Newsletter | January 28, 2026

01.28.26 -- Trump's Big Pharma Deals Drive CDMO Investments

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How T3P Is Helping To Advance API Development

Uncover how innovative reagent selection accelerates the development of promising drug-like molecules in challenging research environments.

Cold Chain Logistics And Packaging Considerations For Probiotics

Choosing the right packaging partner for your probiotic may be the most crucial step to ensuring your product is safe and potent when it reaches the consumer.

Exploring The Future Of Tablet Compression Across Emerging Industries

Many growing industries face universal tablet compression challenges, demanding better tooling, tighter process control, and more integrated data to ensure product consistency and reliable scale-up.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Trump's Big Pharma Deals Drive CDMO Investments

It is a remarkable twist of industry manipulations, government suasion, and economics. J&J cut a Most Favored Nation deal with the Trump administration that includes lowering prices – via TrumpRx.com – building more in the U.S., and (here’s the twist) investing in the U.S.-based facilities of a Japanese-owned CDMO. Got all that? Chief Editor Louis Garguilo offers analysis.

M&A In GLP-1 Technology: Practical Recommendations And Best Practices

With explosive demand, expanding indications, and rapid innovation, the GLP-1 revolution is reshaping dealmaking. Here's a practical guide for companies negotiating M&A in this arena.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

CDMO Partnerships: Why Speed And Flexibility Matter Now More Than Ever

As demand for GLP-1s and biologics accelerates, it's become more crucial that pharmaceutical companies stay competitive and bring therapies to market faster by partnering with a CDMO.

Process Re-Design For Sustainability In Small Molecule Manufacturing

Review the optimization of the manufacturing process of a pharmaceutical intermediate, and discover how yield can be improved substantially via suitable reaction engineering.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Robotics And The Laboratory

Integration of robotics and automated systems across laboratory services significantly decreases experimental timelines, tightens precision, and enhances scientists' capacity for critical thinking.

The Role Of CDMOs In Supporting Generic Drug Development

Bringing complex generics to market requires expertise. See how a CDMO can navigate regulatory, technical, and commercial challenges with end-to-end development and manufacturing support.

Strategies For Enhancing Bioavailability Of Poorly Soluble Compounds

Poorly soluble compounds require targeted strategies to enhance bioavailability. Key methods include converting the API to an amorphous form, reducing particle size, and using lipid-based vehicles.

Investing In Capacity – API Commercial Manufacturing

A pharma company sought a CMO partner with commercial manufacturing capabilities and expertise as well as exemplary quality systems to find a cost-effective process to produce the API for a new drug.

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Process Development And Preclinical Manufacturing — India

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Spray-Dried Dispersion Services For Optimal API Performance

Improve solubility, stability, and speed to clinic for even your toughest APIs. Discover why innovators are relying on Spray Dried Dispersion (SDD) technology.

Drug Substance API Manufacturing Network

Our capabilities support the development and cGMP-compliant production of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), registered starting materials (RSMs), and advanced intermediates.

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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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