Newsletter | July 23, 2026

07.23.26 -- Why Velocity Is the New CDMO Performance Metric

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Webinar: When Unexpected Particles Threaten Your Biologic

Discover how advanced particle forensics can help resolve unexpected particle findings with confidence. In this webinar, KBI Biopharma experts explain how clinical in-use studies and techniques including Raman, FTIR-ATR, and SEM-EDS identify particle sources, assess risk, and generate regulator-ready evidence. Learn practical strategies to accelerate investigations, protect product quality, support patient safety, strengthen development decisions, and streamline regulatory submissions efficiently. Click here to learn more.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Velocity The Key Metric For External Manufacturing

What separates high-performing sponsor-CDMO partnerships from struggling ones? Velocity. With 30+ years of experience, Ratna Shekhar is focused on how real speed drives results. Chief Editor Louis Garguilo investigates.

The CDMO Guide To Smarter Contamination Control

This article addresses the three contamination control challenges that are specific to the CDMO environment, provides five practical steps any organization can act on now, and more.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Fast Path To Market: Going From GMP1 To PPQ In Just 12 Months

Learn how focused optimization and coordinated execution helped overcome technical uncertainty and enable faster progression to market readiness.

A Practical Approach To Regulatory Compliance And Market Success

Regulatory and quality compliance are built into every stage of biologics development, helping ensure consistent manufacturing, faster approvals, and dependable global market access.

Understanding And Implementing USP <665> For Single-Use Systems

New expectations for single-use systems require structured risk assessment and extractables testing. As compliance deadlines near, practical guidance aligns science, knowledge, regulatory readiness.

How Asia and Europe Are Reshaping Biologics Manufacturing

As biologics manufacturing globalizes, companies must balance cost, capacity, risk, and control when choosing between European and Asian supply bases for clinical and commercial success.

Bioprocessing Trends: Modern Comparability Analytics

Bioprocess changes require robust comparability strategies that combine risk assessment, advanced analytics, and regulatory expectations to keep biologics safe, effective, and compliant.

Integrated Single-Site CDMO Model

A single‑site model reduces handoff risks, speeds timelines, strengthens quality oversight, and unifies development and manufacturing to improve reliability and execution efficiency.

What Biotech Startups Need To Know About Sterile Fill Finish Services

Sterile fill–finish is a critical, tightly regulated stage for biotechs, demanding strong contamination control, smart CDMO selection, and awareness of capacity, scalability, and regulatory hurdles.

Collaborate For Standardization In Large-Volume Subcutaneous Delivery

Establishing unified component standards through collaborative innovation eliminates unnecessary investment, reduces development timelines, and ensures scalable, patient-centered delivery systems.

Top 5 Cell Line Development Challenges (And How To Avoid Them)

The top five common cell line development pitfalls — scalability, stability, complexity, analytics, and tech transfer — can be avoided with experienced partners and integrated, predictive strategies.

Nanoforming Biologics, GLP-1s: From I.V. To Sub Q And Inhaled Delivery

Developing new delivery routes is essential for creating more effective treatments. Nanoforming enables new routes to simplify dosing, enhance patient comfort, and reduce healthcare costs.

Best Practices For Chromatography Column Packing

Proper packing for resin is crucial to prevent issues like cracking or channeling which can lead to process disruptions and product loss.

Inclusion Bodies: Mother Nature's Help Or Hindrance?

Explore strategies to improve the performance of IB processes as well as the pros and cons of soluble and insoluble processes: isolating, solubilizing, and properly refolding.

Annex 1 FAQs: What Defines Contamination Control Risk?

True Annex 1 compliance requires a facility-wide contamination-control culture. Discover how rigorous risk awareness shapes behavior at every touchpoint across a manufacturing environment.

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Join this Outsourced Pharma Live discussion: Charting a Direct Pathway from Academia To CDMOs on August 4, 2026 to learn how academic innovators, technology transfer offices, and CDMOs can bridge critical gaps in documentation, quality expectations, and development strategy. Hear practical advice on creating stronger technical packages, aligning earlier with CDMO partners, and accelerating the path from promising research to real-world manufacturing success. Register.

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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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