Newsletter | July 20, 2026

07.20.26 -- South Korea's Biotech Surge Builds On CDMO Strength

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CDMO Live Americas - Where External Manufacturing Partnerships Are Made

Benchmark your outsourcing strategy, take part in exclusive peer roundtables and make high-value connections with leading biopharma manufacturers. Powered by PartnerMatch 1-2-1 meeting program. 20–21 October 2026, Boston. Download Agenda.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

South Korea’s Biotech Surge Builds On CDMO Strength

Where CDMOs and clinical trials grow, biotech follows — now South Korea emerges as a rising hub, attracting investment and innovation across the industry.

Operationalizing Quality In AI‑Enabled Pharma Workflows

Learn what regulators are already asking about AI, what quality must mean in this new context, and how organizations can begin building the governance infrastructure.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Challenges And Solutions In Lyophilization Development For ADCs

ADC lyophilization success depends on a tailored process using DSC and FDM to define critical stability parameters and support efficient manufacturing.

Annex 1: Ensuring Sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Standards

Adhering to the rigorous standards set by the EMA's Annex 1 requires strategic, risk-based compliance for facility design and processes, all of which is key to patient safety and future innovation.

Regulatory Considerations For First-Time Drug Developers

Accelerate your path to clinic with a CDMO offering regulatory, clinical, and CMC expertise to advance your therapy and bring it closer to patients.

How To Avoid GMP Manufacturing Pitfalls

Common GMP pitfalls stem from poor scalability, late regulatory planning, weak tech transfer, unsuitable hosts, and inadequate quality systems, delaying biologics production timelines and budgets.

Where Innovation And Investment Reduce Drug Development Risk

How strategic investments in development, manufacturing, and clinical supply are helping organizations reduce risk and accelerate drug development.

Protecting Product Integrity Through Cold Chain

Maintain stability from fill to patient with temperature‑controlled storage, monitoring, and safeguards that protect quality, prevent degradation, and ensure cold chain integrity.

Advances In High-Concentration Protein Formulation Development

High‑concentration proteins improve convenience but risk viscosity, aggregation, and surfactant degradation—requiring innovative strategies to optimize stability, scalability, and quality.

De-Risking FDA Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Submissions

Discover an autoinjector platform that supports ANDA pathways with demonstrated usability and design alignment to help development teams reduce risk and move confidently toward regulatory submission.

A Deep Dive Into Expression Approaches For Biotherapeutics

Whether you’re at the discovery stage or thinking about commercial production, gain useful insights on expression formats from transient transfection, through stable pools to stable clones.

Flexibility And Capability In Pre-Filled Syringes: The Future Of PFS

Explore the benefits of prefilled syringes (PFS), the surge in demand driven by SARS‑CoV‑2, and why partnering with a flexible CDMO is key to successful drug delivery.

Setting The Tone For A Fill/Finish Engagement Program

The initial 90 days of a fill/finish CDMO partnership establish lasting communication patterns, clarify mutual responsibilities, and test problem-solving capabilities critical to program success.

Accelerate And De-Risk Bioconjugate Drug Development

With a growing interest in developing new and improved bioconjugate drugs, explore an “innovation through collaboration” approach that can facilitate access to next-generation conjugation technologies.

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Outsourced Pharma Capabilities Update August 2026: Cell Line Development (August 5th, 11:00am ET)

Cell line development is becoming a critical, high risk step in biologics programs, as early decisions must now scale without rework. Mistakes can lead to unstable expression, low yields, and tech transfer delays. In this August 5th session, CDMO experts will explore key choices in host cells, vector design, and clone screening — and how they affect scalability and manufacturability. Ideal for teams advancing biologics, it offers practical guidance to reduce downstream risk and improve program success. Register.

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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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