Market Reports

Treating chronic wounds with live biotherapeutics

Angharad Baldwin talks to Evelina Vågesjö, CEO, and Peter Frank, Drug Development Manager, of Swedish biologics company, Ilya Pharma, about using live bacteria to treat chronic wounds

Isolator sterility put to the test

Sterility testing must be carried out under strict aseptic conditions. Stacey Orley, Wickham Laboratories, describes the process to ensure products and devices are contaminant-free

A new way of buying and selling APIs, additives, vitamins and excipients

Swiss Kemiex and Atradius credit insurance launch unique commodity trading platform for the pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients

The nanozyme that uses light to kill bacteria

Scientists at the RMIT University in Australia have created a nanozyme with antimicrobial properties with huge potential applications. Angharad Baldwin interviews Professor Vipul Bansal, lead researcher, to find out more

Six months and counting

With 6 months to go until the DSCSA serialisation enforcement deadline kicks in, <i>Manufacturing Chemist</i> caught up with some leading lights in the industry to find out how companies were shaping up ahead of November to mark the occasion

Invisible benefits

SCHOTT enhances its iQ platform with the introduction of the new syriQ BioPure glass syringe for sensitive drugs

Accelerating drug discovery

Angharad Baldwin of <i>Manufacturing Chemist</i> speaks to Dr Trevor Perrior, CSO of Domainex, about the development of a new GPCR drug discovery technology

The final countdown: CDMO focus areas before Feb 2019

Staffan Widengren will be presenting at <a href='https://www.tracelink.com/futurelink'>FutureLink Munich</a> on the <i>Final countdown: focus areas for a CDMO before February 2019</i>

How to boost the conversion rate of your e-commerce website in the manufacturing industry

Fifty three per cent of businesses spend less than 5% of their total marketing budget on boosting their conversion rates, and 35% of businesses have a conversion rate of less than 1%

Advances in medical technology

Overhauling operating models to create digital value

Tailor-made molecules for the drugs of tomorrow

Getting a drug to market is no easy feat, especially with tight regulations to comply with and the plethora of products that are already available. This is why a service that streamlines the discovery process and leads to improved outcomes during clinical trials for drug candidates is likely to be very desirable

PCI expands analytical laboratories at Tredegar site

Pharmaceutical outsourcing services provider PCI announces laboratory expansion at contained manufacturing centre

Standing strong

As regulatory pressure keeps rising, affecting every aspect of the drug manufacturing process, quality is an ongoing quest for pharma companies. Kevin Robinson spoke to Christina Rettig, Head of Communications at SCHOTT AG to find out more

Addressing glass particulates in injectable drug formulations

Glass particles are a frequent contaminant risk when producing injectable drugs on high speed filling lines. Glassmaker Corning has studied the root causes and engineered a new glass product for use on existing equipment that significantly reduces that risk

Serialisation: one year and counting

The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) introduces pan-European measures to prevent counterfeit medicines from entering the supply chain

A modern take on sterility assurance

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly looking for strategies to address containment risks. Christian Dunne of ChargePoint Technology sheds light on the benefit of split butterfly valve technology (SBV) in the aseptic processing of sterile active APIs and the final product

A look back at 2017 healthcare transactions

Last year, 2017, saw 2011 deals complete, with Q2 showing the strongest performance with 29.4%, followed by Q1 with 27.6%, Q3 with 24.1% and Q4 with 18.9%

Weathering the Brexit storm

The effective use of technology could facilitate regulatory compliance for pharmaceutical companies

Performance validation: HPAPI containment testing in a risk-based era

Taking a more automated approach to validation testing paves the way to capturing more repeatable and reliable data, thereby improving levels of containment performance

Gene transfer therapy approved for the treatment of ALL: part I

In August 2017, Novartis received FDA approval for its chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, Kymriah, for the treatment of children and young adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

The race to be first: drug delivery systems for biosimilars

For biosimilar manufacturers, the market potential is significant, especially for those that are first to market

Improving cold chain performance and reliability

The need to mitigate risks within global pharmaceutical supply chain logistics is driving innovation within the temperature-controlled packaging sector

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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