Featured Bioprocessing Editorial

1. Beyond The Plate Count: How To Build A Defensible Environmental Monitoring Trend Review 11/6/2026

   Determining whether a drug manufacturing environment is stable, drifting, or developing a recurring loss-of-control signal requires integrated trend evaluation.

2. Want More Sustainable Biopharma Packaging? Try These Levers 11/6/2026

   Biopharmaceutical packaging optimization must not compromise the goods inside or compliance, so sustainable packaging developers might need to think outside the box.

3. What Europe's Draft Annex 22 Actually Asks Of Human Oversight Of AI 11/4/2026

   The European Commission and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) consulted on draft Annex 22, Artificial Intelligence. Here's what you should know.

4. How To Keep Your 'Big Bang' Platform Switch From Becoming A Big Bust 11/4/2026

   Leaders at a Roche fill/finish facility describe the tactile steps involve to change EMS, ERP, and WMS all at once with no rollback option.

5. How Is Your Glass Supplier Adapting To Europe's Energy Crisis? 11/3/2026

   Europe's glass manufacturers, including those making pharmaceutical lab glassware, have experienced a series of energy shocks. Many have adopted sustainability practices.

6. Fine-Tuning Bioseparation Column Geometry With 3D-Printed Monoliths 11/3/2026

   If geometric control, not retention, is the priority in viral vector separation, research group says high-resolution 3D-printing chromatography monoliths can be useful.

7. The EU Overhauls Pharma Laws: What You Need To Know 11/2/2026

   On Sept. 18, the Council of the EU published the almost-final text of a major overhaul of the EU pharmaceutical laws. The final binding text is expected to be published very soon.

8. Can Peptide Mapping Predict Intact Antibody PTM Distributions? 11/2/2026

   Peptide mapping quantifies modification at individual sites, but the same site-level results can correspond to different distributions across intact molecules.

9. Closing The CAR-T Access Gap With Hospital-Based Manufacturing 10/30/2026

   Improvements in closed-loop processing and lower material costs could bring distributed manufacturing within reach. Hospitals still need to stand up production suites.

10. How To Stand Up A Hospital-Based CAR-T Manufacturing Network 10/30/2026

    Estimates show that a small hospital-based, modular GMP facility can deliver more than 250 products per year with more flexibility than fully automated, integrated equipment.