-up stakes for manufacturers.

Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD, USP, explains what harmonization of extractables and leachables standards looks like in practice.

Nine duloxetine recalls since 2024 show why generic drug manufacturers need route-level nitrosamine risk assessment, not end-product testing alone.

Ravi Kiran Kaja, PhD, explains how USP’s industry-wide initiative aims to build confidence in trace-level extractables and leachables results.

AI accountability, faster FDA pathways, rare disease CMC review, and next-gen GLP-1 formulation lead this week’s PharmTech roundup.

MASH and cardiomyopathy AI collaboration: AstraZeneca pays insitro $40M upfront for target discovery, then leads clinical development and CMC planning.

Nate Edwards of Arya Consulting moderates a discussion with Elisabeth Gardiner of Tevard Biosciences and Donny Xu of the RTW Institute about rare disease treatment development and navigating the FDA’s Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher Program.

NVIDIA’s $250M, five-year compute donation funds UK agentic AI safety research, with implications for how GMP teams validate and govern autonomous AI.