Clinical Supply Manufacturing Articles

31. Making Cancer Vaccines Is Complex; New Platform Guidance Could Help 7/3/2024

    FDA's draft guidance on platforms is mostly for established, well-characterized modalities, but it also has implications for the emerging area of personalized medicine.

32. U.S. Pharma Tariffs And MFN In 2026: Manufacturing And Procurement Impact 2/18/2026

    Beroe Inc.'s Mathini Ilancheran discusses the 2025 U.S. pharma tariff framework and translates it into actionable procurement and outsourcing responses.

33. Guidelines For Defining A Control Strategy Framework For Accelerated mAb Programs 11/6/2025

    This article assembles an industrywide “platform” knowledge base on the impact of parameters across unit operations in a standard mAb process. 

34. The Small Biotech's Checklist For FIH Trials 8/27/2024

    Getting medicine to its first patients is enormously complex with many players and moving parts. These are the critical steps.

35. The Process Map To Ensure Biopharma Raw Materials Supply 8/16/2022

    In new product introduction, there is often a lack of a basic data package for a product being scaled up for clinical or launch supplies. This can lead to several issues, e.g., capacity and lead time restrictions, oversupply, and more. A stepwise process can be used as a guideline for introducing a material to support new drug substance manufacture.

36. U.S. Pharma Tariffs And MFN Become Law After April 2 Update 4/15/2026

    Beginning July 31, 2026, a U.S. pharmaceutical tariff will apply to patented products and their APIs, beginning with large companies. Beroe Inc.'s Mathini Ilancheran breaks down the tariff's impact, explores its risks, and proposes five procurement strategies to addressing them.

37. Peeling Back The Layers Of Radiolabeled Peptide Production 6/12/2025

    From the moment radiolabeled drugs are made, it’s a race to get them to patients. Radioactive decay is just one of many complications. Here’s one company’s approach.

38. Comparability Considerations For mRNA Product Development 2/28/2024

    Given the mRNA-based products' variability and unique challenges, you may need to modify the standard comparability approach. Let’s discuss strategies for any development stage.

39. Sourcing Plasmid DNA From CDMOs Got More Challenging — Here's Why 11/19/2024

    The demand for plasmid DNA products is intrinsically linked to unique market conditions and funding environments. Here's what's driving them.

40. Understanding FDA's Draft Guidance On Human- And Animal-Derived Materials In The Manufacture Of Cell & Gene Therapy Products 5/23/2024

    FDA has released the new draft guidance for industry, Considerations for the Use of Human- and Animal-Derived Materials in the Manufacture of Cellular and Gene Therapy and Tissue-Engineered Medical Products. This article provides a summary — and shares what is shocking about the guidance.