Tag: Biologics

Th increasing demand for biologics has led to an increasing need for production capacity, which is characterized by high quality standards. Although, it is a challenging field, outsourcing has emerged as a promising segment, especially for drug product manufacturing and aseptic fill / finish operations. Despite being one of the crucial steps of all the

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 expression systems for the production of various biologics have side-lined some of the earlier concerns associated with

The gradual shift of healthcare industry towards the development of biologics is a well-known fact. Owing to this shift, there are over 1,000 cell and gene therapies which are being developed for the treatment of various disorders, majority of them being oncological disorders, cardiovascular disorders and neurological disorders.  Additionally, over the last decade, multiple immunotherapies

According to a recent CDMO survey, about 54% respondents claimed to have collaborated with a contract service provider for clinical and commercial-scale product development projects. Specifically, fill / finish is the final step in the production process and is considered among the most crucial stages of drug product manufacturing. Biologic drug products require special procedures

Biologics constitute a majority of the top selling drugs and represent one of the fastest growing segments of the overall pharmaceutical industry. In fact, the share of biologics in the overall pharmaceutical market has increased from 16% in 2006 to over 25% in 2017.  Having reported over 70% increase in revenues over the past 5-6