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Looking at the bigger picture in clinical packaging

Operating clinical studies with a silo mentality with undoubtedly yield poor results. With various risks associated at each stage Adrian Collins, Almac Clinical Services, explores the hidden challenges of clinical packaging and how to overcome them…

By Adrian Collins

/ 25 May 2018

Looking at the bigger picture in clinical packaging

Tech Talk no.3: Show me the money in mHealth apps

In the latest instalment of Tech Talk, Novarum founder and BBI Group head of mobile, Dr Neil Polwart discusses how best to monetise your mHealth app.

By PharmaManufacturingIQ Staff

/ 24 May 2018

Tech Talk no.3: Show me the money in mHealth apps

Reducing risk in pharmaceutical production with sterile transfer ports

In this article, Anneke Evers, senior director Sales & Market Support DPTE Sterile Transfer, Getinge, discusses sterile transfer systems, industry standards and what the next steps to evolve these systems need to be.

By Anneke Evers

/ 23 May 2018

Reducing risk in pharmaceutical production with sterile transfer ports

Transforming adverse event reporting and patient safety with serialised medicine

In this online exclusive, FutureLink Munich speaker, Dr Andrew Rut, CEO and founder of MyMeds&Me, discusses how serialised medicine will revolutionise patient safety and engagement as well as adverse event reporting in the coming years.

By Dr Andrew Rut

/ 23 May 2018

Transforming adverse event reporting and patient safety with serialised medicine

Never too big to fail… and other lessons pharma can learn from Carillion

Here, Mark Tempest, VWV partner in the Insolvency and Restructuring and Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences teams, looks at the construction giant’s case in more detail and what pharma and life sciences should consider in order to protect themselves.

By Mark Tempest

/ 22 May 2018

Never too big to fail… and other lessons pharma can learn from Carillion

Regaining control of the supply chain when outsourcing

As more pharma manufacturers outsource elements of their process, Steve Cottrell, president at Maetrics, looks at the importance of supply chain visibility and how companies can regain full control.

By Steve Cottrell

/ 22 May 2018

Regaining control of the supply chain when outsourcing

Time for change — how the right tooling can help overcome the challenges of tablet manufacture

In this article, Dale Natoli (president) and Kevin Queensen (technical service support), Natoli Engineering, detail the challenges faced by the R&D team when evaluating the ideal compression profile for a tablet and how the right tooling can help

By PharmaManufacturingIQ Staff

/ 22 May 2018

Time for change — how the right tooling can help overcome the challenges of tablet manufacture

A small dose — some of the latest and strangest news from the pharma industry

A brief round up of some of the developments in the industry, including antibiotic research, curious side effects and the top performing companies.

By PharmaManufacturingIQ Staff

/ 21 May 2018

A small dose — some of the latest and strangest news from the pharma industry

Do androids dream of electric drugs? Looking at the AI space in pharma

As the race to dominate the artificial intelligence (AI) space steps up a gear, I take a look at how AI finds use in pharma and how different regions plan to invest in this exciting area.

By PharmaManufacturingIQ Staff

/ 21 May 2018

Do androids dream of electric drugs? Looking at the AI space in pharma

How do you reinvent a medicine in the busy, highly regulated over-the-counter market?

With high levels of competition there is a need for pharmaceutical companies to offer a unique selling point to retain and expand market share. In this online exclusive, Leigh Thomas, BBI Solutions, looks at how tech can help

By Leigh Thomas

/ 17 May 2018

How do you reinvent a medicine in the busy, highly regulated over-the-counter market?

Bridging the skills gap in pharma — is a closer relationship between industry and academia the answer?

The skills gap is considered one of the greatest challenges facing the UK's life science and medtech sectors today. An initiative from the University of Leicester aims to address the problem. Dave Gray tells us more…

By PharmaManufacturingIQ Staff

/ 17 May 2018

Bridging the skills gap in pharma — is a closer relationship between industry and academia the answer?

What are the biggest challenges for brokers when it comes to serialisation?

Adrián Abad Fustero, Supply Chain Director of Medis, will be presenting at FutureLink Munich on the ‘The Virtual Broker: Negotiating Win-Wins with Track & Trace Partners’. In a preview of his presentation, we interviewed Fustero on the role of broker

By Adri\u00e1n Fustero

/ 15 May 2018