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Leveraging Blockchain for Drug Traceability and Security in Europe

The area of interest in the pharmaceutical products in the past couple of years has been in the area of traceability and security Recently there has been an increase in fake drugs as well as advanced supply chain management making it difficult to tell the actual quality of the manufactured drugs

Lessons from Technology Transfer in Global Drug Product Development: From Knowledge Transfer to Commercial Success

Technology transfer is the critical bridge between pharmaceutical development and commercial manufacturing transforming scientific innovation into medicines that can be reliably produced at scale Successful technology transfer extends far beyond the transfer of manufacturing processes and documentation

The Role of Automation in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Modern pharmaceutics gained momentum through technological progress which primarily involved automation in pharmaceutical production processes The drug development process now produces major changes in drug manufacturing pipeline operations from start to finish delivery to marketplaces The pharmaceutical industry requires better efficiency together with precision and speed and therefore automation...

Post-Pandemic Trends: Reshaping the Future of European Pharma

The widespread influence of the COVID pandemic has deeply affected industries worldwide and the European pharmaceutical sector is no stranger to this impact This article delves into the lasting repercussions of the pandemic

How Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Compliance Shapes Pharma Success?

Good Clinical Practice GCP compliance is a cornerstone of pharmaceutical research and development ensuring that clinical trials are conducted ethically with participant safety as the top priority

Exploring the Versatility of Using 3D Spheroid Models in Research

Cell culture technology forms the foundation of modern biological and pharmaceutical research For many years twodimensional culture systems have served as standard experimental models for studying cellular behavior disease mechanisms and therapeutic responses Although these models contribute significantly to scientific discovery they cannot fully replicate the structural and functional complexity...

Techno Trends

Alume Biosciences Secures FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Bevonescein

Alume Biosciences has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation BTD from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA for bevonescein an investigational fluorescent drug being developed to support realtime nerve visualisation during head and neck surgery in adults Bevonescein is an intravenous fluorescent peptidedye conjugate that binds to nerve tissue

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SK pharmteco Plans More Than US$200 Million Investment in Small Molecule and Peptide Manufacturing

SK pharmteco is planning a fiveyear investment of more than US million to expand and modernise its pharmaceutical development and manufacturing operations in the United States The programme will strengthen capabilities for small molecules and peptides while supporting a more

Research Insights

A drug repurposing screen reveals dopamine signaling as a candidate therapeutic pathway for PIGA-CDG

PIGACDG is a congenital disorder of glycosylation caused by pathogenic partial lossoffunction variants in the PIGA gene PIGA encodes an enzyme responsible for the catalytic transfer of Nacetylglucosamine

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Post-Translational Modifications in Drug Discovery: From Molecular Regulation to Clinical Impact

For decades the central dogma of molecular biology has anchored our understanding of cellular function DNA to RNA to protein But this linear view is incomplete A growing body of evidence shows that much of biologys