SPECIAL FEATURE - PFS & Parenteral Delivery: Innovation Is Focused on Patient-Centric, Smart & Sustainable Solutions
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several innovating companies to discuss trends in PFS as well as advancements in autoinjectors and innovations in parenteral delivery.
TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY - SkinJect’s Doxorubicin-Loaded Dissolvable Microneedle Array (D-MNA): A Revolutionary Approach to Transdermal Drug Delivery
Raza Bokhari, MD, Edward Brennan, MD, FACS, and Madison Weisz, MS, explore the D-MNA treatment, highlighting its drug delivery mechanisms, advantages over traditional treatments, and clinical potential.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - PCI Pharma Services: Driving Precision, Agility & Partnership in Complex Drug Development
Anshul Gupte, PhD, RAC Drugs, VP of Pharmaceutical Development at PCI Pharma Services, talks about phase-appropriate development, technical hurdles in pharmaceutical sciences, building agile teams, and what sponsors should prioritize when planning their strategy for novel therapies.
FORMULATION FORUM - Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems for Improving Oral Bioavailability of Drugs
Jim Huang, PhD, and Shaukat Ali, PhD, say as more NCEs continue to be discovered with less options to find the appropriate excipients and solubilizers for Class II and IV drugs, the pharma industry has begun to evaluate liquid SEDDS for expediting drugs to market.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Botanical Solution Inc.: Launching a Revolution in Economical & Environmentally Sustainable QS-21 Vaccine Adjuvant Production
Gastón Salinas, CEO of Botanical Solution Inc., discusses his company’s transition from agriculture to pharmaceuticals, addressing the global shortage of QS-21, and developing the QS-21 gold standard vaccine.
NASAL DRUG DELIVERY - Overcoming the Challenges of Formulation Development
Eric Kaneps explores the nasal drug delivery landscape, including the benefits of nasal administration compared with other routes and the unique formulation challenges associated with this delivery method.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Salipro Biotech & Bio-Rad Laboratories: A Powerful Solution for Antibody Discovery Against Challenging Transmembrane Targets
Dr. Jens Frauenfeld, CEO, Salipro Biotech, and Dr. Francisco Ylera, R&D Team Lead at Bio-Rad Laboratories, explain how their collaboration is leveraging the Salipro® platform alongside Bio-Rad’s Pioneer™ Antibody Discovery Platform to target transmembrane proteins.
THERAPEUTIC FOCUS - Targeting Chronic Inflammation in Obesity
Johnny Peppers, PhD, and Christopher Mojcik, MD, PhD, explore the connection of obesity and inflammation, the current treatment landscape, and directions for future treatment.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT - The Next Frontier in Immunotherapy for Ovarian Cancer
Khursheed Anwer, PhD, MBA, and Douglas V. Faller, MD, PhD, highlight a new delivery system (TheraPlas®) being used to develop a more localized IL-12 immunotherapy for ovarian cancer and review its promising Phase 2 results.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Gelteq: A Breakthrough Ingestible Gel Drug & Nutrient Delivery System
Nathan Givoni, Co-Founder and CEO of Gelteq, discusses challenges with traditional drug delivery and the company’s innovative ingestible gel platform designed for drug and nutrient delivery.
CONTRACT SERVICES - When Choosing Stent, Catheter & Tubing Partners, Less is More
Andrew Filachek says the ability to combine ideation and early stage development with materials science and process technologies has, in recent years, become a differentiator across a variety of device categories.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - MediWound Ltd.: Developing a New Class of Biologic Enzymatic Therapeutic Products to Debride Wounds
Ofer Gonen, Chief Executive Officer of MediWound, discusses the company’s innovative approach to debridement.
ADC PAYLOADS - Progress in Development of Camptothecin-Based ADC Therapeutics
Paul Moore, PhD, Raffaele Colombo, PhD, and Jamie Rich, PhD, say the recent progress in research on novel camptothecin payloads highlights the potential for developing a new generation of ADCs that can overcome some of the limitations of first-generation therapies.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Bioavailability & Solubility: The Promise of Novel Ingredients
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin, speaks with several innovating companies to discuss the use of novel excipients as well as other methods and technologies for tackling bioavailability and solubility once and for all.
FORMULATION FORUM - Lymphatic versus Portal Drug Delivery: An Understanding of Drug Oral Absorption & Food Effect
Jim Huang, PhD, and Shaukat Ali, PhD, say the lymphatic system is a distinctive route that is essential for drug transport and delivery of large and lipophilic molecules by alleviating the challenges in penetrating blood capillaries.
TREND SCOUTING - Anticipating the Future of Pharma
Gregor Deutschle says by implementing a strategic, considerate, and proactive approach to trend forecasting, pharmaceutical service providers can effectively weigh the benefits and challenges of potential trends, invest in those most aligned with customer needs, and avoid the allocation of time and resources in trends that will not provide meaningful ROI.
ECO-DESIGN TOOL - How Life Cycle Assessment is Transforming Drug Delivery Device Sustainability
Alex Fong, MBA, believes in an era where sustainability is not just a goal but a necessity, LCA has the potential to reshape how the pharmaceutical industry approaches this multifaceted issue.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT - Improving Bioavailability & Solubility in OSDs
Hibreniguss Terefe, PhD, explores the options available to improve bioavailability and solubility and provides guidance to support decision-making when designing oral formulations for poorly soluble drug candidates in early development.
CELL-FREE GENE SYNTHESIS - Eliminating Critical Bottlenecks in Genetic Medicine Development
Marc Unger explores the market trends, challenges, and opportunities new DNA production technologies provide to accelerate genetic advances in healthcare.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lonza: Driving Innovation & Sustainability: CDMO Trends & the Future of ADCs
Sebastian Stenderup, Executive Director, Head of Commercial EMEA, Lonza, discusses some of the trends CDMOs are currently facing, from the growth of ADCs to the importance of sustainability, and how his company is responding to them.
