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Biologics CDMO Trends and Opportunities in China Volume 21 Issue 3 | July/August/September 2020 TM SHOW ISSUE CPhI: Festival of Pharma BIO Investor Forum - Digital 2020 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo - Virtual CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Biologics CDMO Trends and Opportunities in China SUPPLY CHAIN Building Future-Proof Supply Chains with Graph Technology CLINICAL TRIALS Decentralization: A Direct Approach to Clinical Trials www.pharmoutsourcing.com Large enough to deliver, small enough to care. Balancing... ANALYTICAL SERVICES With over seven decades of experience, Mission Pharmacal Liquids has mastered the equilibrium of expertise and efficiency. DEVELOPMENT Our mid-sized advantage allows flexibility, responsiveness, and unmatched support in executing your vision while MANUFACTURING Semi-Solids providing a wide range of specialized services for products at any stage of their life cycle. Regardless of REGULATORY SUPPORT Tablets the scope and size of your project, we will create a custom program to meet your individual requirements and PACKAGING exceed expectations. Delivering on our ability to produce small or large scale, while providing personalized service and attention to detail on any sized project. missionpharmacal.com Contact us: [email protected] Copyright © 2020 Mission Pharmacal Company. All rights reserved. CDM-P2011912 A HEALTHY WORLD WITH AJINOMOTO BIO-PHARMA SERVICES, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE. To make your vision a reality. To make your program a sucess. To make a positive difference in the world. Your programs deserve the most comprehensive suite of CDMO services available, and Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services has the Power to Make your therapeutic vision a reality - from preclinical through commerical production. CDMO SERVICES: Small Molecules Large Molecules Process Development Oligos & Peptides High Potency & ADC Aseptic Fill Finish WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE? www.AjiBio-Pharma.com FROM THE EDITOR Editor's Message Effi ciency: One Step at a Time I like to think that in a previous life (or maybe in a future life) I was an effi ciency expert. Set out a couple of tasks for me, or a couple of errands, and I like to fi gure out how best to approach them – what’s the best route, what will entail the least eff ort, what’s easiest. But I guess most people are like that. Who wants to waste time or eff ort if you can be more effi cient? For many years, the pharmaceutical industry was rather ineffi cient. But who could blame them? When profi ts are high, it’s ok to be ineffi cient – especially in your manufacturing operations. Furthermore, if your process is running and the FDA has approved it – why fi x something that, technically, isn’t broken and open yourself up for another round of inspections? The short answer is no one did it. If you were pumping out enough product to meet demand and fi nancial goals – no one was really concerned if a batch or two was out of spec. Just toss it – and make more. But, time marches on, economics change, and manufacturing effi ciency is now the big game in town. Perhaps the biggest advancement in manufacturing effi ciency has been the introduction and ongoing refi nement of continuous processing. Continuous processing technologies allows manufacturers to eliminate the stopping and starting of processes as material is moved from one step to another. Less steps means more effi ciency. Effi ciency improvements have also found their way into the drug discovery arena – companies are now using advanced data analytics to predict which compounds have the best chances of success. The mantra of “Fail early” is a good one. Eliminate the less promising compounds and focus on the most promising products. And, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us other ways to be more effi cient and improve processes. Decentralizing clinical trials and making them more “virtual” shows promise and is an ideal way to make sure clinical trials move along as planned. Virtual vendor visits are supplanting in person visits. While due diligence has to be done, in a socially distancing world, where projects have to move forward, a video tour/audit can be an effi cient way to start a vendor/client relationship. Finally, supply chains need a good looking at. If anything, the pandemic has shown that supply chains are more fragile than we thought, and the longer the supply chain is – the more likely problems will arise. Effi ciency will come. But, as with most change – it will come one step at a time. The key is to make the most out of each step and not waste any eff ort. Mike Auerbach Editor In Chief [email protected] Pharmaceutical Outsourcing | 2 | July/August/September 2020 OUR TEST, YOUR CURE... 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ACC combines robust reagents, analysis and technical service expertise, to provide you with diverse solutions for endotoxin and glucan testing. • 888.395.2221 www.acciusa.com PN18-003 JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3 From the Cover 12 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Biologics CDMO Trends and Opportunities in China Vicky Xia and Leo Yang BioPlan Associates, Inc. 32 | SUPPLY CHAIN Building Future-Proof Supply Chains with Graph Technology Amy Hodler, Director of AI Graph Analytics Neo4j 46 | CLINICAL TRIALS Decentralization: A Direct Approach to Clinical Trials Nicole Gray, Director, Strategic Supply Solutions Catalent Pharma Solutions Pharmaceutical Outsourcing | 4 | July/August/September 2020 JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3 In this Issue 10 | INSIDER INSIGHT 40 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Adjusting to a New Normal in API Manufacturing Critical Requirements of the Mid-Range Tablet Press Ed Price, President Frederick Murray, President Seqens North America KORSCH America Inc. 16 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 42 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Pre-Filled Syringes: Development Challenges and the Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Vector Gene Therapy - Value of Partnership From Idea to IND Anish Parikh, Vice President, Drug Product Sales & Marketing Vibhor Gupta, Ph.D. and Jaleel Shujath, MBA AMRI Absorption Systems 20 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 50 | CONTRACT RESEARCH Outsourcing Solid Dose Manufacturing Trends The Importance of Effective Data Capture and In-Lab Erik Haeffler, Vice President of Manufacturing Services Tech for Bioanalytical CROs: Implications for Quality and Recipharm Customer Satisfaction Graeme Dennis, Commercial Director, Preclinical Pharma 24 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING IDBS Overcoming Challenges with Amorphous Materials 54 | CLINICAL TRIALS during Micronization Fergus Manford, Matthew Green and David Thomas Planning for Success in Early Phase Clinical Trials Vectura Nariné Baririan, Pharmacokinetic and Clinical Pharmacology Expert SGS 28 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 57 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING Bioprocessing 4.0 – Where Are We with Smart Manufacturing in 2020? Ensuring Safety When Using Hazardous Chemistry Mark Demesmaeker, Head of Data Analytics Sam Brogan, PhD, Lab Project Manager, Research & Development Dan Kopec, Process Analytical Technologies Expert Sterling Pharma Solutions Artur Miguel Arsénio, Head of Product Management PAT, Automation & Software Sartorius REGULAR FEATURES 34 | CONTRACT MANUFACTURING 2 EDITOR'S MESSAGE 6 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD What if Jumping Through Regulatory Hoops Had an Upside? 8 CN PERSPECTIVES Xavier Duburcq, CEO 9 SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTIONS ProductLife Group 60 2020 INTERPHEX AWARD WINNERS 36 | ANALYTICAL TESTING 62 HORIZON LINES Preclinical Testing: Advice for the Smaller 66 INDUSTRY NEWS Drug Developer Mark Walker, Senior Technical Director of Toxicology 72 ADVERTISER’S INDEX WuXi AppTec Laboratory Testing Division pharmoutsourcing.com | 5 | July/August/September 2020 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Editorial Advisory Board Rafik H. Bishara, PhD Robert A. 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