Clinical Supply Manufacturing Articles

  1. 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.

  2. Strategic Procurement For Emerging Pharmas & Biotechs 2/27/2023

    Emerging pharma and biotech companies depend significantly on suppliers, from initial discovery to clinical trials and regulatory approval. As a result, the sourcing and procurement function requires a strategic mindset aligned with business goals to drive an efficient purchasing process throughout the entire supply chain.

  3. What Proposed Plasmid DNA Standards Say For GMP/Non-GMP Production 3/8/2024

    Today’s standards for plasmid DNA production lack specificity, and manufacturers have been clamoring for more. In late 2023, USP published draft General Chapter <1040> to help fill in the cracks.

  4. 10 Ways To Speed Up CMC In Early-Stage Drug Product Development 2/21/2025

    The inherent complexity of living cell-based products, vector-based gene therapies, and highly sensitive analytical methods demands robust change management strategies.

  5. Deciphering FDA's 7-Step Framework For AI-Driven Decision-Making 2/27/2025

    The draft framework, published in January, aims to ensure that AI systems used in drug development are robust, reliable, and aligned with regulatory expectations.

  6. The 4 Technologies Poised To Transform The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain In 2025 And Beyond 12/2/2024

    These key technological advancements will significantly impact the pharma/biotech supply chain in 2025 and beyond. If you aren't implementing any of them yet, you may want to rethink your plans.

  7. When In The Product's Life Cycle Does Continuous Manufacturing Make Sense? 2/1/2024

    This overview article takes a look at each product development stage for bio/pharmaceuticals to illuminate when continuous manufacturing can satisfy important business drivers.

  8. Counting The Steps To Decentralized Personalized Therapy Manufacturing 3/21/2025

    AltruBio's CEO has a rough map of the steps to distributed cell therapy manufacturing. She discusses the path and some of the obstacles we'll need to clear first.

  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. Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing: Considerations For Early-Stage Companies 1/17/2025

    Key considerations for early-stage cell and gene therapy companies include whether to develop and manufacture internally vs. externally, locally vs. not, and how to choose a CDMO.