Revisions to USP <87> and <88> update biological reactivity testing — changes that are especially important for companies that rely on single-use technology.
- Contextualizing Data To Enable AI And Prevent Knowledge Leaks
- The 5 Shifts That Could Remake Lyophilization By 2040
- On The Ground At BPI: Jacqualyn Schulman, Ph.D., On Accelerating Clonal CLD
- Complete Response Letters For CGTs Share This Common Theme
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AstraZeneca's Focus On Predictive Control, Semi-Autonomous Processing
This article captures key takeaways from a BioProcess International keynote by Preeya Boppana, director of MSAT process analytics and laboratories at AstraZeneca, titled “Transforming Biologics Manufacturing: Leveraging Predictive Analytics and Advanced Process Control for Next-Generation Operations.”
Regulatory compliance and cGMP manufacturing expert Tatyana Matveeva, Ph.D., explains the role and importance of a quality unit in an organization, as well as what happens when it’s compromised.
Experts discuss where productivity gains can be achieved and how development teams should seek to improve process performance in this recap of the Bioprocess Online Live event "The Levers And Tradeoffs That Drive Process Productivity."
Siren Biotechnology's SVP of vector development, Nathalie Clément, Ph.D., explains the challenge of purifying AAV capsids and the ways developers are optimizing vector recovery.
ADCs built on proprietary platforms risk losing process-specific knowledge during a tech transfer. See what advice panelists from the Bioprocess Online Live event "Ensuring Successful Technology Transfer In ADC Development" shared with the audience on preserving this implicit knowledge.
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Complete Response Letters For CGTs Share This Common Theme
One expert’s analysis found CMC-related concerns in about 75% of complete response letters. He outlines a path to stronger CMC readiness for cell and gene therapies.
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Your 7 Decisions To Make Before MES Configuration
Don't wait until manufacturing execution system (MES) configuration to answer these 7 questions. Define your manufacturing process before digitizing it.
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DEA Reveals Hidden Costs Of Analytical Validation Guidelines
By treating distinct validation guidelines as decision-making units, data envelopment analysis (DEA) allows for the mathematical evaluation of their resource efficiency.
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Qualification And Validation Of Depyrogenation Tunnels And Autoclaves
Systemic vulnerabilities exist in thermal uniformity assurance, steam penetration verification, regulatory fragmentation, and tech harmonization.
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FDA Modernizes Container Closure Guidance: What Is Changing And Why It Matters
The proposed revision reflects changes in packaging technology, drug delivery systems, quality risk management, and more that have occurred since 1999's guidance.
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Engineering Better ADCs, Part 2: Characterization, CMC, And More
Let's take a closer look at antigen selection and tumor biology, PK and PD, analytical characterization, CMC, toxicity, and more.
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CDMO Selection Beyond Capabilities And Price
Some of the most useful information relevant to CDMO selection is also the hardest to obtain. Here are suggestions for uncovering data that tells the whole capability story.
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August 2026 — CDMO Opportunities And Threats Report
Each month, Outsourced Pharma works in conjunction with PharmSource, part of GlobalData, to present its “Contract Manufacturing: Opportunities and Threats (CMOT) Report” to our readers. The report identifies CDMOs that might be impacted by key events affecting their clients, including company acquisitions, product acquisitions and licenses, product approvals, late clinical product terminations, and FDA rejections.
BIOPROCESSING WHITE PAPERS
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Quality By Design: Understanding And Securing Virus Clearance
Data-driven virus clearance improves risk assessment, process insight, and study design. Learn how Quality by Design cuts late-stage risk while strengthening regulatory confidence and viral safety.
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Transitioning mRNA Production To cGMP Requires Early Process Engagement10/9/2026
Early choices in capping strategy, IVT conditions, raw materials, and downstream design shape yield, cost, and quality in mRNA manufacturing, and can determine whether a cGMP campaign succeeds.
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Beyond The Bioreactor Scaling CGT Ancillary Materials With The EntoEngine™9/26/2026
Growing demand for cell and gene therapies is increasing pressure on cytokine production. Explore interleukin manufacturing, quality, consistency, safety, scalability, and supply reliability.
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Leveraging The Immunological Diversity Of The Pentamice® Platform For Covid-19 Antibody Discovery2/4/2026
Consider this alternative immunization approach — the PentaMice platform, a collection of five wildtype mouse strains bred in-house for increased MHC class II diversity — and how we're leveraging it for COVID-19 antibody discovery.
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Make Your Production Sites Adaptable And More Efficient12/12/2025
Pharma faces mounting complexity and tighter margins, demanding agile, future-ready production. Discover how smart manufacturing enables faster adaptation and continuous therapy availability.
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Stabilizing Your Supply Chain In Times Of Global Volatility6/12/2026
Discover how a proactive, risk-based supply chain strategy can help strengthen resilience, mitigate disruption, and ensure continuity across your biotech and pharmaceutical operations.
BIOPROCESSING APP NOTES & CASE STUDIES
- WuXiHigh 2.0 Delivers A 180 mg/mL Formula
- Evaluation Of Extractables And Physical Compatibility Of The Mobius® ADC Reactor Single-Use Components For ADC Manufacturing
- Analysis Of NIST Antibody On An Analyzer System
- Enhancing Novel Developability Through Automated MS Analytics
- Denaturing SEC-MS Analysis Of High Molecular Weight Impurities
- On The Ground At BPI: Tatyana Matveeva, Ph.D., On Distributed Manufacturing Models
- Contextualizing Data To Enable AI And Prevent Knowledge Leaks
- On The Ground At BPI: Jacqualyn Schulman, Ph.D., On Accelerating Clonal CLD
- AstraZeneca's Focus On Predictive Control, Semi-Autonomous Processing
- Prioritizing Quality Over Everything
- Evaluating The Levers Driving Productivity In Bioprocessing
- Overcoming Recovery Challenges In AAV Production
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