Pharma Articles

Articles on key issues related to the pharma industry from the heads of leading pharmaceutical companies and pharma industry experts across the globe. The pharma industry articles' section focuses on current and emerging issues in areas such as Strategic developments in the pharma industry, pharmaceutical R&D, drug discovery, clinical trials, pharmaceutical manufacturing, biopharmaceuticals, and information technology.

Combating the FWA Menace

Cutting-Edge strategies for PBMs
In the complex landscape of Pharmacy Benefit Management PBM combatting Fraud Waste and Abuse FWA has emerged as a critical challenge This article explores innovative realtime techniques for PBMs to navigate the intricacies of FWA and Medicare noncompliance

Significance of Bioinformatics in Precision Oncology

In an era where medical science is advancing at an unprecedented pace the integration of bioinformatics has emerged as a gamechanger offering new avenues for understanding diagnosing and treating cancer

Why tier-2 and tier-3 cities are not included for clinical research

India is rapidly emerging as a global hub for clinical research with many international pharmaceutical companies and research organisations choosing the country as a site for their clinical trials

Accelerating the Medical Writing Process with Automation From research to publication

The Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences industry has seen a constant growth in the need for medical writing The global medical writing market was valued at US billion in and is expected to reach US billion in growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate CAGR of per cent Patents have been expiring

Perspectives on the Vaccine Industry

Asia-Pacific Region
Article talks about the key findings on the study conducted by Merck on the future of vaccine manufacturing in the AsiaPacific region

Mussel-inspired Bio-adhesives

Enhancing Topical Drug Delivery For Dermatological Applications
Musselinspired bioadhesive gels utilising catecholcontaining compounds provide strongand reversible adhesion to the skin They enhance drug retention enabling sustained releasefor applications in wound healing scar management and targeted transdermal drug delivery in dermatology

Therapeutic Peptides

Medicine's new frontier for targeted treatment
Therapeutic peptides are a promising frontier in precise medicine leveraging unique properties for targeted treatment Advancements in production modification and delivery have surmounted challenges Originating from human hormones and natural sources peptides hold potential for various conditions inc...

Demystifying Lead-time bias and Length-time bias in Clinical Trials

The use of timetoevent analysis is common in clinical research The interpretation of timetoevent analysis can often be misleading Beginners and early career researchers struggle to grasp the concepts and nuances in a timetoevent analysis

Determinants of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research in South East Asia

In the year Alexander Fleming made an outstanding medical history by discovering penicillin which helped to combat numerous deadly infections which previously had serious consequences upon human lives

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

In recent years Organonchips OOC attracted large interest as a new enabling technology to better understand human pathophysiological mechanisms and develop new drug treatments

Design of Self-antibacterial and Biocompatible Titanium Surfaces for Biomedical Applications

Metals and alloys are the first generation bioinert biomaterials These materials possess excellent mechanical strength low elastic modulus and good corrosion resistance Titanium Ti and its alloys are one of the commonly used metallic biomaterials for orthopedic applications eg bone plates screws den...

The Past, Present, and Future of Sickle-cell Disease Registries: Findings from a Global Review

Patient registries are important tools in the healthcare system for systematically collecting data over time from a population living with a certain disease condition or exposure Welldesigned and wellexecuted patient registries hold great potential in providing important disease insights into for e...

Lipid Excipients and Formulation Development

An overview
The successful introduction of commercial lipidic formulations of cyclosporine as Sandimmune in followed by its reformulation as Neoral has raised interest of the lipidbased drug delivery technology over the past two decades With a greater understanding of the various functions lipids may have in b...

Smart Polymeric Nanocomposites for Cancer Therapeutics

Globally cancer is the second most prevalent healthcare issue following cardiovascular Conventional methods such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy have several detrimental side effects without guaranteed permanent recovery In the last few decades efforts have been made by introducing nanotechnology t...

Repurposed Drugs against the Latest Variants of Concerns of SARS-CoV-2

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARSCoV affected all areas of life and the economy by causing COVID and created alarming caution in the form of variants of concerns VoC The latest VoC that are of public health relevance are Alpha B Beta B Gamma P Delta B and Omicron B Due to the em...