In Japan, all citizens are covered under public health insurance. This universal insurance system is called the National Health Insurance, or NHI, System. It is impo...

Over the past decade, the pharmaceutical industry has shifted remarkably due to the changing needs of customers impacting demand for pharmaceutical products on a glo...

The forthcoming step changes in medical device transparency and traceability requirements, under new European regulations, don’t just affect manufacturers. Ben Jacob...

On 1 January 2020, Russia will introduce a new, compulsory system for tracking pharmaceuticals from manufacturer to end user. This new legislation should be consider...

Respiratory drug development is challenging and only 3 per cent of the drugs for which a clinical trial is started end up on the market, lower than in any other medi...

Poor water solubility is an increasingly common issue in pharmaceutical development. Approximately 40% of marketed drugs and as many as 90% of active pharmaceutical ...

The term rare, or orphan disease can encompass any one of more than 6000 conditions. Some, such as cystic fibrosis or Tourette’s syndrome, are well known, while othe...

One of the main specificities of the paediatric population is that this is a heterogeneous population. Potential paediatric patients are neonates, newborns, infants ...

Senescent cells were first described in the late 1950s but remained largely a curiosity until 2008 when their dark nature was revealed by Dr Judith Campisi, a resear...

We have all heard that the journey is as critical as the destination. However, in the world of clinical supplies, did you know that most temperature excursions occur...