Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast

Solutions Spotlight: Overcoming drug formulation challenges

In this latest episode of Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast, Andrea Corona is joined by Daniel Price, director and head of excipients, solid applications at MilliporeSigma, to discuss his work driving innovation in the fields of 3d printing of oral solid dosage forms, next generation pharmaceutical manufacturing, oral delivery of novel modalities and predictive formulation, and how these innovations can help overcome today's drug formulation challenges.  

Read the transcript: https://pharmamanufacturing.com/21438233

[Solutions Spotlight] Bringing pharma’s asset management into the digital age

For those in the pharmaceutical industry, the recent challenge has been in figuring out how to extend the digital capability of our everyday lives into pharma asset management. How do you bring all of a plant's activities and the data behind them into one place? Furthermore, if you could do that, what benefits would it bring to asset management? Karen Langhauser is joined by Ethan Smith, general manager of Life Sciences for Nuvolo, to get a better understanding of how pharma can bring its asset management into the digital age.

Learn more about Nuvolo: https://www.nuvolo.com/

Read the transcript: https://pharmamanufacturing.com/21436830 

[Solution Spotlight] How to overcome challenges in ophthalmic formulations

Ophthalmic drug formulation and manufacturing brings with it unique challenges and regulatory requirements. To discuss methods to overcome these challenges, Pharma Manufacturing Senior Editor Andrea Corona speaks with Smita Rajput, field marketing manager at MilliporeSigma. 

Learn more about MilliporeSigma: https://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en 

Read the transcript: https://pharmamanufacturing.com/21436478 

[Solution Spotlight] How digitalization can provide a competitive advantage

The digitalization journey for pharmaceutical manufacturing can reap many benefits and there are many choices to be made in terms of these technologies and how to deploy them. In this episode, Andrea Corona talks about how digitalization is delivering a competitive advantage and assembly and inspection with Veronica Ghidotti and Fabio Bertacchini from Stevanato Group.

Learn more about Stevanato Group: https://www.stevanatogroup.com/en/

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/how-digitalization-can-provide-a-competitive-advantage 

[Solution Spotlight] Stop the stall: The time is now for predictive maintenance in pharma

Predictive maintenance can help pharma companies can capture enormous value. Digital solutions can help eliminate downtime, reduce maintenance costs and maximize productivity, ultimately unlocking the capacity that is necessary to get the highest quality product to patients who need them most. Senior editor Andrea Corona discusses this with Zach Gilulah, pharma machine health lead at Augury

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/stop-the-stall-the-time-is-now-for-predictive-maintenance-in-pharma 

[Solutions Spotlight] A groundbreaking approach to BET testing

Endotoxin testing serves a vital function in pharma quality control by ensuring that products are safe for patients. But the traditional approach to Bacterial Endotoxins Testing (BET) is an area ripe for disruption and improvements. Now, the Sievers Eclipse BET platform by Suez offers new levels of automation, compliance and sustainability, ushering in the next generation of BET.

Learn more about Suez: https://www.suezwatertechnologies.com/ 

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/solutions-spotlight-a-groundbreaking-approach-to-bet-testing

 

Solutions spotlight: A better way to measure critical attributes in bioreactors

In pharma, the use of gas analysis in fermentation bioreactors is critical for monitoring the health of a culture, and measuring small changes to oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations at key phases of the process. Whether using continuous or batch fermentation for bacterial, microbial or mammalian cell culture expression, Thermo Fischer Scientific's gas analysis mass spectrometry product range provides precise off-gas analysis through every stage of fermentation. To learn more about the Prima BT and Prima PRO models, senior editor Meagan Parrish chats with Daniel Merriman, strategic marketing manager, Thermo Fischer.

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/solutions-spotlight-gas-analysis-mass-spectrometer-applications-in-fermentation-and-cell-culture-process

[Solutions spotlight] Special delivery: Lipid nanoparticles usher in new treatments

RNA-based vaccines have played a starring role in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and there is great potential for RNA to be applied to further indications. But nucleic acids are highly negatively charged and fragile and the right delivery systems are needed to protect RNA from degradation. One technology — lipid nanoparticles — has proven to enable the drug delivery of RNA-based therapeutics. Karen Langhauser and MilliporeSigma’s Dr. Estelle Beguin discuss lipid nanoparticles and the role they will play in the success of emerging therapies and vaccines.

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/solutions-spotlight-special-delivery-lipid-nanoparticles-usher-in-new-treatments 

Solutions Spotlight: Harnessing AI to improve workplace ergonomics

Poor ergonomics have been linked to a host of physical problems and can have an impact on workplace efficiency. Improving posture and physical habits has been linked to increased worker productivity and reduced errors. A reduction in injuries also saves money for companies, and helps businesses retain healthier and happier employees. However, many companies might overlook this aspect of workplace safety and this is where artificial intelligence can come to the rescue. Meagan Parrish and Blake McGowan, Director of Ergonomics Research for VelocityEHS, discuss.

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/solutions-spotlight-harnessing-ai-to-improve-workplace-ergonomics 

Is it time to call the dogs off drug testing?

Many inside and outside of the pharma industry think so. Now, one group is putting pressure on the FDA and Congress to move pharma away from animal modeling in drug development.

Learn more about the White Coast Waste Project: https://www.whitecoatwaste.org/

Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/is-it-time-to-call-the-dogs-off-drug-testing