The global COVID-19 pandemic has made this clearer than ever: one of the main challenges facing our society in the healthcare sector is the rapid development of new medicines and vaccines. In particular, there is a lack of effective and highly precise systems for analyzing antibody-based therapeutic…

The Gerresheimer subsidiary in Peachtree City, USA, was named an approved “Contract Manufacturer for VERO Biotech’s GENOSYL Delivery System (DS), drug substance intermediate” for the disposable cassette of the company’s third generation of the first tankless inhaled nitric oxide delivery sys…

With the increasing drug development for novel therapeutics, a growing number of pharmaceutical and biotech companies are seeking clinical manufacturing partners to help meet the demand for complex fill and finish solutions. And, while the stages of early drug development are challenging, we are com…

Wirthwein Medical has been a reliable and established partner in the field of customized contract manufacturing in the diagnostics, pharmaceutical and medical technology industries for several decades. Now the Mühltal-based company is establishing another mainstay and launching an own product "WIM…

To prevent testing on animals and create even more precise ways of testing therapeutics, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly turning to human immune cells. However, the availability of cells like these has been limited to date. Now, Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in scaling the produc…

Blood plasma forms the basis of many life-saving therapies and is also an important building block for future active ingredients in medical research. As the general planner for Octapharma, ZETA implemented an industry leading EPCM project resulting in the doubling of plasma throughput at the Vienna…

Especially for chronic lung diseases such as asthma, many people use inhalers to keep their airways clear. However, a portion of the particles to be inhaled often remains in the device itself. Through an optimized ultra-fine coating of plastic surfaces in inhalers, Fraunhofer IST demonstrated that t…

Drug counterfeiters frequently fill original pharmaceutical containers with ineffective or harmful substitutes. In many cases, tampering with the containers cannot be detected. In the worst case, a falsified medicine may have fatal consequences for the patient to whom it has been administered. A tam…

The companies Dow (New York Stock Exchange: DOW), Sartorius, and Südpack Medica have entered into a joint partnership along the value chain for the production of bioreactors and 3D bags, supporting global efforts to combat coronavirus infections. The bioreactors and 3D bags are an indispensable com…

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous countries around the world have been working hard to develop new vaccines against the virus. A U.S. pharmaceutical company based in Italy will also be involved in the mass production of the vaccine and is preparing for it. There must be no dosing er…