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January/February 2021

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SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Analytical Testing: Innovative Drugs Spike Demand for Advanced Analysis

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin asked some of the key analytical testing providers to describe their offerings in several key areas and what advanced analytical testing techniques they can offer to pharma clients.

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SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Analytical Testing: Innovative Drugs Spike Demand for Advanced Analysis

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin asked some of the key analytical testing providers to describe their offerings in several key areas and what advanced analytical testing techniques they can offer to pharma clients.

FORMULATION FORUM – Oral Controlled Delivery of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs

Jim Huang, PhD, discusses how understanding key biopharmaceutical properties in relationship to drug absorption and elimination plays a critical role in successful design of CR dosage forms from discovery to first-in-human with a shorter timeline and lower development costs.

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – BiologIC Technologies: The Future Microsoft for the Biorevolution

Richard Vellacott, CEO of BiologIC Technologies, discusses his company’s unique technology and its applications in the future of medicine and wider fields of synthetic biology.

FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT – The Role of Excipient Selection in the Development of Orally Disintegrating Tablets

Torkel Gren, PhD, reviews the benefits that orally disintegrating products can bring to patients and developers and assesses the impact that excipient selection can have on the development of successful products.

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Fortress Biotech, Inc.: Looking for the Muffin Tops

Lindsay A. Rosenwald, MD, Chairman, President, and CEO of Fortress Biotech, discusses how his medical and financial knowledge come together to find successful drug candidates, the company’s partnership model, and the inefficiencies he sees in the biotech industry.  

TURNAROUND CASE STUDY – A Pharma Industry Outsider’s Perspective – Turning Around the “ABCDMO” Company

Paul Fioravanti, MBA, MPA, presents a case study on how he successfully turned around a failing CDMO that grew rapidly from one production location to eight in just 4 years, but was just few weeks away from running out of cash.

BIOSIMILAR DEVELOPMENT – Biosimilars: The Process & Quality System Approach to Clinical Applications

Kaiser Aziz, PhD, addresses biosimilar developments and future innovations with an emphasis placed on quality system approaches to the development and availability of new biosimilar products.

REAL ESTATE – How Biopharma M&A Can Uncover Hidden Value in Real Estate

Roger Humphrey, MBA, says a new era of deal-making is accelerating breakthrough therapy development, making now a prime time to look for breakthrough real estate and facilities concepts as well.