For decades, the power and potential of outsourcing has been viewed as a way for pharmaceutical companies to gain access to specialized domain expertise across geographic regions and achieve cost savings amidst a highly complex and diverse regulatory environment.
In the face of dwindling drug pipelines, complex regulations and block-busters crossing their patent exclusivity, mature products offer a revenue stream for companies to sustain their bottom lines in a hyper-competitive global market.
The PharmTech team focused on its coverage of AAPS PharmSci 360 this week, conducting interviews with experts on a range of topics including formulation platforms, AI, amorphous solid dispersions, and animal studies.
Nitin Kumar Swarnakar, PhD, global application lab manager at BASF, talks about spray drying for drying amorphous solid dispersions and Raman spectroscopy’s role as a quantitative analytical tool.
Aleksandra Zuraw, senior veterinary pathologist at Charles River, discusses how chain of custody, good laboratory practice, quality control, and validation are applied to digital pathology data used in drug development.