Market Reports

Blockchain: the key to a secure pharmaceutical supply chain

Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly exploring solutions to combat counterfeiters, reports Tom Egan, Vice president, Industry Services, PMMI, Rick Fox, President and CEO, FOX IV Technologies, and Bill McBeath, Chief Research Officer, Chainlink Research

GEA supplies Bracco with falling film evaporator for contrast media

The evaporator Bracco has ordered is specifically designed for use in the production of Iodoftal

Delivering higher value diagnostics

Dr Kevin Robinson had a discussion with Ann Costello, Global Franchise Lead, Centralised Solutions at Roche Diagnostics, following EuroMedLab, regarding how enhancing lab technology, including automated maintenance, is helping to reduce manual operations and the risk of errors

The future of pharmacovigilance and the impact of automation

Pharmacovigilance (PV), the process of identifying, tracking, evaluating and preventing negative outcomes from drug therapies, is a sector that has seen huge growth in recent years. David J. Balderson, Vice President, Global Safety Operations, Sciformix, a Covance company, reports

Butterfly valves: Containment and monitoring for API transfer

Michael Avraam of Chargepoint Technology writes about systems that are critical to preventing HPAPIs harming staff and the bottom line

Establishing a secure supply chain for phyto-APIs

APIs produced from naturally derived materials can be challenging to supply reliably and with consistently high quality. C<sup>2</sup> PHARMA has implemented multiple solutions to ensure supply chain security

Serving up finance

OEMs can help their customers in the pharmaceutical sector to embrace digitalisation with integrated finance, reports Gary Thompson, Sales Director, Siemens Financial Services (UK)

Building a new business model with method lifecycle management

An increased focus on lifecycle management for analytical methods has been seen in recent years from the industry’s regulatory bodies. Method lifecycle management (MLCM) provides an opportunity to continuously improve and ensure quality of data through the application of quality risk management

A natural remedy for brain metastasis

Milk thistle extract might be a promising complementary treatment for cancer patients, reports Andrea Zangara, Scientific Marketing Manager, Euromed

The Manufacturing Chemist outsourcing roundtable: part II

Having talked about upcoming trends, potential growth and in-demand services in Part I, I open the second session by asking the panellists whether they’ll be investing in any particular aspects of their businesses during the next 12 months

A matter of material choice

Dr Kevin Robinson recently caught up with DuPont’s Eric Schmohl, Global Marketing Manager for Tyvek Pharmaceutical Packaging, and Jean-François Teneul, Global Life Sciences Market Leader of Tyvek Protective Apparel, to discuss the importance of protecting both people and product during aseptic fill-&-finish processes

Meeting the global demand for high quality pharmaceutical packaging

Amidst a flurry of recent announcements at the recent DCAT Week in New York, Dr Kevin Robinson sat down with Dr Frank Heinricht, Chairman of the Management Board of SCHOTT AG, to discover how the company is addressing issues in the pharmaceutical value chain, from glass tubing to packaging and the application of artificial intelligence

Continuous manufacturing: making it real

Industry pioneers GEA, Siemens and Perceptive Engineering recently hosted the inaugural Reality of Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing conference in Durham, UK, to examine the current status of going conti and present real-life applications to an international audience. Dr Kevin Robinson reports

Global serialisation: Russian track and trace readiness

Christoph Krähenbühl, Senior Director of Excellis Europe, explains the challenge that the new Russian traceability regulations present to the pharma industry and how all participants in the supply chain must properly prepare to ensure that they become compliant within this new environment

Backend, baffling and buzzing: blockchain

Marco Mohwinckel, healthcare executive and adviser, takes a closer look at the invisible backend technology that has been touted as a revolution

Digitalisation in specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Paige Marie Morse, Industry Director, AspenTech talks to Dr Kevin Robinson about accelerating innovation and optimising the value chain with digital technologies

Supporting precision with precision

As biologics steadily grow in pipeline development and commercialisation, they inherently require precise and meticulous support to ensure effective delivery to the patient

The economic advantages of continuous flow chemistry

Batch production has been the traditional workhorse of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. However, economic advantages are taking continuous flow out of the realm of a niche technology for high energy, hazardous reactions to become an essential part of the small molecule manufacturing toolkit

The modularisation of chemical API synthesis

The modularisation of chemical synthesis pathways in pharmaceutical production can improve overall plant efficiency and reduce planning time. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik has optimised the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) synthesis process and developed bespoke plant designs for several international customers

Rare diseases: understanding the patient journey

In the shadow of Rare Disease Day on 28 February 2019, Dr Kevin Robinson met with Zizi Imatorbhebhe, Senior Director of Strategic Development and Head of PAREXEL’s Rare Disease Center of Excellence (RDCE), to discuss the future of rare disease research

A new paradigm in vaccines and cancer treatments

Specialist pharmaceutical company N4 Pharma is developing Nuvec, a unique non-viral adjuvant delivery system for vaccines and cancer treatments. This silica nanoparticle has the potential to help commercialise cancer immunotherapy drugs and improve the effectiveness of viral vaccines. Dr Kevin Robinson recently caught up with Nigel Theobald, CEO of N4 Pharma, to find out more

Fuelling pharma’s innovation engines

Wishing to assess the current state of Alcami’s target market, Dr Kevin Robinson recently sat down with President and CEO, Dr Stephan Kutzer, to discuss its health, innovation and future aspirations

Broad stripes, bright stars and a thriving pharmaceutical industry: part I

According to one of Stephen Sondheim’s most well-known lyrics, “I like to be in America! OK by me in America!” But, given the geography, politics, population, regulation and funding that are unique to the United States, Dr Kevin Robinson looked west to the Land of the Free to find out how the pharmaceutical industry is faring amongst all the milk and honey

The hidden risk of contamination

Pharmaceutical companies may be unwittingly putting production processes at risk of contamination by fitting pumps with mechanical seals that fail to comply with industry regulations, says John Smiddy, European Sales and Technical Support Director for AESSEAL

Trending Articles

  1. How iPSCs can bridge the translational gap in neuroscience Affecting more than one in three people, neurological disorders have a vast impact on global health while exacting a tremendous cost, reports Dr Max Mirza, Vice President of Neuroscience Drug Discovery at Sygnature Discovery
  2. 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
  3. Native mass spectrometry as a drug discovery engine Using mass spectrometry to characterise and screen large intact protein targets, captured directly in their native state, is making waves as a differentiated approach to hit finding in drug discovery, explains Dr Jonathan T.S. Hopper, founder and VP of Platforms at OMass Therapeutics
  4. How predictive and preventive maintenance can optimise your pharmaceutical manufacturing line With a tailored approach to maintenance, manufacturers can extend their system’s lifetime and anticipate time-consuming breakdowns before they happen
  5. Recombinant versus synthetic peptide synthesis: the perks and drawbacks Since the introduction of novel peptide drugs into the market, the demand for polypeptide manufacturing has significantly increased, reports Dr Philipp Markolin

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