Discovery Research Articles
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N-Linked Glycan Analysis For Complex Glycoproteins
12/20/2021
An established cell line and a bench-scale manufacturing process for a complex glycoprotein produced high quality material but had a low yield and was not scalable.
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Crystallization Of Challenging Pharmaceutical Targets To Aid Drug Discovery
12/13/2021
Discover a few successful strategies used when growing crystals of challenging pharmaceutical targets to aid drug discovery and two case studies performed by an experienced team of crystallographers.
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Process Development For AAV Vector Production In Suspension Cells
11/19/2021
Review experiments for the adaptation of the HEK293 suspension cell line for transient transfection and scalable adeno-associated virus (AAV) production.
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Robust CHO Cell Expression Platform For High-Quality Biomanufacturing
3/16/2021
Rapid development of high-quality cell lines is vital to biomanufacturing projects. How developers approach the fundamental steps can define their core biologics capabilities and keep projects on track.
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Navigating Regulatory And Development Milestones
9/17/2020
This article addresses how early-stage biotherapeutic companies can avoid common pitfalls as they navigate the funding and regulatory processes to bring novel therapeutics from research to market.
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Pharma Might Learn About M&A Integration From The CMO World
6/9/2014
The urge to merge in the pharmaceutical industry has been strong in 2014. However, the ability to get a deal done and successfully integrate those that transpire is far from guaranteed. This might ring true particularly with the kind of high-profile deals we are seeing recently. Pharma might benefit from some insight into one such deal from the provider side of the business.
This spring Jim Mullen became CEO of DPx Holdings B.V., formed in a $2.65 billion transaction combining JLL Partners’ assets Patheon and Banner Life Sciences, with Royal DSM’s Pharmaceuticals Products business. Mullen previously held the title of CEO of Patheon. This was a large deal in the service provider sector. In a recent interview with Outsourced Pharma, Mullen walked us through some of the key elements that allowed the deal to transpire.
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The Language Of Our Industry
4/21/2014
True character and the quality of our thoughts are revealed in the way we talk about ourselves and the events in which we participate. We may purposely affect certain patterns of language, but the real thing is sooner or later uncovered.
Or something like that. We also know we have to walk the talk, as the more succinct saying puts it. Considering specifically the language of the contract drug discovery, development and manufacturing industry, in a recent outsourcing survey conducted by contractpharma.com, 75% of respondents said that they would use the word “partnership” to describe their relationship with their contract service providers. That has to be good news for both pharma sponsors and the CROs/CMOs around the world, and points to an improvement in level of service delivered by the latter.
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Pharma Research & Development Analysis: CPhI Annual Report
4/7/2014
CPhI, The world's leading pharamceutical networking evernt, with over 100,000 attendees globally - is now using its collective resourced to create Pharma Insight Reports, analyzing individual parts fo the pharma industry, as well as, creating the well respected and eagerly anticipated Annual Report featuring a global panel of experts. This CPhI Pharma Insights Report examines the current trends in evaluation, adoption and partnering solutions that have been implemented across the industry to drive greater innovations and cost efficiencies.
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Communicating R&D Innovations Early And Carefully
3/5/2014
You would expect a room full of communications, marketing and public relations professionals to be exuberant in their discussion of how to deliver the company message across platforms and generally boast about their brands. While some of that did take place at the 3rd Annual Life Science Brand Reputation and Communications Conference in Atlanta (February 20-21), a lot of the discussion focused on FDA regulations and SEC concerns, and the checks and balances applied to patient, media and investor communications by internal legal and investor relations departments.
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Quality by Design: A CMO's Perspective On Gaining Knowledge Faster And Better
11/26/2013
Although the phrase “QbD” has been thought of as a new or borrowed concept and discussed in terms of feasibility, many CMOs have been using these con-cepts, albeit perhaps not in a well-planned, cohesive manner.