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Advancing Sterile API Manufacturing: Innovations in Next-Generation

For most of the industrys history sterility was a finishedproduct concern Active ingredients were synthesised under conventional good manufacturing practice shipped as bulk powders and rendered sterile only when they reached the fillfinish line usually through filtration or terminal heat That model served simple watersoluble injectables well It serves todays portfolio poorly

Renewable Energy Solutions for Pharma Factories: Powering Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

One of the most energyconsuming sectors of the industrial sector is the pharmaceutical manufacturing Energy requirement in the pharma factories is continuous and critical whether it is controlled environments and cleanrooms continuous production lines HVAC system cold storage as well as quality testing laboratories With the increasing regulatory pressure ESG undertakings and the cost of energy ren...

Using Mass Spectrometry as Quality Control in Medicinal Cannabis

Cannabis plants contain a wide variety of complex compounds including phytocannabinoids terpenoids and flavonoids found mainly in the inflorescences Major phytocannabinoids like CBD and THC have beneficial effects on human health

Sustainable Pharma Manufacturing: Eco-Friendly Practices for the Pharmaceutical Industry

The pharmaceutical business is of significant importance to the healthcare sector all over the world yet it is also among the manufacturing industries that are resourceconsuming Energyintensive production processes complicated chemical synthesis and mass packaging processes have all contributed to pollution and emissions of carbon emissions to the environment as part of the traditional drug manufa...

The Evolving Role of AI in Pharmaceutical Commercial Strategy

For most of the past decade the pharmaceutical industry told its artificial intelligence story from the laboratory bench Molecule generation protein structure prediction and trial simulation captured the headlines and the capital Yet the economics of this industry have never been settled in discovery alone

Adapting to the Post-Brexit Pharma Environment: Strategies for Success

The pharmaceutical industry has undergone significant changes following the United Kingdoms departure from the European Union commonly known as Brexit This historic event has introduced new challenges and opportunities for pharmaceutical

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

Projects

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