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Industrial Microbiology: An Overview

Industrial microbiology is a branch of applied microbiology that uses microbes, such as bacteria, algae, and fungi, to produce high-value products, including drugs and fuels.

27 Aug 2024

What is Pharmaceutical Research and Development?

The pharmaceutical R&D industry began to grow substantially in the 1990s, with various partners being involved in the process, including the National Institutes of Health in the United States and academia, which furthered the research stages of drug development into a more rigorous process over the subsequent years.

12 Aug 2024

The Role of Process Validation in Ensuring Consistent Drug Quality

Process validation is crucial for ensuring the quality of final products and the safety of these processes for manufacturing personnel and consumers in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology industries.

23 Jul 2024

How is AI Transforming Drug Discovery?

The use of innovative AI tools has the potential to revolutionize this age-old process at almost every stage, including target identification, molecular simulations, prediction of drug properties, de novo drug design, candidate drug prioritization, and synthesis pathway generation.

23 Jul 2024

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: The Evolution of Tablet Coating Technologies

Tablet coatings act as a drug carrier, a system capable of incorporating a specific quantity of nutraceutical, cosmetical, and/or pharmaceutical agents to improve their pharmacokinetic properties.

19 Jul 2024

What is Agar?

Agar has wide-ranging applications that include microbial media preparation, stabilizing agents, and the development of biodegradable food packaging films.

10 Jul 2024

Spatial Transcriptomics in Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders

Spatial transcriptomics is a new tool that may prove key to increasing our understanding of tissues and the cellular processes at work in a 3D space. This article describes the basic principles of spatial transcriptomics, alongside its application in neuroscience both cognitively and clinically.

27 Jun 2024

Bioreactor Design and Control in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Within the pharmaceutical industry, bioreactors refer to vessels and containers used to store microorganisms such as bacteria, cells, and algae.

13 Jun 2024

Real-Time Release Testing in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Real-Time Release Testing (RTRT) is an advanced approach to biopharmaceutical manufacturing quality control that improves upon current systems. RTRT is defined as the ability to evaluate the quality of a pharmaceutical product using in-process data gathered throughout the manufacturing process.

3 Jun 2024

Regulatory Challenges In Drug Approval: Balancing Innovation And Patient Safety

The complex landscape of drug approval presents significant regulatory challenges.

8 May 2024

Advances in Aseptic Processing: The Future of Sterile Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Aseptic processing begins by sterilizing the drug product, its container, and any closures separately before assembling them.

8 May 2024

Semi-automated purification of NGS libraries

In this article, Analytik Jena explains how NGS libraries can be purified and quantified automatically.

From Analytik Jena US 30 Apr 2024

How to automate high-throughput western blotting

In this article, Analytik Jena explains how to automate high-throughput western blotting in the drug discovery sector.

From Analytik Jena US 30 Apr 2024

Discover the next generation of mass spectrometry for high-throughput screening

In this article, Analytik Jena showcases the next generation of mass spectrometry for high-throughput screening in the drug discovery sector.

From Analytik Jena US 30 Apr 2024

Automated extraction of plasmid DNA

In this article, Analytik Jena details how to achieve faster, more reliable automated extraction of plasmid DNA.

From Analytik Jena US 30 Apr 2024

Innovations in Oral Dosage Forms: Enhancing Drug Release and Absorption

This article will provide an overview of innovative technologies and materials used to overcome challenges in this area, including drug absorption, drug release, as well as patient compliance, and overall efficacy.

13 Mar 2024

Sustainable Practices in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

This article will tackle some sustainable practices that can be used in pharmaceutical manufacturing for improved health and environmental benefits.

21 Feb 2024

3D Printing in Healthcare: From Surgical Tools to Organ Transplant Breakthroughs

3D printing is still a relatively novel method of manufacture.

5 Jan 2024

How Spatial Genomics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Health and Disease

Spatial genomics is a cutting-edge field that combines genomics and spatial analysis to investigate the role of genomic features in disease at single-cell resolution.

11 Dec 2023

CRISPR-Cas9: Shaping the Future of Targeted Drug Development

The incorporation of CRISPR/Cas9 into clinical settings has promising applications for the future treatment of genetic disorders, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, and various malignant diseases.

8 Dec 2023