Validation Boot Camp, Part 1

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

FDA final guidance defines when companion app output counts as drug labeling and when device-connected or standalone apps belong in prescribing information.

Boyang Wang of Immortal Dragons explains how FDA's Expedited IND Pilot and QRIs could compress sequential first-in-human steps as China's Decree 818 raises the pace.

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

Jaenisch, Muraru, and Pandey discuss new skills for QC and regulatory teams, plus patient trust, as new approach methodologies reshape pharma.

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.

Science, circularity, regulation, and technology are reshaping how the industry develops packaging for medicines.