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Rise of Enabling Technologies in Pharmaceutical Formulation Development and Manufacturing

Director, Formulation Development, Exelixis, Inc
Kasturi Pawar is a leading pharmaceutical scientist with a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences She has significantly contributed to the field of pharmaceutics Her research and experience have been focused on formulation development drug delivery and clinical supply chain Currently working as a Director in Formulation Development at Exelixis Inc she holds several publications and patents on drug deliver...

Articles

Envisioning the Biomanufacturing Facility of the Future

Development and delivery of lifesaving therapeutics to patients in the most efficient and costeffective manner possible is the goal of biomanufacturers While templated processes in biologic manufacturing have served to decrease timelines over the past years legacy approaches remain highly manual As we consider methods to expedite manufacturing

Research Insights

Pharmaceutical interfaces: Drug development, performance, regulation and e-health

Interfaces have always been of concern with respect to the delivery of bioactives Interfaces within the delivery system that can affect stability are a concern however there are other interfaces of importance such as the interface with the body tissue the regulatory interface and the emerging interface when drug delivery is linked to ehealth applications This presentation will address all these interfaces co

Case Studies

Solid Form Changes During Drug Development: Good, Bad, And Ugly Case Studies

The relevance of solid form in drug development has been well established over time In order to fully understand drug properties attention has been paid to solid state structure of drug molecules and their relationship to the drug formulation While each drug developer has had their own strategies and workflows for screening and choosing solid forms of drug molecules t...

Techno Trends

China’s New Drug Approval Process Aims to Accelerate Innovation in Biologics

China is reforming its drug approval process to foster innovation in biologics manufacturing

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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Redefining Therapeutics

Mads Hald Andersen

Professor Mads Hald Andersen, DMSc, DScTech, PhD, is Director of the National Center for Cancer Immune Therapy, CCIT-DK, at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev, Denmark. He discovered tumor microenvironment antigens and anti-regulatory T cells and defined their role in immune regulation. He initiated the immune modulatory vaccine concept and has authored more than 250 publications and 25 patents.

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Industry 4.0 at Bachem

Elodie Decuypere

Elodie Decuypere received her Ph.D in Organic Synthesis from the University of Paris-Saclay with specialization in Click Chemistry. After her Ph.D, Elodie specialized in oligonucleotide chemistry with her two postdoc in ETH Zürich and Roche Basel. In 2020, Elodie joined Bachem as a Specialist Marketing and works on the creation of scientific content for marketing materials.

 

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The Emergence of Organ-on-chips for Diseases Studies and Drug Development

Giuseppe Maruccio

Giuseppe Maruccio is Full Professor at Department of Mathematics and Physics – University of Salento and head of Omnics Research Group which comprises researchers with different backgrounds from physics to life sciences working in cross-disciplinary areas  with applications from -onics (electronics, spintronics and magnonics) to -omics technologies (genomics, proteomics and cellomics)

 

Anna Grazia Monteduro

Anna Grazia Monteduro is researcher at Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento in Lecce (Italy) and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group in the fields of (i) sensors, lab on chip and organ on chip; (ii) Nanoelectronics, spintronics, nanomagnetism and applied superconductivity.

 

Silvia Rizzato

Silvia Rizzato is researcher at the Department of Mathematics and Physics - University of Salento and carries out her research activity within Omnics Research Group on the development of new devices and processes for sensing and spintronics, including surface acoustic waves devices, electrochemical sensors and colloidal lithography for LSPR sensors.

 

Giusi Caragnano

Giusi Caragnano is a PhD student in Nanotechnologies at the University of Salento - CNR Nanotec and she is part of the Omnics Research Group. Her research activity concerns development of the Organ-on-chip to support the treatment of both chronic and cancerous gastrointestinal diseases

 

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The Growing Role of Biocatalysis in Industrial Synthesis

Dr Reuben Carr

Dr Reuben Carr has over 25 years of experience in developing proprietary biocatalytic processes for fine chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. He specialises in using directed evolution to engineer natural enzymes to carry out novel chemical reactions, enabling the synthesis of challenging molecular targets for clients and customers.

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Expert Shares Why ADC Development is Demanding a New Level of Bioconjugation Expertise

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