Newsletter | February 18, 2026

02.18.26 -- Not So Fast Into The Night: Your Outsourcing Needs A Pause

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Webinar: From Concept to Market: Scaling and Manufacturing Semi-Solid Topical Drugs

Developing semi-solid topical drug products from concept to commercialization presents unique formulation and scale-up challenges. This webinar explores how excipient interactions, processing parameters, and equipment differences impact stability, performance, and patient experience. Learn how applying Quality by Design (QbD) principles across development, scale-up, and manufacturing reduces risk and supports reliable, commercially viable products from bench to market success. Click here to learn more.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

The Rise Of Targeted Modalities In Pharmaceutical Development

Article | PCI Pharma Services

Targeted modalities are pushing the boundaries of technology and therapeutic effectiveness. Their potential to transform patient care depends on leveraging the right expertise, technologies, and partnerships.

Ophthalmic End-To-End Drug Development Solutions

E-Book | Altasciences

Overcome challenges and complexities in ophthalmic drug development by partnering with an integrated CRO/CDMO provider with extensive regulatory knowledge and scientific expertise.

Design Of Experiments Approach To Enabling Studies For Process Validation

Article | Cambrex

A recent project applied process improvement methodology to the process validation step that ultimately provided not only an optimized, robust process but also an economic advantage.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Not So Fast Into The Night: Your Outsourcing Needs A Pause

Outsourced Pharma

Barelling through the second month of the year? Here’s a suggestion from Chief Editor Louis Garguilo to pump the breaks for a bit. Take one more glance in the rearview mirror to assess your current progress, reconfirm your pathway is your intended one. An outsourcing pause might pay off handsomely this year, and that’s because a lot happened last year on the supply-chain front. You made plans and formed expectations based on those trends and experiences. Are you currently abiding by those analyses? 

Avoiding And Mitigating Delays In Outsourced Projects

Video | Outsourced Pharma Live Event

This segment of the Outsourced Pharma Live event, “Small Molecule Outsourcing: Getting Timelines, Tech Transfer and Analytics Right,” examines the most common causes of timeline delays in outsourced small molecule development—such as tech transfer challenges, assay development gaps, lean SME resourcing, supply chain constraints, and quality events—and offers practical strategies like contractual detail, contingencies, on-site presence, schedule buffers, and understanding CDMO internal turnaround times.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Combining Powdose And Diffucaps For Precise Solid Oral Dosing

Article | Adare Pharma Solutions

Combining POWDOSE and Diffucaps enables precise, individualized solid oral dosing—improving drug delivery, patient compliance, and therapeutic outcomes in personalized medicine applications.

How A Strategic Bioanalysis CRO Partnership Empowers Sponsors

Article | Dash Bio

Choosing the right bioanalysis CRO is vital to avoid costly delays. Sponsors need evaluation strategies that prioritize proven quality, predictable timelines, and submission-ready data.

Collaboration For Clinical To Commercial Manufacturing Success

Article | Lonza

Begin your ADC manufacturing journey by finding a partner who can provide support through every phase of the conjugate life cycle, including process optimization, scale-up, and validation.

Spray-Dried Bevacizumab: Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

White Paper | Lonza

The development of physically stable, biologically active dry powder formulations of large molecules for inhalation has remained a challenge.

The Principles Of Green Chemistry: Use Of Renewable Feedstocks

Article | SK pharmteco

Adopting renewable feedstocks is crucial for green chemistry. Innovations using bio-renewable materials can drastically reduce waste, solvent use, and process steps, leading to major benefits.

Strategic Approaches To Controlled Release Formulation: Polymer Screening And Case Study Insights

Webinar | Bend Bioscience

Discover how early polymer selection drives formulation success, with case studies linking polymer choice to drug release and practical insights for developing robust CR products.

SOLUTIONS

Amorphous Solid Dispersions: Pre-Clinical To Commercial Capabilities

Video | Lonza

ASDs continue to be an attractive option for progressing and commercializing poorly soluble compounds. This talk focuses on capabilities to screen the potential for ASDs in early phase studies as well as their commercial applicability.

Our Small Molecule Development And Manufacturing Experience

Datasheet | Curia

Our state-of-the-art laboratories, equipped with cutting-edge processes and analytical instrumentation, enable us to efficiently conduct route scouting, accelerate process development, and optimize reaction conditions for the scale-up of materials used in toxicology studies and cGMP clinical and commercial production.

Choosing A CDMO For Oral Solids, Nasal And Pulmonary Dosage Forms

Video | Upperton Pharma Solutions

Learn about UK-based Upperton Pharma Solutions and the many advantages of partnering with a CDMO, including their extensive expertise and capabilities across oral solids and specialized nasal and pulmonary formulations.

Blister Solutions For Your Clinical Trial Packaging Needs

Product | Mikart

Mikart manufactures a range of blister pack solutions — including blister pack tablets, 2-piece hard- and softgel capsules, and more — as part of our commercial pharmaceutical packaging and clinical trial packaging services.

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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