Editorial Podcasts

AstraZeneca reported consistent Phase III results for its IL-33 biologic in COPD, while Boehringer Ingelheim continues expanding its use of AI to accelerate drug discovery and disease research. Meanwhile, the FDA has accepted a biologics license application for Gazyva as a potential treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, signaling progress in addressing unmet patient needs.

In recent years, large pharmaceutical companies have launched a variety of initiatives to restock ailing pipelines and boost business performance including mergers and acquisitions, diversifying business portfolios to non-pharmaceutical products, downsizing, spinoffs, and entering the biopharmaceutical arena.

Mike Ultee, chief scientific officer of Laureate Biopharmaceutical Services, discusses advances in separations technology, beginning with the 1988 publication of ?Separations Technology Outlook, Part II? by Nancy E. Pfund and Kathleen G. Charles.