Newsletter | October 20, 2026

10.20.26 -- Are You Falling Behind On Intelligent Pharmaceutical Manufacturing?

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Webinar: From Manual GxP to Agentic Execution: Building the 2027 Budget Case for Scaling Quality & Compliance Without Headcount Growth

How can life sciences organizations scale quality and compliance without increasing headcount? This webinar explores the shift from manual GxP processes to agentic execution and how emerging technologies can strengthen the 2027 budget case. Discover strategies to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and demonstrate value while maintaining quality and compliance. Click here to learn more.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

How Dosage Form Decisions Shape Pediatric Drug Development

Developing pediatric and geriatric pharmaceuticals requires strategies beyond tablet crushing, balancing specific age-related palatability and lifecycle management needs for optimal outcomes.

Secondary Packaging: Cartoning And Kitting With An Aggressive Timeline

Meeting tight launch timelines requires more than speed. Smart kit design, controlled production workflows, and scalable processes come together to deliver complex packaging programs quickly.

How Facility Monitoring Systems Solve Industry Challenges

Facility monitoring software with OPC UA client/server functionality makes great business sense. Learn how monitoring leads to reduced waste, improved yield, higher quality, and increased profits.

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Are You Falling Behind On Intelligent Pharmaceutical Manufacturing?

With a focus on small molecule drug product manufacture, let's take a closer look at the efficiencies gained through closed-loop control, PAT, digital twins, and more.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Prefilters For Protecting Medical Water Quality

Particles in medical water systems can cut efficiency and damage components. Layered prefiltration controls contamination, protects equipment, and maintains consistent water quality.

Navigating Drug Development Challenges With Lipid-Based Formulations

Maximize the oral bioavailability of challenging small-molecule candidates and streamline the path from preclinical toxicology to clinical trials by leveraging optimized lipid-based formulations.

Dynamic Precision Weighing Challenges And Innovations

Effective precision weighing systems enable users to balance product throughput, center distance, and standard deviation. Explore key considerations in this technology's development and weighing methods.

Overcome Early Development Challenges Before They Impact Your Program

Poor manufacturability and immunogenicity can delay development. Gain insight into how early developability assessments support IND readiness.

Sustainable Solutions For Medical Devices

Discover how medical device companies aim to balance patient safety with environmental stability by offering bio-based UHMWPE, which reduces carbon footprints by up to 70%.

The Next Evolution In Advanced Biomanufacturing

How do we produce recombinant proteins in transgenic fruit flies? Matt Anderson-Baron, Ph.D., provides the deep-dive of a novel biomanufacturing process.

How Isogenic Organ-Chips Are Transforming The Future Of Research

Modeling the human brain requires more than simplified systems. New approaches that incorporate diverse cell types are improving how researchers study neurovascular function with greater precision.

Glove Integrity Testing: Changes In EU GMP Annex 1

EU GMP Annex 1 now defines clear expectations for glove integrity testing. Examine how reliability, efficiency, and equipment usability are becoming essential factors for maintaining compliance.

Formulation And Process Challenges For A Needle-Shaped API

Managing challenging active pharmaceutical ingredient crystal structures and choosing dry granulation over wet granulation requires strategic processing choices.

Barrel Filling Vs. Tip Filling A Syringe – Which Approach Should Be Used?

There are two primary filling methods for pre-filled syringes. Delve into the pros and cons of each approach, highlighting why barrel filling is generally preferred in the pharmaceutical industry.

75 Years Of Growth, Values, And Global Supply Resilience

Global expansion and supply chain flexibility are reducing risk and strengthening continuity. See how a multi-site strategy supports quality and customer success worldwide.

AI-Readiness In A Regulated World: A Practical Playbook For Life Sciences

Uncover how life science teams build defensible governance, maintain human oversight, and manage regulatory risks when adopting advanced digital tools.

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Webinar: Unlocking Packaging Line Performance: The Critical Role of Integrated Handling Design

What if your packaging line’s biggest problem isn’t the equipment, but what happens between machines? This webinar explores how handling system design can drive downtime, bottlenecks, product damage, and inconsistent throughput. Learn how smarter accumulation, buffering, integrated controls, and line-first engineering can turn disconnected equipment into a coordinated production system that improves stability, flexibility, scalability, and long-term performance. Click here to learn more.

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