Newsletter | October 15, 2025

10.15.25 -- Ivory Tower To CDMO: Can Universities Successfully Outsource Development?

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The New Rules for CDMO Partnerships: What Biotechs Should Look For

Biotech companies today are not just looking for R&D and manufacturing support. Sponsors today seek long-term development partners who can help to de-risk supply chains, accelerate time-to-market, and navigate an increasingly complex regulatory and geopolitical landscape. Click to learn more about the changing rules for CDMO partnerships

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Agile Sterile Injectable Filling for Faster Market Entry

CMOs specializing in sterile injectable filling help pharmaceutical companies speed up product development and commercialization through flexible manufacturing, adaptability, and collaboration.

The 3 Cs You Should Expect From Your Pharma Service Provider

We share important factors to consider when weighing your contract service provider options. These “Three Cs” can indicate whether a service provider has the capabilities desired by a drug sponsor.

Why Bioanalysis Needs To Break Free From Manual Bottlenecks

Bioanalysis remains one of the most persistent bottlenecks in drug development, with CROs displaying inefficiencies that are no longer operational nuisances but strategic liabilities.

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Ivory Tower To CDMO: Can Universities Successfully Outsource Development?

Let’s be honest: for professionals at CDMOs, dealing with university-based clients can feel like trying to run a development campaign through a distortion field. Even when inventors are “spun out” into the “real world” as a biotech, breaking through to the realities of progressing molecules is tricky. Apologies to those who might take offense, but stick with us, this will prove helpful for academia and others to optimize working with CDMOs.

Sanofi's Digitalization Road Trip Shifts Into High Gear

The company's head of manufacturing discusses their latest investments in AI and automation, plus offers tips on how any company can start adopting advanced technology.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Enhance Peptide Innovation With A High-Quality Supply Of Building Blocks

To leverage the benefits of peptide therapeutics, identify an experienced chemical material manufacturer that can produce unique peptide building blocks with quality, efficiency, and continuous compliance.

Human Skin Explant Model For The Investigation Of Topical Therapeutics

Learn more about an ex vivo cultured human skin explant model in which pathological tissue integrity, barrier function, and metabolic stability have been characterized over time.

'Ultra High' Potency Development And Manufacture

A biotech with limited experience in the development and manufacture of high potency compounds sought to develop a process for producing a highly potent API used to treat an unmet oncology need.

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Join 1,000+ pharma, biotech, and drug delivery professionals at the PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery Conference, October 27–28 in Boston. Featuring 10 technology tracks, pharma company spotlights, 1:1 partnering, and more. Attendees will also hear from leaders at companies including AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Eli Lilly, GSK, Moderna, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, and others. Register at PODDConference.com with code LSL20 for 20% off.

SOLUTIONS

Regulatory Starting Materials (RSMs) — India

Our network spans nine manufacturing sites across five countries and can support discovery, preclinical, clinical, and commercial programs for New Chemical Entities (NCEs).

Formulation And Manufacturing Equipment

We offer integrated GMP manufacturing services for oral dosage forms, complemented by a full range of analytical development and testing capabilities.

Amorphous Solid Dispersions: Pre-Clinical To Commercial Capabilities

ASDs offer a promising approach to developing and commercializing poorly soluble compounds. This talk highlights methods for assessing ASD potential in early studies and commercial applications.

Spray-Dried Dispersion Services For Optimal API Performance

Altasciences’ spray-dried dispersions (SDDs) provide precise control, scalable solutions, and consistent bioavailability — enhancing drug performance from early development through commercialization.

OUTSOURCED PHARMA CAPACITY UPDATE

Find Your New CDMO At Outsourced Pharma Capacity Update

CDMOs in biologics, cell and gene, and small molecule share their capabilities and available capacities. 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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