Guest Columns

  1. ASTM International Pharmaceutical Cleaning Standards: Current Status And Future Direction 1/2/2025

    This article provides an update on the progress of the science-, risk-, and statistics-based ASTM International Cleaning Standards: published standards, work currently underway, and how you can get involved.

  2. Keep An Eye On These Analytical And Monitoring Trends In 2025 12/20/2024

    Three experts share their thoughts on the advances and obstacles in analytical development that they're thinking about as we head into 2025.

  3. Can Our Current Operational Processes Survive In 2025 And Beyond? 12/19/2024

    As long as operating procedure improvements are confined to a single function or sub-area, the benefits will be limited to that context. What can we do for true process improvement across our organization?

  4. AP Biosciences' Approach To Complex Antibody Manufacturing 12/19/2024

    The bispecific developer's vice president of antibody discovery, Jhong-Jhe You, digs into the company's approach to purification and analytics.

  5. Survey Findings: How Are IDMP Readiness Efforts Progressing? 12/13/2024

    ISO Identification of Medicinal Products (IDMP) standards were designed to harmonize the way the life sciences industry records and manages data about its products. Companies’ state of readiness to implement and harness IDMP still varies.

  6. Cell Culture Trends To Watch In 2025 12/12/2024

    Three upstream processing experts weigh in on advancements from the past year and what they're looking forward to in the year ahead.

  7. Why Aren't QC Labs Automated? Blame Sample Container Variability 12/11/2024

    Members of the Laboratory Automation Plug and Play group speak up about the factors they see holding back quality control labs from achieving more robust automation.

  8. Stage 3a: A Key Indicator For Process Validation Maturity 12/9/2024

    Process validation's stage 3a serves to reconfirm the assumptions made during design space development and is particularly pronounced for new modalities and emerging processes.

  9. 5 Characteristics Of Forward-Thinking Microbiology Labs In 2025 12/6/2024

    Improving microbiology laboratory efficiency is a continuum. Here are five tech-forward trends that will impact cost and efficiency in 2025.

  10. The Building Blocks For Successful CDMO–Pharma Relationships For Packaging Operations 12/4/2024

    The building blocks of such successful packaging relationships include a thoughtful approach to quality service agreements, a culture of transparency, and more.