Learn how causal mechanism and effect analysis (CMEA) and its principles can be used to develop and maintain safer working environments in the pharma/biotech and medical device industries.
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- June 2026 — CDMO Opportunities And Threats Report
- The Decision Rights Matrix: Making Sponsor-CDMO Governance Enforceable
- Defining Quality In A Sponsor-Owned QTPP Before The CDMO Even Starts
- Reshoring Pressure Meets Manufacturing Reality
EDITOR'S DESK
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BIO 2026: Crowley On Competing With China And Modernizing The FDA
Exclusive coverage from John Crowley's press conference at the 2026 BIO International Convention in San Diego.
Noveome Biotherapeutics's Larry Brown, Sc.D., explains the regulatory and CMC challenges behind the company's novel secretome therapy, ST266.
This article summarizes the major developments and industry pressures highlighted by Life Science Connect editors in the "Better Biopharma" midyear editorial roundtable.
Bioprocess Online's Editorial Advisory Board responds to former FDA commissioner Marty Makary’s resignation amid a prolonged period of instability at the agency.
Audience polls and expert insights reveal insufficient vendor data as the main bottleneck stalling advanced single-use technology adoption. Explore that and other key takeaways in this recap of the Bioprocess Online Live event on "Closing The Adoption Gap For Advanced Single-Use Materials."
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In Bioprocessing, Trusted Data Is A Process Variable
As digital systems become increasingly interconnected, digital validation ensures systems generating and managing GxP data remain accurate, consistent, and trustworthy.
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Combination Cell Therapy's Clinical Success Hinges On Manufacturability
Cell therapy could help unlock checkpoint inhibitors’ potential in solid tumors, but combination regimens raise the bar for manufacturing consistency and scalability.
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Are Biopharma Companies Outsourcing Their Ability To Think?
Amid gaining immediate access to external manufacturing capabilities, sponsor companies can lose the foundational understanding required to govern that capability.
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June 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.
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The Decision Rights Matrix: Making Sponsor-CDMO Governance Enforceable
In LVV manufacturing, the quality target product profile and the DRM are designed to work together. One defines what is being governed, the other names who governs it.
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Defining Quality In A Sponsor-Owned QTPP Before The CDMO Even Starts
Version-controlled quality target product profiles, authored by the drug sponsor, close any gaps between the CDMO's and sponsor's definitions of quality.
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Reshoring Pressure Meets Manufacturing Reality
U.S. pharma can't reshore what domestic capacity can't absorb. Senior leaders from Takeda, Biogen, Eli Lilly, and others reveal why tariff pressure is colliding with a sterile fill-finish shortage, workforce gaps, and ADC capacity bottlenecks.
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CDMO Live Europe 2026: Partnerships For An Uncertain World
112 pages of executive insight from CDMO Live Europe 2026: tariffs, geopolitics, supply resilience, AI in manufacturing, and why strategic partnerships remain aspirational for most.
BIOPROCESSING WHITE PAPERS
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The AI-Ready Factory: How IT/OT Integration Transforms Manufacturing Data
Pharmaceutical manufacturers need more than raw production data to scale AI. Learn how contextualized, governed IT/OT integration can turn disconnected shop-floor signals into real-time decisions.
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Building Excellence In Pharma Manufacturing Through Rigor8/16/2025
A rigorous, proactive approach is essential for excellence in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Learn how embedding rigor in systems, workflows, and workforce capabilities improves compliance and efficiency.
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Advancing Multiomics Through Intelligent Automation10/27/2025
Modern automation tackles hidden pipetting errors and boosts reproducibility. Discover how your lab can scale confidently, reduce rework, and accelerate multiomic workflows with built-in traceability.
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Collaborative Variability Reduction In Cell Culture Media2/13/2026
Variability reduction programs improve biomanufacturing by controlling raw‑material complexity, optimizing critical attributes, and boosting productivity through data‑driven partnerships.
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Why Compliance-Driven CDMOs Win Sponsor Contracts2/5/2026
Learn how digital maturity and compliance excellence are reshaping CDMO competitiveness, as well as strategies that strengthen performance and accelerate tech transfers.
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Incremental Adoption Of A Modular Operations Platform1/31/2025
Discover the potential of a modular operations platform that scales the benefits of digitalization and aids organizations in implementing a unified data strategy to realize the full potential of smart manufacturing.
BIOPROCESSING APP NOTES & CASE STUDIES
- A Paperless Lab Simplifies, Accelerates Full Sample Lifecycle Data Management
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- Evaluating Carryover When Using A TOC Analyzer
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- Accelerating Development Of A Unique Molecule To Treat Lung Cancer
- Multispecific Manufacturability Starts With Molecular Design
- On The Ground At BIO 2026: Johanna Kaufmann, Ph.D., On The Oncology Modality Puzzle
- BIO 2026: Modernizing The FDA And Bolstering The Workforce
- BIO 2026: Crowley On Competing With China And Modernizing The FDA
- Essential CMC Elements For A Therapeutic Secretome
- Midyear Pulse Check: What's Shaping Biopharma In 2026?
- Reflecting On Continued Turbulence At The FDA
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