Junevity's Bold Move: Using siRNA to Fight Diabetes and Obesity

Catalent Pharma Solutions's Dr Karunakar Sukuru explains how peptide potency, dose, and patient needs guide the choice between softgel and sublingual dosage forms.

At AAPS PharmSci 360, Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists described how predictive modeling guides technology selection for poorly soluble drugs, and outlined plans to bring solvent-free KinetiSol technology to commercial scale in 2027.

Speaking at AAPS PharmSci 360, Dr Stephanie Johnson, a principal formulation scientist at Pfizer, details how platform formulations save time before commitment, shift risk downstream, and what AI tools need to earn trust.

This year's PharmSci 360 will close with a plenary on fixing drug development economics given by Averin's Dr Berry.

Dr Karunakar Sukuru of Catalent explains how lipid-based softgels address physiological barriers to oral peptide delivery as approvals increase.

Anurag Rathore, PhD, professor of chemical engineering at IIT Delhi, explains how his team cuts monoclonal antibody costs without cutting purification steps, and why the $10-per-gram target could make antibodies viable for infectious disease and global access.

Anurag Rathore, PhD, professor of chemical engineering at IIT Delhi, explains how his team is making antibody manufacturing more efficient and replacing costly raw materials to cut monoclonal antibody costs to about $10 per gram.

FNIH CEO Dr Julie Gerberding will open the October 25-28 meeting with a talk on using AI, adaptive trials, and alternative methods in drug development.