Category: Manufacturing

mRNA manufacturing has completely revolutionized the field of medicine and significantly influenced the study and treatment of human diseases. The success of COVID-19 vaccines paved the path for mRNA vaccines / mRNA therapeutics. Safety, efficacy and rapid production of mRNA drives the interest in this domain. However, mRNA production is fraught with several challenges as

Like any other industry, the healthcare industry is drastically growing in its way. Thus, manufacturers need to update themselves with the new technologies and tools to stay relevant and competitive with the current market trends. Manufacturing execution system plays a crucial role in achieving long term competitive advantages in the healthcare industry. Manufacturing execution system

The continuously growing demand for healthcare products and present economic environment drives the need for adoption of automated tool and technologies in order to improve manufacturing, process, increase throughput reduce cycle time, maintain quality and to get the best out of the available resources to eliminate unnecessary production costs. It is worth mentioning that in

Recently, in the biopharmaceutical industry an increasing demand for quality biologics has been observed, where single use bioreactors have emerged as one of the most prominent and reliable solution for biomanufacturing. Disposable bioreactors have transformed the process of conventional biomanufacturing, and their adoption is increasing rapidly for production of various biologics, such as antibody, recombinant proteins,

Upon realizing the potential of digital biomanufacturing over traditional processes, players are actively undertaking initiatives to adopt advanced platforms to drive operational excellence, visibility, control and synchronization in bioprocessing. Industry 4.0: An amalgamation of physical equipment and smart software Digital biomanufacturing offers real-time process optimization based on factors, such as anticipated product quality and batch

The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) defines cell therapy as a therapeutic modality that involves the administration of either normal or modified cells to patients for the treatment of various diseases. In this form of therapy, patients are injected with living and intact human cells that are deemed to be capable of

Recent developments in pharmacology and biotechnology have been able to drive significant advances and innovation in understanding the root causes of various diseases; this has further aided in the discovery and development of more targeted treatment strategies. It is worth noting that such advances in the healthcare industry have made pharmaceutical development and CMO manufacturing

The inherent expertise of CMOs and CDMOs is believed to be capable of enabling reduction in the time-to-market a product, significant cost-benefits, as well as access to larger production capacities and novel technologies.  It is worth mentioning that there has been substantial merger and acquisition activity in the pharma CMO market in the past few

Over the years, several industries have implemented evolutionary changes in their respective manufacturing processes. One to the most rewarding advancements in this direction, is process automation. In pharmaceutical contract manufacturing, the automation of various aspects of the production process has led to the establishment of the continuous manufacturing system providers. However, the transition to continuous

The concept of modular cleanroom has long been employed in other sectors, but it has only recently acquired traction in the pharmaceutical business over the last two to three decades. Modular cleanroom construction is a process wherein factory-produced, pre-engineered building units, which are constructed offsite under controlled plant conditions, are assembled on site to construct

The recent years have portrayed the renaissance in the domain of biologics, as pharmaceutical industry has once again gained attention towards the production of bioproducts. In fact, in 2019, a total of 28 biopharmaceutical products (including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and gene therapy) were approved in the US. Further, over 8,000 biological pharmaceutical products are

The recent years have portrayed the renaissance in the domain of microbial fermentation, as microbial biopharma industry has once again gained attention towards the production of biologics using microbial expression system. The modification and innovation in the microbial fermentation based expression systems for the production of various biologics have side-lined some of the earlier concerns

The recent years have portrayed the renaissance of peptide therapeutics, as pharma industry has once again turned its attention towards the potential of therapeutic peptides. Adoption of peptide therapeutics agents have side-lined some of the earlier concerns associated with them, such as drug bioavailability enhancement, and has led to manufacturing of high-quality peptide therapeutics in

In the past two decades, advances in optometry, along with an increased understanding of human eye and vision care, have led scientists to develop innovative treatment methods in order to treat eye disorders and to overcome the limitations offered by conventional medical practices. The current ophthalmic diseases treatment landscape is characterized by a number of

Microbiome therapeutics are fragile bacteria, which require ideal conditions of heat, moisture and pH of products, to survive and prevent premature germination. In fact, microbiome manufacturing is presently one of the biggest bottlenecks in this domain; manufacturing such products is both technically challenging and financially demanding. One of the biggest challenges in the development of