Looking ahead on manufacturing and supply-related issues in 2024, respondents told Scrip to expect companies to bring their supply chains closer to home, improvements for delivery of cell and gene therapies, a focus by contract manufacturers and developers on sustainability and continued emphasis on access to critical drugs.

In Vivo caught up with Benedikt von Braunmühl at the recent BIO-Europe conference in Munich, Germany, to discuss his first six weeks as CEO at Rentschler Biopharma and the biggest trends impacting contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO).

US FDA finds flawed data integrity, investigations, aseptic practices and more at range of foreign and domestic drug product manufacturing facilities, while a bankruptcy leads to a massive drug recall.

All-out efforts by agency staff to help industry supply COVID-19 treatments last year were applauded but now its attention returns to the top pre-pandemic priority, contamination risks. Edge Pharma consents to attack mold, Glicerinas blocked over inspection refusal, Bioiberica hit for ‘reprocessing’ contaminated drug substance, Rentschler bashed for inadequate monitoring.