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Why Do Pharma Construction Projects Need Cost Certainty | Linesight | ISPE Singapore 2026 | Pharma Focus Asia

Associate Director, Project Controls, Linesight
Stephanie Ledwidge is an experienced project controls and cost management professional with expertise across the life sciences and pharmaceutical sectors She currently serves as Associate Director Project Controls at Linesight in Singapore Her experience spans project controls cost engineering project coordination and project delivery with previous roles supporting organisations including CSL Behr...

Articles

Single Domain Antibody

Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies Abs are wellcorroborated tools adopted in basic biomedical research and innovative key components of numerous therapeutic platforms today on the market The vast majority of the Abs are obtained from easily accessible laboratory animals such as mice hamsters and rabbits and consist of two heavy and two light chains

Research Insights

Early transmission of sensitive strain slows down emergence of drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax

The spread of drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites is a challenge towards malaria elimination P falciparum has shown an early and severe drug resistance in comparison to P vivax in various countries

Case Studies

External Innovation Implementation Determinants and Performance Measurement: A Case Study from the Pharmaceutical Industry

Abstract With an increasing amount of externally sourced innovations a major success factor for innovationdependent industries such as the pharmaceutical industry is to successfully implement innovations from outside Existing frameworks emphasize creating a strong climate for implementation by developing the learning capabilities of the organization but the

Techno Trends

VESTA - Point and Click Local Thermal Analysis

Introduction Anasys Instruments has launched VESTA the worlds first easy to use Local Thermal Analyzer to help pharmaceutical companies Quality Control QC of drug coatings and formulations VESTA the worlds only available thermal analysis solution for applications involving localized thermal analysis of heterogeneous samples surfaces

White Papers

Cloud Computing in the Laboratory Informatics Solutions and Validation Approaches

In the modern business environment, a significant portion of work is conducted using computerized systems. Many solutions are used to complete tasks, including simple desktop programs like email and Microsoft Office to enterprise-wide, global systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and LIMS

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Harnessing Plant Potential

Rishabh Rajkumar Jadhav

Rishabh Rajkumar Jadhav, who is developing antibacterial proteins to tackle antimicrobial resistance and received a SARTHI fellowship. Research Scholar. Currently working on plant bioengineering for therapeutic protein production. Working on Molecular biology techniques (Gene cloning, CRISPR-Cas), Plant tissue culture, and Microbiology.

 

Deepa Khare

Deepa Khare, an Associate Professor at Bennett University, holds a Ph.D. and postdoc in plant molecular biology from POSTECH, South Korea. She leads a project on plant-based biotherapeutics with her research scholar.

 

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Why Tackling Antibiotic Tolerance Is Crucial to Combating AMR and Saving Our Existing Antibiotics

Saransh Chaudhary

Entrusted with the mandate of augmenting and monetising the company’s intellectual property wealth and driving key tactical initiatives, Saransh Chaudhary joined Venus Remedies in 2016 as Strategic Board Advisor after completing his undergraduate degree in Accounting & Finance from Cass Business School, London. Two years later, he assumed charge as President of the company’s Global Critical Care division and CEO of Venus Medicine Research Centre (VMRC), its R&D wing. In these roles, he translates priorities into actionable strategies.

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Revolutionising Drug Discovery and Development with Artificial Intelligence

Aarti Chitale

13+ years of healthcare and life sciences industry experience in growth consulting and market intelligence. Aarti Chitale has a strong understanding of pharma and biopharma industry especially the Technology enabled Drug Discovery and Development and Contract Pharma services Industry with keen interest in Emerging Business Models and new growth avenues.

 

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From Gene Editing to Network Medicine

Prof. Dr. Hemanth Kumar Manikyam

Prof. Dr. Hemanth Kumar Manikyam is a researcher in natural products chemistry and systems pharmacology. He is widely known as the father of Intrinsic Network Pharmacology (INP), an integrative framework combining artificial intelligence, biological network analysis, and traditional medicinal knowledge to explore complex therapeutic mechanisms and next-generation precision medicine.

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Novel Developments in Drug Delivery Systems

Saina Bijanzadeh

Saina Bijanzadeh is a chemist specializing in nanomaterial-based drug delivery and biomedical applications. She has research experience in nanoparticle synthesis, MOF platforms, and drug release systems, with published work in international journals. Her interests focus on innovative therapeutic delivery strategies and interdisciplinary pharmaceutical and bio(medical)engineering research.

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Telix and Ekalia to Collaborate on Astatine-211 Production in the U.S.

Telix and Ekalia a joint venture between IBA Ion Beam Applications SA EURONEXT and Framatome today announced a collaboration to advance scalable United States US production of astatine At an alphaemitting radioisotope being investigated for targeted alpha therapy

HistoIndex and A*STAR Partner To Advance Early – Stage Development Of Pipeline Therapies For Fibrotic Diseases

HistoIndex a pioneer in AIdriven digital pathology for fibrotic diseases and the Agency for Science Technology and Research ASTAR Singapores lead public sector RD agency have signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU to collaborate on the preclinical evaluation

Cotecna Group Acquires Energon Labs

Cotecna a leading provider of Testing Inspection and Certification TIC services today announced the acquisition of Energon Labs a cGMPcompliant USFDAinspected ISO and ISO certified analytical testing laboratory based in Hyderabad India

Waters Launches AI Link, Advancing AI-Enabled LC-MS Workflows from Research to Release

Waters Corporation announced that it has launched Waters AI Link a software capability that brings Anthropics Model Context Protocol MCP to its informatics platform and has joined Anthropics Model Hardware Standard MHS research program

Takeda’s ORZEYFUL (oveporexton) Launches Simultaneously in Japan and China Giving Physicians First Access to Prescribe Novel Orexin Agonist to Patients with Narcolepsy Type 1

Takeda announced that ORZEYFUL oveporexton is now available in Japan and China for the treatment of narcolepsy type NT providing first access to clinicians to prescribe treatment with the new class of medicine ORZEYFUL is a firstinclass orexin receptor OXR agonist in tablet form designed to treat...

Merck Inaugurates State-of-the-Art ADVANCE Bioanalytical Facility on West Point, Pennsylvania, Campus

Merck known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada today inaugurated its stateoftheart ADVANCE research facility on its West Point Pennsylvania campus signaling a new chapter in global scientific discovery Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro joined Merck executive leadership federal and state gove...

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UCB Receives Approval for ZILBRYSQ Autoinjector for Adults with Generalised Myasthenia Gravis

UCB has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for a new autoinjector option for ZILBRYSQ zilucoplan a treatment for adults with generalised myasthenia gravis gMG who test positive for antiacetylcholine receptor AChR antibodies

Nxera Pharma Partners with Synmosa to Commercialise QUVIVIQ

Nxera Pharma has entered into an exclusive licensing supply and commercialisation agreement with Synmosa Biopharma to expand access to QUVIVIQ daridorexant a medicine used to treat insomnia across eight AsiaPacific markets QUVIVIQ was discovered and developed by Idorsia Pharmaceuticals

Vir Biotechnology Enters into Collaboration with Gilead Sciences to Develop T-cell Engagers for Solid Tumours

Vir Biotechnology has entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences to discover and develop three novel Tcell engager TCE candidates for the treatment of solid tumours Tcell engagers are designed to direct T cells a type of immune cell towards cancer cells and help destro...

Zealand Pharma Enters into Collaboration with Generate Biomedicines on AI-Designed Protein Therapies for Metabolic Diseases

Zealand Pharma and Generate Biomedicines have entered into a multitarget collaboration and licensing agreement to develop proteinbased treatments for obesity and other metabolic diseases using artificial intelligence AI The collaboration will combine Zealand Pharmas expertise in metabolic diseases w...

Enodia Therapeutics Enters into Collaboration with Pfizer to Develop Small-Molecule Sec61 Inhibitors

Enodia Therapeutics has entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement with Pfizer to discover and develop smallmolecule inhibitors targeting Sec a protein complex involved in the movement of newly formed proteins across cell membranes

InnoCare Announces Approval of Clinical Trial of Bispecific Antibody ICP-B161 Targeting TL1A and IL-23p19 in China

InnoCare Pharma a leading biopharmaceutical company focusing on the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases announced today that the Center for Drug Evaluation CDE of Chinas National Medical Products Administration NMPA has approved its Investigational New Drug IND application for ICPB a bispeci...