Newsletter | October 14, 2025

10.14.25 -- AbbVie Enters Psychedelic Market With Bretisilocin Acquisition

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Developing new delivery routes for biological therapies is essential for creating more patient-centric and effective treatments. By using nanoforming techniques, it's possible to simplify dosing regimens and enhance patient comfort, compliance, and even reduce overall healthcare costs. Find out how this is best demonstrated through two real-world examples. Learn more

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

The Next Leap In Pharma Manufacturing

Explore how Industry 4.0 integration transforms pharma manufacturing through connected systems, data-driven insights, and predictive, compliant operations.

Strategic Approaches To Controlled Release Formulation

Discover how early polymer selection drives formulation success, with case studies linking polymer choice to drug release and practical insights for developing robust CR products.

Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges For Accelerated Drug Development

Expedited development programs require adapting to accelerated development timelines. The challenge is to build a strategy that maintains the integrity, quality, and timeliness of the manufacturing process.

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AbbVie Enters Psychedelic Market With Bretisilocin Acquisition

Bretisilocin is a next-generation psychedelic compound (5-HT2A receptor agonist and 5-HT releaser) designed to exert a shorter duration of psychoactive experience, while retaining an extended therapeutic benefit

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

How To Get Products To Patients Faster With A Connected QMS

BioBridge Global faced challenges with paper-heavy processes that risked errors and delays. Find out how digital solutions streamlined their operations and improved regulatory efficiency.

The Impact Of The FDA's New CSA Draft Guideline

Ensure product quality and patient safety by examining the FDA's draft guideline on Computer Software Assurance that emphasizes a risk-based approach to streamline software validation.

A Direct Path To Annex 1 Compliance With Blow/Fill/Seal Technologies

See how Blow/Fill/Seal technology supports contamination control, reduces operator risk, and meets sterility assurance requirements under dynamic conditions with advanced airflow and monitoring.

Five Tests For Pharmaceutical Containment

As APIs increase in potency and become more hazardous, delve into different containment methods and determine which would be most beneficial for your first (or next) containment device.

Improve Scalability And Manufacturability Of A Cytotoxic ADC

Learn about the process conditions and protocols that were chosen as optimization targets and the resulting improvements to ADC production and purification that assessing these parameters provided.

Ready-To-Use Cartridges: Ensuring Compatibility For GLP-1-Based Drugs

Ready-to-use cartridges for GLP-1 applications offer safe, reliable self-administration. Uncover how they can minimize complexities and better align with the stringent demands of modern manufacturing.

A Novel Patient-Derived Colorectal Cancer Organoid Platform

Patient-derived organoids are revolutionizing drug discovery by mimicking tumors and predicting efficacy. Gain insight into a scalable bioprocess that enhances reproducibility and cost-effectiveness.

How A Pharma Company Improved Yield By 1.5% In Just Three Months

A pharma company faced a 4% yield drop and variability at a manufacturing facility. Review how they leveraged an AI-based platform to unify data, pinpoint inefficiencies, and enhance consistency in yields.

Addressing Complex Challenges And Developing Innovative Solutions

Explore two projects that a focus on improving efficiency and productivity in biopharmaceutical manufacturing while reducing the cost of goods through process intensification.

SOLUTIONS

Small Bottle Side Grip Checkweigher

Integration From Formulation Development To Manufacturing

Capacity Update: Fill/Finish

Setting New Standards In Active Air Monitoring

Comprehensive Regulatory Support

The Way Forward In Digital PCR

Sophisticated 360° Inspection Of Round Containers

Developing A mAb For A Small Biotech Developing Precision Medicines

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