Newsletter | December 4, 2025

12.04.25 -- Process Validation: Working Toward Harmonization Of Terms Used To Identify Validation Lots

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Enabling Quality By Design

Outdated quality systems delay product release. Discover how manufacturers can harness real-time data, operationalize QbD, and enhance compliance, efficiency, and supply chain continuity.

Bioequivalence In Topical Generics: Regulatory Considerations

Regulators are increasingly favoring in vitro methods to prove bioequivalence, though differing guidelines and a new focus on matching reference product structures pose challenges.

Quality Without Compromise: GMP Annex 1 For Sterile Manufacturing

Annex 1 sets EU regulatory standards for sterile manufacturing, which emphasize contamination control, quality management, and risk prevention to enhance patient safety and regulatory compliance globally.

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Process Validation: Working Toward Harmonization Of Terms Used To Identify Validation Lots

The terms “confirmatory" and "conformance" batches are inconsistently used in the industry. Since process validation is essential for maintaining compliance and detecting variability, we must work toward harmonization of the terms to avoid confusion.

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Development Of Scalable Purification For Biotherapeutic Peptides

Examine key strategies for reversed-phase isolation of biotherapeutic peptides, as well as learn about method development, scale-up techniques, and RP/MS analysis to enhance purification workflows.

Risked-based Cleaning Validation Process Checklist

Is your cleaning validation process truly aligned with current regulatory expectations? This checklist helps you implement a risk-based approach, focusing resources to effectively mitigate risk areas.

A Shift Towards Biofluorescent Particle Counters In Manufacturing

Sterility in injectable drug manufacturing is vital for patient safety. Read how biofluorescent particle counters revolutionize contamination control, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

EU GMP Annex 1 Compliance: Global Requirements And PIC/S Alignment

The 2023 revision of EU GMP Annex 1 resets the global standard for sterile manufacturing. Learn what’s changed and how PIC/S alignment extends these requirements to many non-EU markets.

High Shear Mixer Considerations For The Cannabis Industry

High shear mixers are essential tools for creating high-quality cannabis-infused products. Find out how they can be used in a variety of ways to create cannabis-infused products.

Tech Transfer In Late-Stage OSD Projects: Best Practices From A CDMO

Focus on documentation quality, process consistency, and validation are required to transition from development to commercial scale, including capturing tacit knowledge and proactive risk management.

Headspace Gas Ingress Methods – The Golden Tool For CCI Testing

Explore headspace method development and validation for complex pharmaceutical systems, with insights into EU GMP Annex 1 compliance, container closure integrity, and ultracold transport validation.

Outsourced Drug Development: Short-Term Solution Or Long-Term Strategy?

As we look forward to the future of drug development, a panel comprising industry consultants and early development experts discussed examining new short- and long-term CDMO and supply chain strategies.

How To Accelerate Your Molecule's Pathway To IND And Beyond

CDMOs are facing pressure to speed up their timelines and reduce costs. Consider the challenges facing developers and how integrated approaches can help advance molecules to IND.

The Role Of Micronization In The Journey To Drug Product Development

Micronization is an incredibly important step in the process of transitioning a compound from initial discovery into the clinic. Uncover more about the key benefits of micronization.

Early Development To Clinic – De-Risking A Bioconjugate's Journey

The journey of a novel bioconjugate into clinic is complex and uncertain. Discover the particular challenges when moving a bioconjugate candidate from early development into clinic.

Checkweigher Provides High-Throughput Tube Line Automation Inspection

Teligent produces a range of generic prescription topical and injectable pharmaceuticals. To automate inspection on their high-throughput tube line, they turned to a dual-lane checkweigher.

High Sequence Coverage And Confident PTM Analysis Of Biotherapeutics

See how a streamlined, EAD-based middle-down workflow can achieve consistent high sequence coverages of mAb subunits and confident PTM analysis in a single injection.

New Collaboration Cuts Study Cycle Times With E-WorkBook

Understand more about a collaboration that has enabled BioIVT to enhance efficiency and responsiveness to its biopharmaceutical clients.

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