Understanding the nuances of generics injectables

At a webinar, explaining the West Pharma's AccelTRA Components Program, industry experts explained why the use of glass vials and stoppers as primary container closure systems (CCS) has become crucial

Trending in nutraceuticals: Science meets sustainability

Zeljko Pockaj, Vice President, Global Pharmaceutical Industry, mentions the key trends that are believed to drive innovations and formulations for nutraceuticals’ development around the globe

Xylitol and Maltitol: Low-calorie sugar alternatives

Polyols like Xylitol and Maltitol offer important health benefits. Unlike general sugar-free sweeteners, these do not have any bitter-after taste

Single-use TC gaskets and their importance

Depending on the application, gaskets are manufactured by different types of Material of Construction (MOC) such as Silicone, EPDM, Viton (FKM), Nitrile, Neoprene, PTFE, etc.

It's important to enhance customer experience so that existing customers are more loyal

Sheshgiri Kamath, CEO and co-founder, Kapture CRM, expands on why it is important for pharma companies to enhance customer experience, and how the right CRM solution can help companies to identify, address and manage customer expectations more effectively, in an interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury

From HIV to COVID-19: The role of liposomal nanotechnology as an NDDS of choice

Arun Kedia, Managing Director,VAV Life Sciences, elaborates how NDDS have proved to be beneficial with applications across various medical therapies ranging from HIV to cancer to COVID-19 treatment

Ensuring pharma compliance with testo data loggers

Testo data loggers can be used to test the optimum conditions for specific products or surroundings

Platinum-cured silicone resin: Rising demand in pharma, biotech and medical industries

Vinay Pandey, B-Tech Rubber Technologist,Ami Polymer explains that silicone rubber is the most widely used polymer in pharma and biotech industries due to its inherent properties like biocompatibility and inertness to cells/human tissues

Waters Arc Premier System delivers increased precision and certainty in chromatographic results

New system sharpens chromatographic peaks for metal-sensitive compounds by eliminating secondary interactions, maximising reproducibility and efficiency of separations without compromising performance

EQUIPPING PROGRESS

The lab equipment market is expected to boom as investments in life sciences R&D increase to deal with existing and emerging health threats

Covid-19 Pandemic Brought In A Lot Of Focus To The Medical Refrigeration Industry

B Medical Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of vaccine cold chain and medical refrigeration solutions. Jesal Doshi, Deputy CEO, B Medical Systems, talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the medical refrigeration sector, the shifts and transformations in the industry and the company, strategies for growth and more, in an interaction with Lakshmipriya Nair

Upskilling and rapid learning applications will lead the way in future

Ahmedali N, Mentor, Cornucopia - V5 Global - a unit of FirstMeridian talks about the shifts in pharma hiring and training since the onset of the pandemic and elaborates on the emerging trends and strategies in talent management, sourcing, retention in the pharma sector, in an interview with Viveka Roychowdhury

Training healthcare workers and pharmacists against fraudulent medicines is a must: ASPA

A continued immersive awareness and education programme is crucial for healthcare workers so that they can be vigilant towards the presence of a counterfeit product and be informed of the protocol if they come across the same, says Nakul Pasricha, President, Authentication Solution Providers' Association (ASPA). He reveals more about India’s fight against counterfeit drugs to Akanki Sharma in an exclusive interview

REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

As the pharma sector battles the COVID-19 pandemic and goes through a reset to defend the world against such crises in future, it needs to pledge allegiance to sustainability to ensure global welfare

Companies are taking a fresh approach to be agile and efficient and are going digital on the shop floor

Sekar Udayamurthy, CEO and Co-founder, Jidoka Technologies talks about shifts and emerging trends in pharma manufacturing such as digitising the shop floor, techniques and technologies taking centre stage in pharma manufacturing, the company's plans for the Indian pharma market and more, in an interview with Lakshmipriya Nair

Beltecno Japan: Strengthening Indian pharma and healthcare industries

Ankur Verma, Global Sales and Marketing Manager, Beltecno India informs that his company has been strengthening the Indian pharma industry with their stainless steel panel tanks and talks about how Beltechno is supporting India to ramp up its production capacity of vaccines and medicines to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic

New age logistics solutions from Gandhi Automations

The company offers complete logistics solutions by providing dock levelers, dock shelters, sectional overhead doors and dock houses

Technological advancement holds potential to reshape pharma industry

Ashwini Prakash, Managing Partner, Stanton Chase India and APAC lead - Pharma, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Consumer products, shares her perspective and observations on current and future trends, diversity and inclusion in pharma industry and how the talent landscape will reshape given the technological advancements in the sector, in an interview with Express Pharma

DECODING THE PANDEMIC EFFECT

The first-ever digital edition of PPL Conclave saw pharma leaders, veterans and innovators come together to discuss the evolving role and significance of packaging in pharma industry's progress

Future-Ready Supply Chains

The COVID-19 pandemic has several lessons for India Pharma Inc as it embraces new strategies and technologies to rebuild and fortify its supply chain

FFKM: Future of polymer industries

Joel Lalucherian, R&D – Executive, Ami Polymer explains the advantages of perfluoroelastomers or FFKM and gives details about Ami Polymer’s offerings in this sphere

Is Women's Health Gaining Momentum?

In Express Pharma’s Women’s Day Special issue, some industry observers and pharma stakeholders share insights on opportunities, challenges and focus on women’s health segment as it continues to evolve and advance

Waters launches newACQUITY PREMIER liquid chromatography solution

ACQUITY PREMIER system and column chemistries work together to provide enhanced analytical data quality and greater confidence in separation results

Cyber Resilience: A High Priority

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalisation and automation in the pharma sector. But, as the risk landscape of the pharma industry is huge it also needs to build better resilience and resistance to cyber-attacks on a war footing

Waters APGC-MS/MS System accepted for advanced dioxin and furan analysis after USEPA approval of SGS AXYS method 16130

Environmental labs can now use Waters Xevo TQ-XS APGC-MS/MS system for routine, highly sensitive testing with improved robustness

B&Rs openAutomation Challenge 2020 attracts huge participation

Students developed use cases with open source technology OPC UA and automation solutions from B&R

Reverse Brain Drain: Accelerated By Covid-19

Ankit Goyal, Healthcare and Lifesciences Leader India, Heidrick & Struggles finds that leadership hiring is attracting ‘returnee Indians’ in healthcare companies due to growing opportunities in India, and more recently, the impact of the pandemic

We might need to redefine our approach to drug discovery and approval to be prepared for the future

Hitesh Windlass, MD,Windlas Biotech gives an overview of the changes bought by COVID-19 pandemic in the pharma industry, his organisation’s plans for future growth and more, in an interview with Lakshmpriya Nair

Waters Corporation appoints Pearl S Huang to Board of Directors

She has significant scientific expertise in the discovery of biologics, small molecule and nucleic acid-based therapies, as well as in drug discovery and the development of clinical trials

FDI in brownfield pharma projects - Critical analysis

Arvind Sharma, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co informs that the extant regulatory regime for FDI in brownfield projects follows a balanced approach as it safeguards supplies for domestic consumption and ensures foreign investments as well as technological advancement for the pharma sector