FEATURE ARTICLES
What does 2026 ultimately hold for the industry? To explore that question, Lawrence Blatt, CEO of Aligos Therapeutics, sat down with me to share his perspective on the trends shaping the year ahead.
- What To Know About — And How To Apply For — FDA's PreCheck Pilot
- MES Is Still In The CD ROM Era But The Data Architecture Has Moved On
- The Rise Of The Autonomous Pharma Plant
- U.S. Pharma Tariffs And MFN In 2026: Manufacturing And Procurement Impact
- A Peek Into Novo Nordisk's Sustainable Facility Construction Mindset
- At Base Camp: Lilly's Manufacturing Capacity Journey
- The U.S. Has A New Vice To Squeeze Foreign Imports: Pharma Quality
PHARMA ONLINE WHITE PAPERS
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![GettyImages-1062463400-building-foundation]( "Placing Drug Strategies On A Solid Foundation For Success")
Placing Drug Strategies On A Solid Foundation For SuccessExplore how certain drivers are impacting traditional drug development strategies and relationships with outsourced drug development and manufacturing partners.
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Choosing The Right Platform: A Comparison For Regulated Industries2/22/2026
Regulated industries depend on tightly controlled review workflows, yet common tools rarely meet those demands. Explore how purpose‑built solutions strengthen compliance and help streamline timelines.
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From Open Cleanrooms To Closed Systems – What Is Driving The Change?3/14/2025
Aseptic processing is evolving. Regulatory changes and technological advancements are driving a shift from open cleanrooms to closed systems for sterile drug manufacturing.
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How To Avoid Sticking And Picking In The Tableting Industry9/23/2024
Review strategies to mitigate sticking and picking risks in the tablet industry, and learn how you can foster improved tablet production processes, ensuring higher quality and consistency.
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Avoiding The Pitfalls Of PQR10/9/2024
Explore the fundamentals of Product Quality Reviews (PQRs), common challenges manufacturers face, strategies for streamlining PQRs, and solutions that aim to unlock the potential of a "real-time PQR."
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Accelerated Development Of Solid Oral Dosage Formulation For IND Submission12/11/2024
This paper highlights how the roller compaction process not only enhances efficiency but also improves the scalability of solid oral dosage production, supporting rapid development for regulatory approval.
PHARMA ONLINE APP NOTES & CASE STUDIES
- Real-Time Growth Monitoring Of Spheroids In Round Bottom Microplates
- Liquids, Soft Foods As Vehicles For Enteric Coated Bead Drug Product
- Modeling Inflammation-Specific Immune Cell Recruitment
- Your Guide To Precise And Robust Separation Methods
- Development Of Separation Methods For GLP-1 Synthetic Peptides
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
- 02.26.26 -- At Base Camp: Lilly's Manufacturing Capacity Journey
- 02.26.26 -- STREAM Edition: Considerations For Single Use Disposables
- 02.25.26 -- Ready to design a scalable, cost optimized viral vector workflow?
- 02.25.26 -- Advanced Mixing Strategies & Process Optimization
- 02.24.26 -- Innovations Shaping The Future Of Pharma Manufacturing
INDUSTRY NEWS
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![FDA Logo on phone screen-GettyImages-2208861549]( "Høeg In, Pazdur Out At The FDA")
Høeg In, Pazdur Out At The FDAWhat an eventful week it has been at the FDA, with Richard Pazdur, M.D., resigning after weeks in his position as director of Center for Drug Research and Evaluation (CDER), and his vacancy being quickly filled by acting director Tracy Beth Høeg, M.D.
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![business peope negotiating-GettyImages-637902194]( "9 Drugs Granted Fast Track By FDA's Voucher Program")
9 Drugs Granted Fast Track By FDA's Voucher ProgramWith targets like pancreatic cancer, deafness, blindness, infertility and vaping addiction, these drugs were chosen due to an unmet need, addressing a public health crisis, boosting domestic manufacturing or increasing affordability.
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![Pharmaceutical sorting machine, pills-GettyImages-1499814881]( "Leaders In The Excipient Market: Region And Type")
Leaders In The Excipient Market: Region And TypeThough North America led the market with a 38.32% market share of $3.15 billion in 2024, Asia Pacific is expected to have the fastest growth in the upcoming years.
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![GettyImages-2189405678-GLP-1-obesity]( "Pfizer Strengthens Obesity Foothold With Metsera Acquisition")
Pfizer Strengthens Obesity Foothold With Metsera AcquisitionAfter discouraging efforts to bring two oral obesity drugs to market—danuglipron and lotiglipron—this acquisition launches Pfizer back into the obesity therapeutic game.
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![weight loss, diabetes, insulin pen-GettyImages-2196049931]( "FDA Cracks Down On GLP-1 Imports")
FDA Cracks Down On GLP-1 ImportsGLP-1 bulk drug substances must be detained without physical examination (DWPE) unless they are on a list (Green List) of approved foreign GLP-1 manufacturers.
PHARMACEUTICAL ONLINE CONTENT COLLECTIONS
Explore how sterility assurance, including sterilization validation and environmental monitoring, is essential for controlling microbial contamination in mammalian cell production to ensure patient safety. Check out the latest e-book from Pharmaceutical Online.
More Content CollectionsSUPPLIER NEWS
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Novartis Announces New Radioligand Therapy Manufacturing Facility In Denton, Texas2/26/2026
Novartis, a leading global innovative medicines company, today announced plans to establish a new 46,000-square-foot radioligand therapy (RLT) manufacturing site in Denton, Texas.
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Quotient Sciences Extends Commercial Manufacturing Partnership For Ultra-Rare Disease Treatment2/26/2026
Quotient Sciences, a leading integrated CRDMO, announced an extended commercial supply partnership with Ipsen, a global biopharmaceutical company, to manufacture a treatment for Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), an ultra-rare disease affecting fewer than 1,000 people worldwide.
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Bora Pharmaceuticals And GSK Sign $250M Five Year Global Manufacturing Contract2/24/2026
This renewed collaboration reinforces the long-standing relationship between the two companies and expands the partnership, allowing GSK access to multiple sites within the Bora network, including its newest OSD site in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
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AbbVie Announces $380 Million Investment With Two New Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Manufacturing Facilities In Illinois2/24/2026
AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced a new $380 million investment to build two new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facilities at its current North Chicago, Illinois, campus. These new state-of-the-art facilities will integrate advanced manufacturing technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) to support the production of AbbVie's next-generation neuroscience and obesity medications.
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Johnson & Johnson Announces $1 Billion Investment With New Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility In Pennsylvania2/22/2026
ohnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the “Company”), healthcare’s leading, most comprehensive innovation powerhouse, today announced a more than $1 billion investment in a next generation cell therapy manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This new facility will further expand the Company’s U.S. manufacturing capacity as it advances its industry leading portfolio and pipeline of transformational medicines for cancer, immune-mediated and neurological diseases.
