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The Off Script podcast offers in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about hot-button topics in pharma, and goes behind the scenes of Pharma Manufacturing’s print and online coverage, which follows the industry’s biggest issues surrounding scale-up, technology innovations, regulations and more!
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Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
8 min
Across the board, the pharma industry is facing sky-high pressures to bring drugs to market quickly, safely and affordably. Facing this daunting landscape, pharma companies are enlisting the help of focused contract manufacturers to shape their therapies from the ground up. CDMOs, who so often go unnamed and unsung, have now become integral to forging the future of pharma.
During this podcast, Chief Content Director Karen Langhauser will introduce you to the four promising CDMOs we’ve chosen to profile in our March issue — ten23 health, Cellares, INCOG BioPharma Services and Matica Biotechnology.
Launching a new company into a crowded contracting space isn’t for the faint of heart — it demands expertise, ingenuity and a willingness to embrace risk. Fortunately, a new generation of CDMOs are boldly positioning themselves to become pillars of pharmaceutical progress.
![[Solutions Spotlight] Meeting today’s container closure integrity requirements](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Sep 21, 2023
Sep 21, 2023
16 min
In this latest episode of Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast, Andrea Corona is joined by Derek Duncan Product Line Director, at Lighthouse Instruments to discuss the significance of CCI and the evolving landscape of CCI testing, regulatory guidance, and the unique considerations posed by innovative therapies with extreme storage and transport requirements.
Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/home/article/33011904/solutions-spotlight
Learn more about Lighthouse instruments: https://lighthouseinstruments.com/
![[Solutions Spotlight] Ensuring quality during a syringe surge](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Aug 9, 2023
Aug 9, 2023
13 min
In this latest episode of Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast, Karen Langhauser is joined by Veronica Ghidotti Product Manager, Visual Inspection Systems at Stevanato Group, to discuss how pharma markets have shifted towards drugs that require syringes and vials — which are historically difficult to inspect — and how new automatic inspection solutions can help.
Read the transcript: https://pharmamanufacturing.com/33009598
Learn more about Stevanato Group: https://www.stevanatogroup.com/en/
![[Solutions Spotlight] Overcoming drug formulation challenges](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Jan 19, 2023
Jan 19, 2023
23 min
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Oct 26, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
25 min
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
![[Solutions Spotlight] How to overcome challenges in ophthalmic formulations](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Oct 17, 2022
Oct 17, 2022
14 min
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
![[Solutions Spotlight] How digitalization can provide a competitive advantage](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
15 min
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
![[Solutions Spotlight] Stop the stall: The time is now for predictive maintenance in pharma](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
12 min
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Nov 23, 2021
Nov 23, 2021
25 min
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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9655061/Security_14__hjvhxj_300x300.jpg)
Oct 26, 2021
Oct 26, 2021
13 min
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.
