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Pharmaceutical manufacturers have a duty to deliver consistently safe and effective medicines, and a fundamental part of this is ensuring products do not contain harmful biological contaminants. One approach that is widely used to guarantee drugs are free from...

An ageing population, patent expirations, growth of disease prevalence, and expensive breakthrough therapies are driving demand for the development of many new pharmaceutical products. These growing pressures mean that pharmaceutical developers are faced with rising R&D costs and the...

With a central focus on human safety, high quality standards for drug products are upheld worldwide through various drug agencies. In order to ensure that drug products intended for human use fulfil the safety needs of patients, regulatory approval...

As Asia’s healthcare systems mature, demand for the latest bio-pharmaceutical medicines is soaring. Most of these medicines are highly sensitive to temperature, meaning reliable cold chain services are crucial for effectively deploying biopharma across the region. And the need for...

Gerresheimer in Essen produces many millions of glass containers for the pharmaceutical industry every year. The long-established company has recently completed the routine renovation of its clear-glass furnace. Despite being more powerful, its improved technology means it uses less...

Introduction 19F NMR spectrometry is firmly established as a powerful and highly attractive tool in most pharma analytical labs. In this article we summarize the information the technique provides to small molecule drug development scientists and introduce new 19F NMR...

Intelligent technologies are transforming the pharmaceutical industry at a company and sector level, where tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain are pushing the limits of data analysis and accelerating decision-making. Meanwhile, similar technological progress is also...