Newsletter | July 16, 2026

07.16.26 -- Fundamentals Over Factors: How To Select Your CDMO

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

The Evolving Landscape Of Fill/Finish: Trends, Challenges, What's Ahead

Discover how surging demand for GLP-1 and other therapeutics is transforming fill/finish capacity and regulatory standards. Learn how CDMOs are adapting to the complex needs of emerging modalities.

Streamline HME Projects With Early Partner Engagement

Global partner delivering end‑to‑end drug development, manufacturing, and packaging with deep expertise, advanced facilities, and support across key modalities.

Removing Bacteria In Biopharmaceutical Formulation And Filling Systems

A multi-stage filtration approach reduces microbial load, protects critical filters, and helps ensure consistent product quality, process reliability, and patient safety in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Fundamentals Over Factors: How To Select Your CDMO

Chief Editor Louis Garguilo is concerned about how drug sponsors evaluate external partners. "Beware the selection of CDMOs for factors over fundamentals," he writes in his latest editorial. This injunction warns against getting entangled in a spreadsheet of details when choosing a CDMO. It’s a difficult task. We continue to add factors we deem as crucial to the selection process, and thus have arrived at the point where we actually talk ourselves out of opting for the best CDMO for our needs.

Achieving Annex 1 Compliance In Sterile Manufacturing, Part 3: Building A Compliant Program

In this third and final article of this series, let's take a closer look at what a well-constructed Annex 1-compliant program looks like at each stage, from gap assessment through governance.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Why Tailored CDMO Support Is A Non-Negotiable In Sterile Fill/Finish

Modern injectable programs require adaptable manufacturing strategies. Learn how flexibility, technical depth, and collaboration reduce complexity, manage change, and protect long‑term supply.

ADCs – From Bioassay Development To Linker-Payload Constructs

ADCs have emerged as a promising class of targeted cancer therapies. Explore linker-payload design elements, conjugation and characterization of ADCs, and the different bioassays used to screen ADCs.

The Way Forward: Supply Chain Solutions

Assimilate how to build a resilient supply chain to navigate today's complex environment. Expert speakers share insights on optimization, innovation, and strategic planning to meet evolving conditions.

Design Scalable Downstream Processes With Practical Strategies

Downstream purification is becoming more complex as new modalities enter development. See how advanced analytics and chromatography strategies can support confident process development.

Operational Success By Strategic Investment

Explore how infrastructure, equipment strategy, and advanced technologies shape a more reliable path for scaling sterile injectable programs.

Framework To Deliver Standardized, Reliable Biomanufacturing Facilities

Standardized, continuously optimized facility design enables efficient and reliable biomanufacturing that improves quality, accelerates timelines, and ensures consistent performance across sites.

The 5-S Philosophy Driving Asymchem's Integrated TIDES Manufacturing

Manufacturing excellence drives complex therapies, with scale, speed, supply resilience, sustainability, and future readiness enabling development to reliable commercial production.

Single-Use In Sterile Manufacturing: Where It Adds Flexibility

Single-use systems improve sterile manufacturing by boosting flexibility, reducing changeovers, and lowering contamination risk—while supporting traditional systems based on scale and process needs.

A Precision Purification Technology For Microbial Biologics

A streamlined purification strategy is reshaping how microbial biologics move from expression to manufacturing. Uncover how to reduce downstream complexity while preserving native protein integrity.

Optimizing Outcomes In ADC Manufacturing

As bioconjugates evolve, optimized conjugation and strong process and analytical strategies are essential for ensuring consistent quality, targeted characteristics, and reliable therapeutic performance.

How Dermal Delivery Platforms Are Transforming Tomorrows For Patients

Skin delivery platforms expand therapies by boosting convenience, stability, and adherence. Integrated formulation, device, and manufacturing development is key to confidently scale.

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