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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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Friday Mar 19, 2021
Inside the FDA’s fateful Alzheimer’s decision
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
If Biogen’s controversial aducanumab is approved, it could become the best-selling drug of all time — and it’s a drug that has only shown modest efficacy. Here’s more on why the Alzheimer’s pipeline is primed for such a remarkable situation.
Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/inside-the-fdas-fateful-alzheimers-decision

Friday Feb 26, 2021
Growing the biologic drug supply
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
The complex development and manufacturing processes needed to bring biologic drugs to market almost always translates into exorbitant prices, even after the drugs go off patent. Consequently, many areas of the world simply do not have access to the accepted standard of care. Chief content director Karen Langhauser sat down with the founders of Phylloceuticals to discuss how they plan to change this.
Learn more about Phylloceuticals at http://phylloceuticals.com.
Read the transcript: https://www.pharmamanufacturing.com/podcasts/off-script-a-pharma-manufacturing-podcast/growing-the-biologic-drug-supply/

Monday Feb 01, 2021
Will the FDA keep moving at this breakneck pace?
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
What has allowed the government to — for once — move at the speed of industry to help curb the pandemic? And will the FDA be able to maintain this pace once the pandemic winds down?
We caught up a long-time regulatory expert to find out.

Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Pharma's wild ride through 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Pharma stepped up to the plate this year to deliver vaccines in record time and desperately needed therapeutics. Will these historic achievements change the industry's reputation in the eyes of the public? Chief Content Director, Karen Langhauser, and Senior Editor, Meagan Parrish, take a look back at pharma's accomplishments — and stumbles — during the pandemic.
Audio clips used:
CNBC: "How pharmaceutical companies are responding to the coronavirus outbreak"
CNA: "Pharmaceutical companies scramble to produce coronavirus vaccine"
CNBC: "The Race To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine"
CBS News: "Trump to meet with pharmaceutical CEOs amid growing coronavirus outbreak"
CNBC: "Trump meets with big pharma to tackle coronavirus"
CBNC: "Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on executive stock sales"

Monday Nov 16, 2020
Saving the shrinking pipeline for antibiotics
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
The threat of superbugs hasn’t gone away and in many ways the pandemic has made this problem loom even larger. But a new organization called the AMR Action Fund is working to infuse needed dollars and resources into the dwindling pipeline for needed antibiotics.

Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
As several late-stage trials edge towards the finish line, skepticism surrounding vaccines continues to spread at a rate faster than the coronavirus itself — and drugmakers and health officials are scrambling to restore public trust. Pharma Manufacturing editors Karen Langhauser and Meagan Parrish discuss.
Read the transcript here: https://bit.ly/34PEeb6
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
[Solutions Spotlight] Pharma’s drive towards more sustainable packaging
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Chief Content Director Karen Langhauser is joined by Richard Wood, Executive Director of Technical Solutions at Softbox Systems.
Read the full transcript: https://bit.ly/2JaQOsQ Learn more: https://bit.ly/2G8oWo3

Monday Oct 19, 2020
Pharma's next big hurdle — distributing vaccines
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
It's been called the biggest logistical challenge of all time. What does pharma and the government need to do to quickly and successfully deliver COVID-19 vaccines into the waiting arms of Americans? Senior editor, Meagan Parrish, chats with PwC's Omar Chane to find out.
Read the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/3dJdhZs

Monday Oct 05, 2020
The United States of Generics
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Should America reshore more generic drug manufacturing? Will it really keep our supply chains safe from disruptions? For our September cover story, we took a deep dive into these questions to untangle the arguments around reshoring generic drug production. Find out why we walked away so obsessed with Rosemary Gibson and why Phlow Corp. might be the company that settles the debate around reshoring once and for all.