Jeremy Rautenbach, global product manager, Biotech Integrated Solutions, Pall Biotech  Rautenbach emphasized the importance of timely decision-making in the context of viral vector manufacturing. He stressed the importance of quantifying requirements for biomanufacturing skills early in a process and showed how platform approaches can accelerate market entry and reduce risks to ensure manufacturing readiness at the point of approval. Key operational decisions can be well-informed, planned for, and executed by the time a drug is intended to be approved. Committing…

Richard Lee, head of the drug product business unit, Samsung Biologics Lee spoke about the evolution of drug-product contract manufacturing and how the business has transformed in response to the ongoing coronovirus pandemic. He spoke about how COVID-19 affected life in South Korea described changes his company has made in how it approached sales, technology transfer, and manufacturing operations. As he put it, “Everything has changed.” South Korea was one of the first affected countries from China’s initial outbreak. Its…

Paul Jorjorian, vice president/general manager, biologics, Thermo Fisher Scientific Jorjorian began by noting current trends in drug development, including more compounds being held for longer periods of time than in previous years by small and emerging pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He sees an increased complexity of molecules being brought to market, including bispecific antibodies and fusion proteins. Growth continues in both the cell and gene therapy segments and in orphan drug markets. From a business-dynamics perspective, such growth can create…