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Advancing Pharma Innovation & Drug Development | Thermo Fisher Scientific | ISPE 2026 | Pharma Focus Asia

Senior Director, Head of Business Development APAC, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Koji Tanimoto is Senior Director of Biotech Account Management APAC at Thermo Fisher Scientifics Pharma Services Group Previously he served as Senior Director and Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific and Japan at Patheon also holding the title of Director at Patheon In Japan Since he led business development across both Patheons CDMO operations and Fisher Clinical Services clinical trial...

Articles

Revolutionising Drug Discovery and Development with Artificial Intelligence

As the global pharma industry continues its shift towards precision medicine in the quest for targeting undruggable targets research and development activities have experienced a tremendous surge

Research Insights

Pharmaceuticals and the Environment (PiE): Evolution and impact of the published literature revealed by bibliometric analysis

Abstract The evolution and impact of the published literature surrounding the transdisciplinary multifaceted topic of pharmaceuticals as contaminants in the environment is examined for the first time in an historical context The preponderance of literature cited in this examination represents the earlier works As an historical chronology the focus is on the

Case Studies

Ambient Stable Biologics - Stable Aqueous Erythropoietin

Challenge Erythropoietin EPO is known to aggregate under heat stress which prevents storage of liquid compositions at ambient temperature The key challenge of this study was to demonstrate that the application of the ArestatT tools can reduce significantly aggregation of EPO at an elevated temperature compared with a marketed liquid formulation

Techno Trends

Genentech Discovered First Alecensa® Treatment for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Genentech has discovered the firstever Alecensa for adjuvant treatment after tumour removal in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive nonsmall cell lung cancer

White Papers

Cloud Computing in the Laboratory Informatics Solutions and Validation Approaches

In the modern business environment, a significant portion of work is conducted using computerized systems. Many solutions are used to complete tasks, including simple desktop programs like email and Microsoft Office to enterprise-wide, global systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and LIMS

TOP ARTICLES

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Architecting the Modern MICC for Life Sciences GCCs

Tansshuman Das

Tanshuman Das is a life sciences technology and commercial leader with 17+ years of experience across pharmacovigilance, AI, CRO services and drug safety technology. He leads Sales & Marketing at Synapmed and focuses on translating AI and intelligent automation into practical, scalable solutions for life sciences organisations.

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Pharma Firms Must Come Together, Ensure Access to Antibiotics in Poor Countries to Take on Superbugs

Saransh Chaudhary

Entrusted with the mandate of augmenting and monetising the company’s intellectual property wealth and driving key tactical initiatives, Saransh Chaudhary joined Venus Remedies in 2016 as Strategic Board Advisor after completing his undergraduate degree in Accounting & Finance from Cass Business School, London. Two years later, he assumed charge as President of the company’s Global Critical Care division and CEO of Venus Medicine Research Centre (VMRC), its R&D wing. In these roles, he translates priorities into actionable strategies.

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New Paradigm in Combination Therapy of siRNA with Chemotherapeutic Drugs towards Cancer Targeting

Ruchi Chawla

Ruchi is currently designated as Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi-221005, (U.P.), India. Her area of research is nanotechnology based drug delivery systems for targeted delivery of drugs and addressing issues related to conventional dosage forms like poor bioavailability, solubility, higher dose. She has more than 20 publications in international scientific journals including original research articles, reviews and book chapters. e-mail ID – rchawla.phe@iitbhu.ac.in

 

Krishan Kumar

Krishan Kumar is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, IIT BHU. His research focus on targeted and controlled drug delivery approaches in Nano-therapeutics. He has authored or co-authored 8 publications in international scientific journals in his fields of expertise. He has 2 years 8 months R&D experience in Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. e-mail ID- krishaniskrishan@gmail.com

 

Varsha Rani

Varsha Rani is currently Ph.D. research scholar at Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. She is involved in research area focussed on nanocarriers for brain targeted drug delivery system. She has contributed to ten publications including research article, review article and book chapter in reputed scientific journals. She has also done industrial training from Evonik India Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, India. e-mail ID – varsharani.rs.phe17@itbhu.ac.in

 

Mohini Mishra

Mohini Mishra is a PhD research scholar at Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, India and his area of research is focused on the development of nanoparticulate-based targeted drug delivery systems against BHneurodegenerative diseases. She has authored and co- authored nine publications in international scientific journals and three are in the pipeline. e-mail ID- mohini.mishra0203@gmail.com

 

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Nanomedicine

Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan

Vinoth-Kumar Lakshmanan is a Senior Investigator and Professor for Prostate Cancer Biomarker Laboratory, Faculty of Clinical Research at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), India and Adjunct Professor of Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. Vinoth has 20+ years’ experience in cancer biology. Scientific H Index 33 achieved with 4500 plus citations. He obtained Ph.D from University of Strasbourg, France, Post Doctoral from University of Regensburg and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

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A BITTER PILL: Exploring the Realm of Drug Counterfeiting

Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward is Pinkerton’s the Vice President of East Coast USA. Established in 1850, Pinkerton National Detective Agency offers organizations in today’s modern age, a range of corporate risk management services from security consulting and investigations to executive protection, employment screening and protective intelligence.

Angelo Krizmanic

Angelo Krizmanic is Pinkerton’s Vice President of Asia Pacific. Established in 1850, Pinkerton National Detective Agency offers organizations in today’s modern age, a range of corporate risk management services from security consulting and investigations to executive protection, employment screening and protective intelligence.

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Innovent Biologics announced a strategic collaboration with Eli Lilly on research and development and licensing.

Innovent Biologics SSE HKSE a hightech biopharmaceutical company today announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company for research and licensing focusing on the development of innovative drugs

Cellares and Seoul National University Hospital Launch Proof-of-Concept for Automated Manufacturing of Gene-Modified HSPC Therapy on the Cell Shuttle® Platform

Cellares the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization IDMO and Seoul National University Hospital SNUH a leading translational medical center in South Korea today announced a partnership

Zymeworks Completes Acquisition of Theravance Biopharma

Zymeworks Inc Nasdaq ZYME a biotechnology company managing a portfolio of licensed healthcare assets while developing a diverse pipeline of novel multifunctional biotherapeutics today completed

UofG announces second research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company for immune-related diseases

Worldchanging experts at the University of Glasgow will partner with scientists at leading pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company Lilly to tackle immunerelated diseases

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Gibco™ CHO-K1 Catalog Panel Media and Feed to Accelerate Biologics Development

Thermo Fisher Scientific the world leader in serving science today announced the Gibco CHOK Catalog Panel a cGMPready portfolio of basal and feed media designed to support strong

Oracle Partners with Wipro to Strengthen End-to-End Pharmacovigilance Services

Oracle Life Sciences announced a partnership with Wipro Limited a leading AIpowered technology services and consulting company to strengthen Wipros pharmacovigilance PV service offering using Oracle Life

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