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How biologics have changed the rules for pharma
The impact of the latest generation of drugs for the healthcare industry
Why you should become a Qualified Person
What it takes to assume this essential role at the heart of pharmaceutical manufacturing
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How possible contaminants are investigated
The analytical stages when a suspected issue is found in a product
The stability challenge
Why testing is essential to ensuring medicines are fit for use
Careers advice
How to protect your emotional wellbeing
Five tips to boost your mental resilience
How to reinvent the lab coat
Is it time to ditch the white coats for a more modern look?
How to be a creative scientist
Five tips to boost your blue-sky thinking
Drug development
What are the rate-limiting steps in drug discovery?
Getting more drugs to market is not just a chemistry problem
How chemical evolution took the 2018 chemistry Nobel prize
Emma Stoye has the full story of how Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter put evolution to work in the lab
The trials and tribulations of drug discovery
The many pitfalls medicinal chemists face when creating a new drug
Biologics
Nanodecoys lure and trap Zika virus
Gelatin nanoparticles camouflaged by mosquito membrane mop up virus and stop it crossing placenta
Rise of the biologics
Antibodies, RNA and gene therapy don’t necessarily compete with small molecule drugs – and they all rely on chemistry
Intracellular delivery
Drugs that can enter cells and take useful payloads with them are maturing, finds Andy Extance
