The Biologics sector is continuing to grow at an accelerated pace – and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Just recently, Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) announced the expansion of its GMP analytical laboratory, nearly doubling its analytics testing capacity. According to Jon Denissen, the company’s Senior Vice...
Recently, Pharma IQ compiled a list of the top ten CMOs in drug discovery for 2018. The piece got us thinking… The CMO market is on the rise, and predictions estimate it will reach US$205.104 billion by 2021. This phenomenal rise can be attributed to rising medicine prices and...
As you’ll probably know, today is International Women’s Day. This is a global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Women have played important and influential roles in the sciences and continue to do so here at IDBS and in the Life Sciences industry generally....
As you may have seen in the news last week, a major security vulnerability was announced potentially allowing unauthorised individuals to gain access to privileged information via a vulnerability with modern day processors. The announcement was made early Thursday morning GMT (4th January 2018). IDBS’s cloud teams started to...
Getting a data security strategy right is critical for any business. In the final blog of his data security series, Scott Hluhanich explains what you need to know. As presented by Gartner in the Top Security Trends for 2014-2015, a data-centric audit and protection approach is the preferred strategy...
Insider threats present an urgent problem which can be addressed with the help of appropriate technology. In the second blog of his data security series, Scott Hluhanich explores where these threats are originating. Sharing data through email and consumer-grade file transfer services present several risks including a lack of...
Data security is a hot topic for all businesses. In his first blog of three, Scott Hluhanich explains how security incidents are on the rise and discusses how much these incidents are costing businesses. In the 2015 US State of Cybercrime Survey, a record 79% of respondents said they...
The capabilities of Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS) have improved considerably in recent years, with more ways to manage samples and associated data. With the right LIMS, organizations can automate workflows, integrate instruments, produce results in a faster time, and even track data from sequencing runs over time and across...
Security is an obvious concern for research organizations. Moving data in and out of the building requires trust by all parties, which is difficult, especially when sharing data across different countries, offices and individuals. Before engaging in any collaborative project, businesses need to determine how that are planning to...
With teams under pressure to develop new products faster and at a lower cost, it’s easy to see the appeal of robots for R&D organizations. Most lab processes are geared around the regular 9-5 working day, but with a robotic workforce, some processes could theoretically run 24/7, 365 days...
