Contract Services
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Vetter: Insights on Insourcing Versus Outsourcing in the World of Injectable Manufacturing
Oskar Gold, Vetter’s Senior VP, Key Account Management and Marketing/Corporate Communications, offers his insights on aseptic manufacturing and why careful thought and consideration of different criteria must be applied.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – JRF Global: Innovating Drug Discovery & Development Solutions for Your Leads
Sameer Navalgund, Global Director at JRF Global, shares his perspective about the on-going trends, current status, and some of the upcoming biggest challenges in the contract services industry.
CLINICAL TRIALS – How to Make Clinical Trials Patient Centric: Five Common Sense Steps
Rosamund Round says most companies know they need to make trials more patient-friendly, but few have access to the tools and methodologies to transform their protocol design process. Fortunately, thoughtfully applied common sense practices can create better patient experiences and more robust trials.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Injection Devices: As Self-Injection Grows, Drug Delivery Gets Smarter
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin reviews some of the innovative and novel technologies developers are deploying to make self-injection easier and improve patient adherence.
HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY – A Map to Biologics
William Boomershine, PhD, explains how high-resolution mass spectrometry is a key component to the characterization of novel biologics and biosimilars.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – SHL Group: Expansion Driven by Our Partners
Taras Seniuch, Director of Business Development at SHL’s contract manufacturing organization, SHL Pharma, talks about his company’s unique service offering for its partners.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: CDMOs Are Innovating for 21st-Century Medicine
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with some of the industry’s leading CDMOs about the innovations they are developing for next-generation patient care, and how many are making investments that are enabling them to offer more services under one roof.
CLINICAL TRIALS – Maximizing Immuno-Oncology Clinical Trial Success
Luke S. Gill, MSc, MBA, believes understanding and overcoming various challenges in the development of immunotherapeutic agents will be critical to clinical trial success and, ultimately, market approval.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Prefilled Syringes & Parenteral Manufacturing: Drug & Packaging Ensure Safety, Compatibility & Stability
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights some of the key players in the market and where they are focusing their efforts to ensure products are of the highest quality, safe, and easy to use.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Singota Solutions: Keeping Up With Trends & Technology as a CDMO
Brent Lieffers, Senior Director of Operations, discusses the need for keeping up with trends and technology as an innovative CDMO.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
GeneDesign Joins Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services & Opens Oligonucleotide API Development Center
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services, recently announced that GeneDesign, Inc. has joined the global organization.
Industry Trends: Vigilance is Critical for Future Success
Peter Soelkner says there will always be a wide variety of trends influencing our industry and we see no reason why this will not continue well into the future.
Swissfillon AG & Früh Verpackungstechnik AG Enter Strategic Collaboration
Swissfillon AG, a provider of aseptic fill and finish services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and Früh Verpackungstechnik AG, packaging manufacturer and supplier of medical and pharmaceutical contract packaging solutions, have recently entered into a partnership.
Saama Closes $40-Million Financing; Driving Disruption in Clinical Analytics & Drug Development
Saama Technologies, Inc., a leading clinical data analytics platform firm, announced that it has closed a $40 million financing with Perceptive Advisors.
Aptar Pharma’s Nasal Device Approved by FDA for Breakthrough Treatment
Aptar Pharma recently announce that its Bidose nasal spray device was recently approved by the US FDA for a breakthrough therapy in the field of depression.