Analytical Testing
LAB DEVELOPED TESTS – FDA Working on LDT Guideline: Implications & Questions
Aish Vivekanandan, Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, reports that in the past several years, it seemed that a cry for regulation of LDTs was falling on deaf years at the FDA. However, after a thorough and intricate letter from the Senate and public outcry for regulations, it seems the FDA is finally taking action.
IMMUNOCHEMISTRY ANALYZER MARKET – Mutiplexing Technologies for Infectious Disease, Cancer, Cardiac & Autoimmune Testing Rise Above the Horizon
Divyaa Ravishankar, MS, Senior Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, indicates the market has undergone a massive change from just a few vendors offering only enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, chemiluminescent immunoassay, radioactive immunoassay, and flourescent immunoassay to also multiplex assays, such as microarrays, flow cytometry-based platforms, recombinant immunoassays, and indirect immunofluorescence assays.
IVD TRENDS – In Vitro Diagnostics Players Go Global as US & Europe Markets Slow Down
Despite economic and industry challenges, the global in vitro diagnostics (IVD) market is growing robustly – at double the rate of the global pharmaceutical industry…
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – SGS Life Science Services: Getting Medicines to Market Quickly & Safely
Drug Development Executive: Mark Rogers, PhD, Senior Vice President Life Science Services at SGS, talks about his company’s evolutionary development and the trends it is witnessing in the analytical testing market.
LEACHABLES STUDIES – Investigating Leachables in Oral Solid Dosage Forms
Chris Connolly and Niculae Miron indicate that with increasingly potent drug products and lower acceptable levels of contaminants today, more-sensitive analytical methods must be used to detect and analyze leachables and determine drug product safety.
ADAPTIVE FOCUSED ACOUSTICS – Scalability of AFA in Nanoemulsions: From Microliters to Continuous Flow
Laura E. Forte and Srikanth Kakumanu, PhD, conduct a study demonstrating that Covaris’ AFA can quickly and easily produce nanoemulsions on sample scales varying from 300 microliters to continuous flow.
DISPOSABLE TECHNOLOGY – Use of Disposable Technology in Clinical Fill & Finish Manufacturing: Benefits & Considerations
Claudia Roth, PhD, reviews not only the benefits of using disposables, but the real-world variables to consider when converting to single-use technology. The pathway begins with the question, why use disposables?
SPECIAL FEATURE- Analytical Testing of Biologics & Biosimilars
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin talks with some of the leading experts in the industry about the importance of outsourcing analytical testing in the biologic/biosimilar space, the associated challenges, and how to ensure products get to market safely and quickly.
RESIDUAL IMPURITIES – Developing & Validating an Efficient Method to Determine Residuals of Hormone Products by LC-MS After Cleaning of Equipment
Geoff Carr, PhD, describes the benefits of LC-MS and presents an effective method using this technology to determine the potential residual amount of eight active ingredients used in oral contraceptive tablets after cleaning equipment used in their manufacture.
MASS SPECTROMETRY – Access for All – A New Solution to the Age Old Challenge of a Multi-Vendor Open Access Laboratory
Hayley Crowe reviews AxION(R) eDoor(TM), a web-based, multi-vendor, open-access software platform that addresses all the complexities associated with analytical mass spectrometry analysis.
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Saama & Comprehend to Form Preeminent Clinical Analytics Platform Company
Saama Technologies, Inc. recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Comprehend Systems, Inc. to create an exciting, enhanced suite of………..
MilliporeSigma Acquires BSSN Software to Accelerate Customers’ Digital Transformation in the Lab
MilliporeSigma has acquired BSSN Software, a Darmstadt, Germany-based laboratory informatics company that makes data more readily accessible for ease of integration, collaboration, analysis and…..
Cambrex to be Acquired by the Permira Funds
Cambrex Corporation recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of the Permira funds in a transaction valued at approximately……
LabTwin Partners With Bonneville Labs & Lab Launch to Give Biotech Startups Access to World’s First Voice & AI-Powered Digital Lab Assistant
LabTwin GmbH, the world’s first voice and AI-powered digital lab assistant, recently announced partnerships with CA-based life science shared lab facilities Bonneville Labs and Lab Launch to……
Aptar Acquires Nanopharm & Gateway Analytical
AptarGroup, Inc. recently announced it has acquired two leading pharmaceutical services companies, Nanopharm Ltd. and Gateway Analytical LLC, for a combined enterprise value of approximately $50 million.