Change and innovation in the pharma supply chain: more of the same in 2019?
2018 has seen some of the most fundamental changes to the pharmaceutical industry– driven by serialisation requirements in the US and EU, as there has been a seismic shift towards a more digitalised supply...
Transforming The Life Sciences Supply Chain Through Blockchain
Imagine the Possibilities: What if innovations in the life sciences supply chain kept up with innovations in medicines and treatments?
With many serialization and track & trace regulations in the compliance period, and others (e.g.,...
The need of innovation in the injectable business – a CDMO perspective
The world of drug development and manufacturing is undergoing a change. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rapid increase in complex compounds such as biologics.
This change is further compounded with the erosion...
The importance of biometric functions to improving data quality in Clinical Trials
Reducing the costs associated with clinical trials is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s core challenges. Running a clinical trial is incredibly expensive and if a compound fails in the late phases, it can be...
Speed, Quality and Cost – Leveraging Australia to Expedite Clinical Development
In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has seen tremendous changes in the way it is expected to deliver new drugs to market: being under increasing pressure to expedite the development of new therapies,to decrease...
Capitalizing on Digital Innovation to Enhance Delivery
The 3 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Capitalizing on Digital Innovation to Better Deliver Medicine to You?
Janssen Supply Chain Vice President Remo Colarusso explains how the company is pioneering high-tech new strategies to perfect...
How implementing electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) into Oncology Clinical Trials Reduces the Burden...
Clinical oncology research is unique when compared to other therapeutic areas. Cancer patients experience substantial physical and psychosocial consequences of the disease and its treatment and much of the symptom burden occurs outside the...
Predicting the future of cancer immunotherapy: Using autoantibody biomarkers to drive safer and more...
For a number of years now, immunotherapy has been seen as the dawn of a new era, and is the most promising approach to cancer treatment since the use of targeted therapies, making headlines...
The Pharmacist Perspective: Medication Adherence & Compliance
Adherence generally refers to taking a medication as prescribed which includes maintaining the proper dosing schedule throughout the medication cycle as well as continuing to take a medication for as long as the treatment...
Three Important Factors for Selecting a Reliable Serialization Software
The WHO estimates that roughly 10% of drugs in the global marketplace are counterfeit, with levels being much higher in developing countries (30-40%).
In the U.S. alone, the FDA found that more than 50% of...