Susan Haigney

Contract organizations offer sponsors specialized equipment, capacity, and expertise for testing, manufacturing, and packaging bio/pharmaceutical products.

In the second episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, vice-president, Technical, at Parexel, discuss the quality requirements needed when incorporating AI in bio/pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.

The company plans to invest approximately €900 million (US$983 million) to expand its peptide platform at its Colorado, US, site and in Europe.

EMA’s CHMP gave positive opinions on a nasal delivery for epinephrine and for a first-in-class medicine to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, among others, including a biosimilar for treatment of autoimmune diseases.

The seven chosen sponsors will help accelerate development of novel drugs and biologics for rare diseases.

Yoni Tyberg, associate director of the Special Program Staff in the Office of New Drugs, provided an update on efforts to modernize CDER processes.

In the premiere episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discuss the challenges involved in changing an excipient supplier.

A new initiative will advance access to quality medicines and vaccines in Africa.

The guidance document provides information about the agency’s intentions for assigning a goal date for a facility’s inspection readiness under GDUFA.

The companies have completed the expansion and qualification phase and now enter a stand-by phase for five years.

The collaboration and licensing agreement will focus on the discovery and development of RNA exon editing therapeutics.

The agency is evaluating risks associated with the painkiller metamizole. It is also reviewing the risk of secondary malignancies in patients treated with CAR T-cell medicines.

CDER's new program will create discussion around AI and be administered through the Emerging Drug Safety Technology Program.

Reports by USP and FDA detail drug shortage numbers and challenges through 2023.

Pharmaceutical Technology® spoke with Parviz Shamlou, senior vice-president of Science and Technology, Abzena, about the impact of the Biosecure Act on the bio/pharmaceutical industry, as well as the progress of continuous manufacturing in biopharma.

BioPharm International sat down with Himanshu Gadgil, CEO of Enzene Biosciences to discuss the benefits and challenges of continuous manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.

BioPharm International® spoke with Jeff Clement, executive director of Technical Sales for Development and Manufacturing Group at PCI Pharma Services, about the challenges and benefits of incorporating robotics into aseptic manufacturing

BioPharm International® spoke with Stacey Treichler, senior director of Marketing and Strategy for Purolite at Ecolab, about the impact of advanced therapies, new innovations, and sustainability on the biopharmaceutical industry.

Enzene's new division will provide end-to-end integrated discovery services.

Bkemv (eculizumab-aeeb) is the first interchangeable biosimilar to Soliris (eculizumab) to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

The partnership will create therapeutic assets and new discovery platforms and potentially reshape drug discovery.

This new facility will allow AstraZeneca to offer full manufacturing processing for antibody drug conjugates.

The company’s presentation at ASGCT includes preliminary data results for a child who received the gene therapy.

The company is presenting preclinical data at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy annual meeting that supports the potential of the company’s CAP-002 gene therapy for correcting neurological phenotypes associated with genetic epilepsy due to syntaxin-binding protein 1 (STXBP1) mutations.

Beqvez (fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt), a one-time gene therapy, helps adults with hemophilia B produce factor IX themselves instead of receiving regular intravenous infusions.

The BioMaP-Consortium includes members of the biopharmaceutical industry and supports BARDA.

The outcomes of a workshop organized by WHO and ICMRA regarding COVID-19 vaccine strain updates are presented in a report published by regulators.

The Xcellerex magnetic mixer, single-use mixing system was designed to address challenges in large-scale mAb, vaccine, and genomic medicine manufacturing processes.

The collaboration will focus on differentiated cancer vaccine candidates in hematological and solid tumor indications to treat unmet medical needs.

FDA published the draft guidance to support sponsors in developing treatments for the states of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease.