Clinical Supply Manufacturing Articles

  1. The Most Difficult Outsourcing Tasks 9/6/2023

    Hint: According to long-termed Pfizer supply-chain professional Francis Dumont, it is sterile-fill. Learn about that and much more on working effectively with CDMOs to optimize production.

  2. Solving The Leukopak Supply Chain Issue With Cryopreservation 11/25/2024

    Allogeneic cell therapy developers report an alarming number of starting materials arrive at the wrong temperatures, late, or fail to arrive altogether.

  3. Scaling Up Manufacturing? Here's Why You Need A CMC Specialist 6/16/2025

    CMC experts (whether in-house or outsourced) fill a vital role during the transition from small-scale production to larger operations for maintaining quality, consistency, and compliance.

  4. Have We Got Novel Drug Production And Compliance Timelines All Wrong? 6/13/2024

    Drug developers might want to consider longer-term approaches to meeting manufacturing and regulatory requirements.

  5. How To Turn Your Clinical Supply Chain Pandemic Learnings Into New Best Practices 3/10/2022

    Pivoting, navigating, and problem solving in real time during the pandemic has led to many real-time lessons that have evolved into adapted best practices in the global clinical supply space. This article discusses the new demand curve, packaging operations, IRT considerations, and more.

  6. Phages As A Pharmaceutical: New EMA Guidance On Antimicrobial Drug Development 11/17/2025

    The EMA has now issued a draft guidance on quality aspects of phage therapy medicinal products. Rising antimicrobial resistance has renewed interest in bacteriophages to fight pathogens.

  7. How Elixirgen Manufactures Hematopoietic Stem Cells At The Bedside 10/9/2024

    The company uses a mobile manufacturing system to produce autologous stem cell therapy for patients with dyskeratosis congenita and other telomere biology disorders.

  8. 5 Benefits Of Using MES For Cell & Gene Therapies 12/20/2024

    Cell and gene therapies have unique complexities and challenges. A manufacturing execution system (MES) can expedite your processes and get your product to commercialization faster.

  9. 3 Strategies For mAb Manufacturing: How Do You Choose? 3/19/2025

    As cost and supply come under more scrutiny, there are primarily three scaling strategies for mAb manufacturing that can be leveraged, each with its own set of pros and cons.

  10. FDA Finalizes Guidance About Delaying, Denying, Limiting, Or Refusing An Inspection 7/25/2024

    The FDA has finalized a guidance on the circumstances that constitute delaying, denying, limiting, or refusing a drug or device inspection. The agency also provides reasons that may cause drugs or devices to be adulterated under the FD&C Act.