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In the bid to achieve universal health coverage, we often speak of the need for better quality healthcare facilities, better trained doctors and nurses, increasing medicine and vaccine supply, and reducing out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. These factors do, without a doubt, play a significant role in ensuring that people around the world are able to improve…

Rift Valley fever is a viral disease that affects both humans and livestock. Transmitted by mosquitoes, the virus was first discovered in the Rift Valley in Kenya in the 1930’s. Over the years, the disease has also been detected in other African countries and parts of the Middle East.   Since Rift Valley fever is…

In May 2024, life sciences industry analysts at McKinsey & Company released an article about innovation in vaccines. Their study compared trends they witnessed in 2019 to trends prevalent five years later, post the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic.   Within less than a decade, the vaccine development, production and business landscape was fundamentally altered.   In…

In September 2024, the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition released the results of a survey of over 100 experts in epidemiology, virology and infectious diseases from around the world. This survey of experts addressed some of the most important questions of our post-Covid-19-pandemic times.   How prepared are we to deal with another pandemic?   What…

In today’s world, the biopharma industry faces unique challenges, driven by climate change, a growing global population, and humanitarian crises. This state of the world has resulted in a growing demand for vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and medical technologies. Combined with the complexities of unpredictable demand and inflexibility in production capacities, being a biopharmaceutical manufacturer is…

Despite spectacular advances in biopharmaceutical research, drug development and overall quality of life over the past few decades, tuberculosis remains a stain on global health progress.   8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in 2023. That number is not only a notable increase from the 7.5 million reported the year prior, but…

Human health is inextricably linked with environmental health in more ways than you think. Beyond the direct health impacts of extreme weather events like floods and heatwaves, there are several indirect impacts that affect people’s health and overall quality of life.   A World Economic Forum report titled Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on…

As the biopharma industry becomes more technologically advanced, it is also driving the demand for innovative solutions to optimise drug development costs. It is demanding improvements in the construction delivery process. And it is demanding that the trickle-down effects of these advances reach every person in the world.   In other words, as the biopharma…

Cleanrooms are classified enclosed spaces within which controlled environmental conditions are maintained to minimise the presence of airborne and other contaminants. Air handling and other environmental control systems are used to maintain the required temperature, pressure, humidity, air filtration, etc. Given the stringent demand for controlled hygienic environments while making drugs, vaccines and other health…

Setting up a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility is a significant investment. From acquiring land and building a structure that meets all regulatory standards to equipping it with the right machines, setting standard operating procedures, procuring inputs and training your staff, there’s no dearth of pressures on your time, effort and budget.   Outsourcing an important part…