Pharma & Biopharma

Advantages of dried blood spot (DBS) analysis for the pharmaceutical industry abound yet analytical and ... regulatory challenges are hindering widespread uptake. Here, two leading proponents of the approach discuss what can be done to overcome the barriers to its implementation.

Dried blood spot analysis is a useful, but not yet perfect, technique.

Hyaluronic acid is a polymer of disaccharides and can have up to 25,000 disaccharide repeat units.

Sitting Down With Frantisek Svec, Facility Director, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Facility, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Research papers are the bread and butter of an academic’s career, but a different mindset prevails in industry. Should it?

The proteome, which is the set of proteins expressed by a genome, cell, tissue or organism at a given time ... presents immense analytical challenges – but offers substantial rewards. Here, current approaches to proteomics, their strengths and their shortcomings, are explored.

With many potential benefits, it is easy to understand the drive to develop systems and methods acceptable to the regulatory authorities.

What short- and long-term impact will sequestration have on the US scientific community?

An illustration of how working with customers throughout development increases the effectiveness of ... new products.

Sitting Down With Elizabeth Iorns, CEO of Science Exchange.