CPHI Milan 2024: Pharma Industry Growth and Investment
October 11th 2024Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with John McQuaid, president and managing director at Almac Pharma Services, at CPHI Milan 2024, held October 8–10, in Milan, Italy, about how the pharmaceutical industry is growing and what might drive investment in the future.
CPHI Milan 2024: Heparin and Heparinoids in Pharmaceuticals
October 10th 2024Pharmaceutical Technology Europe sat down with Joan Bassa, Human Health Business Unit Director at Bioiberica, to talk about the history of heparin, its uses in pharmaceuticals, and what heparinoids have to offer the industry.
CPHI Milan 2024: Evolution of Coating Design
October 9th 2024Pharmaceutical Technology Europe spoke with Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, vice president and chief innovation officer at Colorcon, about the evolution of coating design and how it has impacted investment, as well as innovations in packaging for oral solid dosage products.
Drug Digest: Securing the Supply Chain for Small-Molecule APIs and Excipients
October 4th 2024In this exclusive Drug Digest video interview, Felicity Thomas, Associate Editorial Director, Pharmaceutical Technology Group, interviews experts about key trends impacting small-molecule APIs and excipients, the importance of supply chain resilience, ways in which advanced manufacturing approaches can prove beneficial, and potential hurdles facing companies seeking to secure their small-molecule API and excipient supply chains.
Behind the Headlines: Sickle Cell Therapies; Mpox Vaccines; and ARCH Ventures’ Biotech Fund
October 3rd 2024This Behind the Headlines news roundup panel discussion on recent news items includes updates regarding sickle cell therapies (e.g,, Pfizer’s withdrawal of Oxbryta and Vertex’s choosing of Lonza as the commercial manufacturer of Casgevy); Emergent BioSolutions $400 million BARDA contract for an mpox vaccine; and the first in a generation novel schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy (xanomeline and trospium chloride). The panel also examines investment revival with ARCH Ventures $3 billion biotech fund raise and the $3.6 billion for Flagship Pioneering. Rounding things out is a discussion on COVID-19-associated childhood myopia and patent thickets artificially keep the price of drugs high.
AAPS PharmSci 360 2024: Drug Delivery in Early Development
October 3rd 2024Pharmaceutical Technology sat down with Erica Schlesinger, vice president of technical development at Serán Bioscience, to talk about her upcoming presentation at AAPS PharmSci 360 2024, “High Dose Subcutaneous Delivery of Protein Therapeutics.”
Sexy Science in Pharmaceuticals: Hot-Melt Extrusion
October 2nd 2024This premiere episode of Sexy Science in Pharmaceuticals features Professor Jonathan Pokorski, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, and Dr. James DiNunzio, Senior Principal Scientist at Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, discussing the benefits of hot-melt extrusion.
Cell and Gene Therapy Production Facilities
September 26th 2024In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Peter Walters, Fellow of Advanced Therapies at CRB Group, discusses factors to be considered in constructing a new facility for cell and gene therapy production as well as using an existing facility to expand cell and gene therapy pipelines.
Revolutionizing Pharma Logistics: Integrating Innovation and Efficiency in Supply Chains
September 24th 2024In this video, hear Albert McEvoy, Senior Director of NORAM Logistics, talk about how Marken is preparing its pharma supply chains for a new age of healthcare by optimizing drug development and delivery through cutting-edge tech, strategic partnerships, and contingency plans ― a future where patients anywhere in the world have access to essential medicines.