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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.
ORPHAN DRUG MARKET - Drug Developers Drawn to Orphan Drugs Market: Financial Incentives Create Rich, Competitive Pipelines
As drug developers abandon the “blockbuster model” in favor of greater focus on drug development for rare conditions, the global orphan drugs market is becoming increasingly competitive. It is imperative that drug developers continually keep a tab of competitors’ pipelines as approval and reimbursement of new orphan drugs are highly dependent on the availability of alternative therapies.
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…
INVESTMENT TRENDS - A Rise in IPOs Revive Investments for the Global Pharma & Biotech Industry
Dr. E. Saneesh, Financial Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, reports that new analysis reveals that PEVC investors in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry have demonstrated maximum interest in oncology drugs, followed by anti-infective drugs and pharmaceutical contract laboratories. They also conclude the maximum pharmaceutical- and biotechnology-related PEVC deals in the US, and are expected to continue to do so in the forthcoming years.
MARKET ANALYSIS - Unprecedented Uptake of Sovaldi & Tecfidera Paves the Way for New Optimism in Pharma
Joshua Owide, GlobalData’s Director of Healthcare Industry Dynamics, believes a successful drug launch is pivotal in the corporate evolution of most innovative drug companies, allowing them to sustain growth momentum, or, as is more commonplace in the age of the blockbuster patent expiration, replenish existing revenues at risk from lower-cost equivalents.
DNA VACCINES MARKET - DNA Vaccines: Strategic Markets & Emerging Technologies
Kevin James, Shalini Dewan, MS, and Jon Evans, MBA, say the global market for DNA vaccines is estimated at $305.3 million for 2014 and is forecast to grow at a stellar 54.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $2.7 billion by 2019.
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE - Targeted, Personalized Therapy is the Future of Chronic Disease Therapeutics
The global life sciences sector is employing new research and development (R&D) and business models to cost effectively deliver innovation, value, and improved patient outcomes.…
PREFILLED SYRINGE STERILIZATION - NO2 Sterilization: A Flexible Solution for Prefilled Syringes
Evan Goulet, PhD, and Elizabeth Robbins report on the Noxilizer RTS 360 Industrial NO2 Sterilizer that provides surface sterilization of prefilled syringes with a range of material compatibility and low levels of residuals using its rapid, room-temperature process.
VACCINE TECHNOLOGY - Vaccine Technologies & the Rationale for New Nanoparticle Formulations
Robert S. Becker, PhD, MBA, and Mark A. Mitchnick, MD, explain how SATx technology provides a new flexible formulation platform for the generation of nanoparticulate vaccine formulations without the limitations of previous formulation technologies that have inhibited the optimization of vaccine potencies and safety profiles.
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT - Solumerized(TM) Trans-Resveratrol, Bridging the Bioenhancement Gap to Drug Delivery Between Pharmaceuticals & Dietary Supplements
Amir Zalcenstein, PhD, Galia Temtsin Krayz, PhD, and Sabina Glozman, PhD, discuss the example of Resveratrol, a supplement with a solid body of scientific data attesting to its efficacy in enhancing lifespan and treating a variety of medical conditions, which yet remains short of its true market potential due to stability, bioavailability, and cost issues.
QUALITY-BY-DESIGN - Quality-by-Design: The Good, The Bad, The Inevitable
Michael Lowenborg believes in essence, QbD can be interpreted as a way to maximize time and cost savings by better understanding the components and processes necessary to optimize a drug product’s safety, efficacy, and quality at every stage in development.
NANOEMULSION FORMULATIONS - Nanoemulsion Formulations for Injection & Oral Administration
Troy M. Harmon, MS, MBA, and Jingjun Huang, PhD, use Ascendia’s EmulSol technology to develop a novel oil-in-water nanoemulsion formulation of clopidogrel whereby the free-base form of clopidogrel has acceptable solubility in the oil phase, and is protected from chemical degradation.
MANAGEMENT INSIGHT - CDMOs Take Flight: Business Lessons From the Airline Industry
Derek Hennecke spends a lot of his time on an airplane and takes a moment to reflect on the similarities between the airline business and his own. In his opinion, there is no industry more similar to ours.
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.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - BioSpectra: Trusted & Reliabe Source for Intermediates
Drug Development Executive: Richard Mutchler, President of BioSpectra, discusses the company’s unique ability to provide customers with validated, secure, and traceable intermediates that remain affordable.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - Lead Me, Follow Me, or Get Out of My Way
The original quote, “lead, follow, or get out of the way” is attributed to Thomas Paine. The title of this article is a quote attributed…
SPECIAL FEATURE - Injectable Drug Delivery: Safer, Simpler, Smarter Devices
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with some of the leading companies operating in the injectables arena, and discovers this ever-evolving sector is witnessing some very specific and eye-opening trends that are affecting the market’s growth.
CLINICAL TRIALS - Recruitment Challenges for Proof-of-Concept Viral Challenge Trials
Robert Lins, MD, says contrary to most perceptions, patient recruitment is a difficult process, and finding adequate numbers of suitable subjects is frequently the biggest barrier to trial success, and the most common reason why most clinical trials face delays.
PARENTERAL CONTAINERS - A Novel Approach to Mitigating Oxygen Permeation in Prefilled Syringes
Peter Sagona, MS, Rómulo Romero, MS, and Adam Breeland report that biological systems are entering the market place at an increased rate, and thus focus on the importance of designing a primary container system (prefilled syringe) for the minimization of oxygen exposure to the drug product.
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.
