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Scaling-up the pharmaceutical supply chain with digitisation: part I

Scaling-up the pharmaceutical supply chain with digitisation: part I

If there are issues with any vaccine, the traditional recall process, which is highly dependent on manual and paper-based processes — and provides no insight in terms of where the product ends up — is not up to the task. It is simply too slow and ill-informed to combat the fallout!
Cleanroom Conference and Manufacturing Chemist Live 2020 to go virtual

Cleanroom Conference and Manufacturing Chemist Live 2020 to go virtual

The virtual event taking place on 10-11 November 2020 will provide delegates with full access to the Manufacturing Chemist Live, Cleanroom UK, India and Singapore content and exhibitors
Transporting the COVID-19 vaccine around the world: a global problem

Transporting the COVID-19 vaccine around the world: a global problem

Elisabeth Vachette, Head of Product Management for Bags/Mixing/Tanks at Sartorius Stedim Biotech, discusses the challenges associated with distributing a vaccine to the global population with Dr Kevin Robinson
Manufacturing pressure accelerates move to fully formulated film coatings

Manufacturing pressure accelerates move to fully formulated film coatings

Why now is the right time to change to a leaner system, explains Colorcon's Dr Jason Teckoe, Technical Director, EMEA
Small test efforts for large production facilities

Small test efforts for large production facilities

Sanofi uses filling and closing machines from Syntegon Technology to determine the ideal manufacturing parameters for the development and lifecycle management of its products, explains Sebastian Lauterbach, Area Sales Manager, Syntegon Technology
Cleanroom Conference and Manufacturing Chemist Live events set to go ahead

Cleanroom Conference and Manufacturing Chemist Live events set to go ahead

The co-located events will go ahead in October with new safety measures in place, after being postponed from their original date at the start of summer due to COVID-19
Delivering success for inhaled drug development programmes

Delivering success for inhaled drug development programmes

No two inhaled drug development programmes will have exactly the same characteristics or drivers; so, to ensure the greatest chance of success, it is important not to be unduly influenced by previous programme, or have a technology bias towards a single platform
Next-generation rapid transfer systems for the biopharmaceutical industry

Next-generation rapid transfer systems for the biopharmaceutical industry

The safe manufacture of pharmaceutical drugs requires perfectly sterile and particle-free environments. A rapid transfer port, which comprises double containment doors that are integrated into an isolator, is a system that allows the safe transfer of substances used in drug development, such as active pharmaceutical ingredients or vaccines
Overcoming the excipient challenge with a multifunctional filler-binder

Overcoming the excipient challenge with a multifunctional filler-binder

Dr Maj-Britt Cepok, Head of Business Development Pharma at BENEO, talks to Dr Kevin Robinson about trends in excipients and explains why the right filler-binder can make all the difference
Isolator transfer design for ATMP products

Isolator transfer design for ATMP products

A challenge posed by the increase of closed systems is the transfer of semi-finished products without losing the aseptic conditions required by regulations. A new study has tested a transfer system aiming to offer biocontainment without losing cell viability of ATMP products
Enhancing clinical trial supply with JTM: part II

Enhancing clinical trial supply with JTM: part II

In a constantly changing world, the pharmaceutical industry is having to adopt its practices to serve the needs of a rapidly growing and ageing population and develop innovative personalised medicines. Almac has responded to these demands with a Just-in-Time Manufacturing solution that fulfils the requirements of a high value, time sensitive clinical supply chain. Dr Kevin Robinson spoke to Natalie Balanovsky, Just-in-Time Manufacturing Solutions Manager, and Mark Rohlfing, Vice President of Operations, to find out more
Next-generation pharmaceutical spray drying

Next-generation pharmaceutical spray drying

Lonza's Kimberly B. Shepard, Associate Principal Engineer, and Michael M. Morgen, Associate Director, R&D, discuss mechanistic process development with high-performance polymers for bioavailability enhancement
Reading and understanding vendor-supplied tablet drawings

Reading and understanding vendor-supplied tablet drawings

Understanding the tablet drawings supplied by tooling vendors is a meaningful way to learn more about your product, reports John Norman, Technical Service Representative, Natoli Engineering Company
Lessons from a modern-day pandemic: redesigning the pharmaceutical supply chain

Lessons from a modern-day pandemic: redesigning the pharmaceutical supply chain

The pharmaceutical industry has responded extremely well to the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the industry is changing before our eyes. To put it in simple terms, there will be no more “business-as-usual” in pharmaceutical manufacturing after COVID-19, explains Andrew Badrot, CEO, C2 PHARMA
A pivotal time for pharma's global biotechnology industry

A pivotal time for pharma's global biotechnology industry

In these uncertain times, GEA, the globally active mechanical and plant engineering company, is taking its role in the fight against the coronavirus — and any other — epidemic, extremely seriously. Committed to “Engineering for a better world,” GEA designs and builds modular plant and fully integrated systems help to bring new treatments to market in the shortest possible time
Accelerating vaccine development with AI

Accelerating vaccine development with AI

Despite the tremendous advances in medical science in recent decades, there is still so much about the human body that we’re yet to discover, reports Billy Sisk, Life Sciences Industry Manager, EMEA, Rockwell Automation

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