Newsletter | August 7, 2026

08.07.26 -- Global Ties, Good Fortune Bind Biotech And CDMO

SPONSOR

Best In Class – Small Molecule API

The CDMO Leadership Awards are based on feedback from biopharma sponsor companies and independently analyzed by Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. MilliporeSigma is proud to announce their distinction as 2026’s Best In Class CDMO for Technology Use in the development of Small Molecule API. To learn more about how they can help with your next small molecule development project, click here.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Complete Characterization Of Your API To Maximize Bioavailability

Explore how comprehensive API testing can optimize drug formulation and enhance bioavailability to ensure the success of your pharmaceutical products.

Human Performance In Pharma: Strengthening The Biotech Workforce

Transforming the pharma workforce requires strategic partnerships and a shift toward behavioral and operational readiness, moving beyond simple technical training to ensure performance and compliance.

De-Risking Production Of Complex Oral Solid Dosages

Reduce formulation and scale-up risk with integrated development and manufacturing expertise for complex OSD products.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Global Ties, Good Fortune Bind Biotech And CDMO

Asset development and outsourcing strategies can be intriguing, and full of global connections. Those attributes surface immediately in a conversation with Hyung Heon Kim, Chief Executive Officer and President, MetaVia, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech. The company reformed recently, but has roots back to 90 years of South Korean pharma history. Tracing the CDMO relationship MetaVia has is also part of the organization’s history. “Ours is a fun journey to tell,” says Kim. Fun, informative, and enlightening.

AI-Generated Code In Pharma: Who Owns Quality And Compliance?

Code democratization demands a return to the fundamentals of quality in pharmaceutical and regulated environments.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Seven Steps To Cleaning Your Press Effectively

Ensure your press is running with optimal efficiency by expanding your knowledge of proper cleaning and maintenance.

Lyophilization Excellence: Partnering For Sterile Fill/Finish Success

As complex therapies continue to evolve, advanced lyophilization approaches can help improve stability, consistency, scalability, and product quality.

How To Handle Intrinsic Product Powder Particles

Powder filling creates intrinsic particles that interfere with continuous monitoring. Risk‑based strategies must separate product dust from true contamination to meet Annex 1 requirements.

The Principles Of Green Chemistry: Design For Degradation

Designing chemicals to degrade safely reduces environmental risk. Balancing business needs with planned degradation, starting in the early design phase, ensures a sustainable lifecycle.

Expanding Opportunities For Inhaled Drug Delivery

Review the challenges and intricacies of effectively delivering drugs to the lung and the advantages of using nanoparticles and gentle particle processing techniques to enable delivery of sensitive drugs.

Optimizing Yield, Purity, And Scalability In A Cost-Effective Manner

Daniele Vigo, Assistant Director at Cambrex Milan, on getting yield, purity, and scalability right without burning through the budget.

Recent Innovations And Enhancements To Pharmaceutical Spray Drying

Finding alternative solvent approaches could allow for lower volumes of less toxic solvents, significantly improving both the environmental and human health implications of new drugs produced.

Patented Process For Olopatadine HCl API Intermediates

See how this patented Wittig-based process for olopatadine HCl achieves Z/E isomer ratios up to 4:1, eliminating dangerous reagents like n-butyl lithium while cutting purification complexity.

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Outsourced Pharma Capabilities Update (Aug. 18, 2026, 1:00 PM ET)

This session examines the formulation and process decisions that determine oral solid dose (OSD) scale-up success. CDMO experts will explore excipient selection, particle engineering, and granulation strategies across dosage forms. Learn how early choices impact manufacturability, tech transfer, and long-term stability — while uncovering key differences in CDMO approaches, hidden tradeoffs, and practical insights to support better partner selection and development planning. Register here.

SOLUTIONS

Introducing Our New High-Speed Isolator Filling Line

High Potency API Development And Manufacturing

Navigating Pitfalls In High-Potency Drug Scale-Up

A Framework For Biopharma Outsourcing Success

OUTSOURCED PHARMA CAPABILITIES UPDATE

Find Your New CDMO At Outsourced Pharma Capabilities Update

CDMOs in biologics, cell and gene, and small molecule share their capabilities and available capabilities. See for yourself why this virtual event has become a wildly popular resource to identify options for your development and manufacturing needs.

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