Articles in this Issue
Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, and genes can be found deep within cells. Genes are small sections of DNA that carry genetic information and instructions for making proteins, which help build and maintain...
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Assessing microbiological data and undertaking investigations into the origins of contamination, establishing root causes, and setting appropriate preventative actions constitutes a core part of the contamination control strategy....
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Ligands bind to receptors by a collection of molecular forces. Experienced drug designers have learned how to engineer the right type of molecular interactions in every given situation. Each type of interaction is governed by a ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic once again highlighted the fact that compendial sterility testing is a critical bottleneck in getting pharmaceutical products purporting to be sterile to the market. Due to the slow growth of some ...
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As the world races towards a post-pandemic future, the surge in demand for single-use systems (SUS) and devices is revolutionizing the production of biologics and vaccines. In BioPlan’s 19th Annual Report and Survey of ...
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One of today’s primary process improvement targets within the biotechnology industry is increasing product yield. To increase yields, strict quality standards during the manufacturing process must be maintained. Quality by Design ...
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Gene therapy is a rapidly developing field that holds promise for the treatment of a variety of genetic disorders. One of the most important components of gene therapy is the use of viral vectors to deliver therapeutic genes into ...
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Hundreds of thousands of potential drugs die in the pharmaceutical valley of death every year, never making it to the market and patients in need.
The past three years have brought unprecedented difficulties for manufacturing ...
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Annex 1 was revised in August 2022 to reflect changes in pharmaceutical regulatory and manufacturing environments and address the need for enhanced process understanding as part of a contamination control strategy (CCS). Annex 1’s...
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Metabolomics, the study of living organisms’ metabolites or small molecule biochemical components, offers great opportunities to optimize biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes that use cell cultures. An interview with two ...
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Everything in life sciences – from the latest measures around safety and regulatory rigor to renewed focus on agility, efficiency, and streamlined paths to market – relies heavily on companies’ effective organization and handling ...
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NMR spectroscopy has an almost 100-year history since the first measurement of nuclear magnetic moments in the 1930s. It has historically been employed for structure elucidation; however, recent advances in instrumentation and ...
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The purpose of this column is to highlight and summarize recent key patents in the pharmaceutical arena issued by the US Patent Office in February, 2023.
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Sometimes (well, maybe more than that) I get a little frustrated with society. It’s almost like we have given up on thinking for ourselves; having a little common sense.
One example of this is the content of weather reports. The...
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