Analytical Testing
US Alliance Pharma Acquires UK-Based LGC’s Drug Development Solutions Business
Alliance Pharma recently closed on the purchase of Drug Development Solutions (DDS) from LGC. Ampersand Capital Partners, a global healthcare private equity firm, and KKR & Co. Inc., a leading global investment….
SPECIAL FEATURE - Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: Understanding Critical Attributes Earlier in Development Leads to a More Robust Drug Product
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with industry leaders on how drug sponsors and CDMOs are collaborating earlier, and highlights how third-party contractors are navigating material shortages and how the industry is shifting to address different therapeutic targets and molecules, such as mRNA.
WHITE PAPER: Bring Quality OINDPs to Market Faster Than Ever Before | Proveris Scientific
Learn how the Proveris by Design(TM) approach is a proven tool for successfully developing nasal spray and inhalation drug products….
Catalent Invests $175 Million to Expand Manufacturing Capabilities & Capacity
Catalent recently announced that it has commenced a $175 million project to expand its flagship US manufacturing facility for large scale oral dose forms in…
AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS - The Future of Lab Tech Will Combine Automation, Accuracy & Agility
Rich Ellson and John Fuller, PhD, say accelerating development comes down to designing and using flexible automation solutions along with smarter instruments and new consumable paradigms to help meet researchers’ needs.
Copley Launches New Semi-Automation Tool for Inhaled Product Testing
Copley Scientific, the global leader in inhaled product testing equipment, has launched the new Gentle Rocker 100i, a simple, cost-effective device that boosts the productivity and repeatability of….
Genovac Acquires the Carterra LSA Instrument to Enable State-of-the-Art Antibody Screening & Characterization Services
Genovac, a leading contract research and manufacturing organization (CRO/CMO) that discovers, develops, and manufactures antibodies for therapeutic, diagnostic, and research market segments, and Carterra, Inc.,…
Aeterna Zentaris Secures New European Patent Related to Use of Macimorelin for the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults
Aeterna Zentaris Inc. recently announced the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a patent providing intellectual property protection of macimorelin in 27 countries within the…
FREEZE-DRYING MICROSCOPY - Unravelling the Complexities of Freeze-Drying Pharmaceuticals With Advanced Microscopy Techniques
Paul Matejtschuk, PhD, Prof Yvonne Perrie, and Robert Gurney, PhD, say FDM is being used to analyze the most challenging formulations that require sophisticated stabilization methods. By altering and adapting the three main freeze-drying stages to specific formulations, researchers are providing the tools needed for the pharma industry to improve its drug development processes and maintain drug stability when scaling up to production.
New BD Assay Advances Immunology Research Capabilities in the Developing Field of Multiomics
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) recently released the BD Rhapsody TCR/BCR Multiomic Assay, an innovative set of reagents that enables researchers to more easily and…
Proveris Expands Product Portfolio With New Kinaero Cx pMDI Collection System for Delivered Dose Uniformity & Aerodynamic Particle Size Distribution Testing
Proveris Scientific Corporation recently introduced the Kinaero Cx pMDI Collection System to automate the pMDI shaking, priming, dose sample collection, and fire-down for….
WEBINAR: BPOG 2020 & USP 665 – Extractables Testing of Single-Use Systems
This webinar will explore how to conduct effective extractables and leachables (E&L) testing on plastic process materials used during pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing…..
Sterling Pharma Solutions Expands Early Phase Development Capabilities at Cary, NC, Facility
Sterling Pharma Solutions, a global contract development and manufacturing organization, recently announced it has commenced a $2.1-million expansion project to increase chemical and analytical capabilities…
eBOOK: Antibody Production
Antibody production is a multi-step complex process and generating reproducible antibodies is highly critical for immunoassays-based research, immunodiagnostics, and immunotherapy. Antibodies’ reproducibility is driven by…
SPECIAL FEATURE - Analytical Testing Trends in 2022
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin reports on the innovative technologies and techniques that several leading outsourcing providers currently offer for both small and large molecules.
ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP - A Novel Way to Accurately Test Delivery of Non-Standard Formulations
David Hughes, PhD, says ultimately, the goal of OOC technology is to improve the translatability of data between the lab and the clinic. Through a lung-on-a-chip approach, it is possible to recreate the histoarchitecture, phenotype, and function of bronchial and alveolar areas of the lung.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - GATC Health & Liquid Biosciences: Faster, Cheaper, More Effective Drug Discovery
Ian Jenkins, Director of Science, and Jeff Moses, CMO at GATC Health, discuss the combined benefits of their MAT platform and Liquid Biosciences’ Emerge mathematical evolution platform to help identify the right biology sooner and focus on a smaller set of potential compounds early in the pre-clinical development process to enable pharma companies to develop drugs with more efficiency and a higher success rate.
Malvern Panalytical Expands Pharmaceutical Drug Development Solutions Through Acquisition of Creoptix
Malvern Panalytical recently announced its acquisition of Creoptix AG, a specialist bioanalysis sensor company. The acquisition forms a critical part of Malvern Panalytical’s strategy to….
PhoreMost & POLARISqb Announce a Multi-Target Collaboration to Investigate Next-Generation Cancer Therapies
PhoreMost Limited and Polaris Quantum Biotech recently announced a collaboration to study oncology targets currently considered undruggable. Under the terms of the agreement, the POLARISqb…
Akoya Biosciences & Bio-Techne Partner to Deliver Automated Spatial Multiomics Workflow With Industry-Leading Speed & Resolution
Akoya Biosciences, Inc. and Bio-Techne recently announced a partnership to develop the first single-cell, spatial multiomics workflow for comprehensive, unbiased analysis of tissue samples. Through…
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