Newsletter | April 17, 2026

04.17.26 -- From Pandemic Collaboration To Patent Litigation: BioNTech's Case Against Moderna

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Best Practice Guide For Cleaning, Disinfection, And Automation

Maintaining facility integrity during downtime requires rigorous protocols. Discover essential strategies for cleanroom sanitation, environmental monitoring, and effective restart procedures.

 

What To Look For In A Pharma Contract Packaging Partner

Teams face rising pressure around compliance, complexity, and speed. These five essential qualities help identify packaging partners who can support production, reduce risk, and align with your needs.

 

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.

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From Pandemic Collaboration To Patent Litigation: BioNTech's Case Against Moderna

BioNTech’s new lawsuit against Moderna highlights the intensifying post-COVID mRNA patent wars, as companies clash over vaccine design, delivery technologies, and the future of RNA therapeutics.

 

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How To Optimize Labeling In A Pharmaceutical Environment

Accurate, readable pharmaceutical labels are crucial. See how to navigate considerations like printing, application tolerances, and inspection to select the right machinery for your production environment.

 

De-Risking FDA Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Submissions

This disposable pen for Semaglutide is a generic drug-device combination, designed for usability and regulatory compliance, showing comparable performance to the reference device.

 

6 Reasons To Consider HVLD Vs. Vacuum Decay For Pharma Products

Here, two of the more common methods for container closure integrity testing, high voltage leak detection (HVLD) and vacuum decay, are compared.

 

Prefillable Syringe Success Factors For Emerging Biotech Companies

Navigating PFS selection requires balancing complex regulatory requirements and supply chain logistics. Adopting an integrated system approach provides unified data and streamlined documentation.

 

The Sensitivity Trap: Building Confidence In CCIT Performance

Effective CCIT goes beyond micron claims, focusing instead on repeatability, confidence, and real‑world relevance. Examine how to define a defensible LOD and understand what auditors truly prioritize.

 

Reframing Residual DNA Testing: What It Is And What It Isn't

Residual host-cell DNA quantitation requires sensitive, well-validated analytical workflows to ensure accurate impurity control, process understanding, and regulatory compliance in complex biologics.

 

Pharma 4.0 And Digitalization Strategies For Drug Manufacturing

Explore a modular approach to Pharma 4.0 that empowers organizations to embrace digital transformation at their own pace and is tailored to their unique needs.

 

CMC Development Bottlenecks: The True Impact Of Manual Processes

Manual processes in CMC development create costly delays and compliance risks. Find out how digitization can eliminate bottlenecks, improve traceability, and accelerate timelines.

 

Protect Patients, Ensure Regulatory Compliance With Impurity Control

A sponsor’s commitment to rigorous impurity control throughout manufacturing is vital to ensuring patient safety. E&Ls, nitrosamines, and PFAS are among the most critical impurities to test for.

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