CPHI Podcast Series

Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Predictive technology for critical storage
In this episode of the CPHI Podcast Series, Editor Vivian Xie speaks to John and Laurie Masiello, co-founders of Predictive Monitor, as they discuss their journey in developing predictive maintenance and detection solutions for the life sciences and biopharma industries. Their debut product, Overshield, pr...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Pharmapack special – Delivering innovation for patient outcomes
This special Pharmapack episode of our podcast, recorded live at Pharmapack 2026, interviews Terence O’Hagan, Vice President of Business Development for Drug Delivery Systems at Stevanato Group, sharing exclusive insights into the company’s innovative approaches to pharmaceutical packaging and drug deliver...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: CPHI Frankfurt special – the future of health
Welcome to this special on-site episode of our podcast, recorded live at CPHI Frankfurt 2025, the premier global event for the pharmaceutical industry. In this episode, Editor Vivian Xie speaks to Sabine Kapasi, global health strategist, entrepreneur, and CEO of Enira Consulting. This year’s gathering brou...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: From Patents to Public Health: The GLP-1 Journey
In this insightful episode, host Lucy Chard is joined by Aurelio Arias from IQVIA to explore the transformative role of GLP-1 therapies in clinical obesity treatment and the technological advancements driving their success. Aurelio delves into how these medications are revolutionising care, offering hope t...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: AI transforming pharma manufacturing
In this episode, host Lucy Chard and guest David Staunton of Cognizant dive into the transformative role of AI in the pharmaceutical industry, exploring advancements that are reshaping manufacturing, packaging, and distribution. From the rise of "smart factories" to the seamless integration of AI across sp...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Achieving global health equity through innovation
In the latest episode Lucy Chard engages in a compelling conversation with Dr Lengwe Sinkala, a seasoned clinician and Human Factors and User Experience Consultant at ClariMed. The discussion delves into the disparities in global access to medical devices, highlighting the stark differences between develop...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: US drug policy – exploring the executive orders
In this key episode, Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by Dr Molly Klote, former Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Human Research Protections. Molly sheds some light on the policy changes we have witnessed over the past few years in the US, including the latest executi...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Fulfilling an unmet need for rare disease patients
This episode covers how the pharmaceutical industry can work towards better meeting the needs of an underserved population. Rare diseases are often overlooked by pharmaceutical companies when developing drugs as the process is time consuming, expensive, and only serves a niche market. But the patients suff...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: How to build a successful CDMO partnership
In this podcast Christine Furst, Senior Director Key Account Management Europe from Vetter joins host Lucy Chard to discuss the relationship between pharma companies and CDMOs and the impacts this relationship has on a business’s vision for the future. Taking into consideration that although the practical ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Packaging expert perspectives at Pharmapack 2025
This month's podcast episode sounds a little different, covering the latest event in Paris – Pharmapack 2025. Digital Editor Lucy Chard speaks to several experts direct from the floor of the show, bringing you right in on the action. In this special episode we hear from experts Tom Etheridge from Team Cons...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: What does an evolving pharmaceutical industry mean for excipients?
In this episode, Evonne Brennan joined Digital Editor Lucy Chard for a chat about the complex world of excipients. Excipients is an ever changing field that involves a lot of moving parts and today Evonne gave an insight into some of these aspects. We discussed the security of the excipient supply chain an...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Investing in a vision for the future of life sciences
Rajiv Khatau, Managing Director of LODAAT LLC and principal of LIFE SCIENCES ADVISORS LLC, joins Digital Editor Lucy Chard to discuss the future of pharmaceuticals. In this episode we speak about the importance of looking into new therapeutic areas and some of the more niche areas of pharmaceuticals, dis...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The power of proteins in antibody drug development
In the latest episode Lucy Chard is joined by Thomas Cornell from Abzena to discuss protein engineering for drug design and development. Tom gives an insight into the world of protein engineering, how it’s an invaluable tool for improving the stability, functionality, and applicability for drug products. H...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Why we need to consider women in clinical trials
Lucy Chard, Digital Editor for CPHI Online discusses womens’ health, and more specifically about women’s representation in clinical trials and the associated ripple effects with Emma Banks, CEO of Ramarketing. The podcast highlights the social and medical implications and bias’ that lead to disparity and t...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Analysing ESG Audits with the PSCI
This episode of the CPHI Podcast Series, hosted by Digital Editor Lucy Chard, goes through the results from the recent audits from the PSCI conducted on suppliers across the pharmaceutical industry, looking into ESG outcomes.  The PSCI have recently published the results from their audits and to talk us t...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: the power of digital marketing in pharma
On this episode of the podcast Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by marketing specialist and entrepreneur, Raman Sehgal. Sehgal is the founder of several companies, including life science marketing company Ramarketing. In this podcast Raman and I discuss the different ways marketing can help companies in...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: How manufacturing in Africa can improve patient access to medicine
In this episode Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by Daniel Mora-Brito, Engagement Manager and Thought Leader for Global Public Health at IQVIA, where they discuss the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa.  Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Daniel is an Engagement Manager in IQVIA’s EMEA Thoug...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: What to expect from novel excipients?
This podcast episode aims to explain the importance and intricacies of developing excipients and then goes into more depth regarding the excipient market, how this differs globally, what tactics different companies are now using to gain ground and push the field forward to be able to develop more innovativ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The 2023 Retro – what have we learnt from the past year in pharma?
Welcome to the last episode of 2023! Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by her team in a special retrospective episode to close out the year. Guests Vivian Xie, Editor for CPHI Online and Tara Dougal, Content Director for Pharma, discuss their highlights from the year; diversity, sustainability, and the C...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Start-ups take centre stage at CPHI Barcelona
Matthew Wise has worked with the CPHI Content team a lot over the last couple of months discussing the start-up space in the pharma industry, particularly in leading up to our annual event for CPHI which took place this October in Barcelona. In this podcast we spoke about the event, which for the first tim...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: What does the changing US Pharma market mean for industry and patients alike?
The podcast will aim to cover the recent changes in legislature around drug pricing in the USA, and what this means for the global pharma market, as well as the impact it will have on the US population in terms of access to medicine. The price negotiations with Medicare are targeting medications used in th...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Exploring neurological frontiers in Alzheimer's and beyond
Alan Palmer of Elixa MediScience joins us for this episode to talk about neurological disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and everything that is encompassed under this terminology.  In the podcast we cover the history of disease and research, the social and economic impacts, the different modalities a...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: AI and drug discovery
In this episode, Bill Whitford from DPS Global speaks to Editor Lucy Chard giving context to the use of AI in different aspects of medicine and drug discovery, including how it can help revamp drug repurposing strategies and save time when searching for drug targets. We also see the implications the techno...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The ripple effects of nearshoring in pharma
In the most recent instalment of the CPHI Podcast Series, Digital Editor Lucy Chard is joined by Sandra Sánchez y Oldenhage, Founder and CEO of PharmAdvice, to discuss nearshoring and reshoring in the pharmaceutical industry, and the subsequent ripple effects.  Sandra is a 35-year life sciences executive ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: outsourcing and manufacturing trends
Gil Roth, President of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association, delves into the most exciting aspects of outsourcing and manufacturing in this interview, including some of the biggest areas of innovation and technology, such as cell and gene therapeutics. We also get an update on the industry as a w...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Designing Drug Conjugates
In this episode from the CPHI Podcast Series Louise Duffy and Campbell Bunce from Abzena speak to Digital Editor Lucy Chard, using their cumulative knowledge to give an overview of the drug development and manufacturing processes, demonstrating all of the aspects that go into such an undertaking as making ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: An insight into the Chief Sustainability Officer
In this episode Digital Editor Lucy Chard finds out more about being the Chief Sustainability Officer in the pharmaceutical industry from Nic Hunt, Global Head of Sustainability at Nelipak Healthcare Packaging. In the podcast we discuss what it means to be in the role of a Chief Sustainability Officer, h...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Ursatec – celebrating 30 years of pioneering preservative free
The podcast focused on the 30 year anniversary of Ursatec in the provision of preservative-free pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics. We took a look through the Ursatec portfolio, the importance of safety and sustainability in their products, and what the future holds for the company.  Ursatec...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Celebrating International Women’s Day by championing women’s health
As part of celebrating International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2023, we wanted to highlight the importance of supporting women’s health. Historically, women’s medicine, in relation to diseases, and sexual and reproductive rights, has been chronically overlooked in the wider field. We hope to use this po...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Rare Disease Day – Pharma fulfilling an unmet need
This February 28th, we have a special feature episode to mark Rare Disease Day. Rare disease is an oft overlooked field of medicine, but one which is steadily becoming more recognised. Rare diseases affect around 300 million people globally. By their nature, rare diseases are incredibly difficult to resear...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Sustainable Strategies in the Pharmaceutical Packaging Industry
Sustainability in pharma is now gaining the recognition it deserves, quickly becoming one of the biggest priorities for pharma companies across the spectrum. Upgrading this Packaging in pharma comes in all shapes and sizes – whether we are talking about replacing single use plastics in manufacturing, or wa...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The importance of Pharma 4.0 to innovation leads in India
In this latest episode from the CPHI Podcast Series, Digital Editor Lucy Chard speaks to Sanjay Sharma, Global Head of Manufacturing, from Dr Reddy’s. Sanjay has over 26 years of experience in roles encompassing sales, the supply chain, and technical operations. Pharma 4.0 is the upgrading of the pharma i...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Driving innovation with pharmaceutical startups
The pharmaceutical industry is brimming with innovation – from biologics such as cell and gene therapies to COVID-19 treatments and precision oncology drugs. And as pharmaceuticals grow more advanced, so too must the drug delivery and packaging solutions that get them safely from the manufacturer to the pa...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Identifying and monitoring animal health and diseases to prevent the next pandemic
An outbreak of zoonotic disease can have devastating economic and social consequences, as evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing concern over monkeypox. Defined as a disease that has transitioned from a vertebrate animal to humans, zoonoses account for about 60% of known infectious diseases and ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The importance of novel excipients for innovative drug development
Excipients are essential to the formulation of drug products, but their importance in supporting innovative drug development is often underestimated. According to the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC), drugs that have yet to be developed may need more excipients than are currently av...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The Supplements Market – From Slump to Surge
The supplements market is on the rise, with products like vitamins, herbal drinks, and protein powders found in more household cupboards than ever before.

While supplements can be an excellent way to cover deficiencies not addressed by food intake, the wide range of products available in hea...


Industry Podcast Podcast: CPHI Discover – A look ahead to three days of insightful content: Listen Now!
Our online pharma event CPHI Discover is almost upon us! While we’ll be delving into the typical themes of ingredients, manufacturing, supply chain logistics and technology, we’re also going to be examining some newer trends which are impacting on pharma manufacturing and distribution – such as highly poli...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Success in healthcare M&A, taking a people-first approach
Many companies are turning to M&A to optimise their portfolios and gain access to new technologies, fuelled by an abundance of capital in the sector. These deals can have transformative effects on the companies involved; ideally promoting synergy, diversifying product offerings and improving economies of s...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Connecting the user to your product – Smart packaging for smart devices
Smart devices are revolutionising how we live our lives and changing the shape of the industries adopting them. One such industry is healthcare, where the benefits of context-aware devices and real-time data sharing are having tangible effects on patient outcomes. Many smart devices, like wearable monit...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Securing the Biopharma Workforce of the Future
The biopharmaceutical industry has seen incredible growth in the past decade, and shows no sign of slowing as the need for specialised treatments in oncology, immunology and vaccines continue to grow. To support innovation, the biopharma industry needs a suitably skilled workforce, and therein lies one ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Orally Dissolving Tablets
In this month’s CPHI podcast, sponsored by Galien Pharma, we focus on the technology behind orally dissolving tablets. The orally dissolving tablet is a solid dosage form that is sometimes viewed as an unsung hero compared to other patient-centric drug delivery systems. ODTs are becoming increasingly im...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Annual Report 2021 Roundtable
In this special edition podcast, Informa Markets pharma editor Gareth Carpenter speaks to Bikash Chatterjee, CEO at Pharmatech Associates and Dan Stanton, Editor and Founder at BioProcess International about some of the findings in the recently published CPHI Annual Report 2021, including latest innovation...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The opportunities and challenges of providing fill and finish services for mRNA platforms
mRNA (Messenger ribonucleuc acid) technology has been thrust into the limelight in recent months, with the platform proving to be the springboard for two approved vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The complex science around mRNA is very different from that of small molecule traditional pharmaceutic...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast: The distinction of drugs vs cosmetics from a regulatory perspective
As more and more companies operating in the pharmaceutical space are moving into cosmetics, the temptation is to think that life will be much easier from a regulatory and compliance perspective. However, while it is true that pharmaceuticals are more heavily regulated, this does not mean that cosmetics ...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: The Cannabinoid Opportunity for Cosmetics & Pharma
Cannabinoids have caught the attention of Pharma and Cosmetic companies alike in recent years, celebrated for their anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial properties in cosmetic products, and neurological and chronic pain benefits on the pharma side. There is also rising consumer demand for ...


Industry Podcast Pharmapack Podcast: Patient Partnerships for Medical Devices
Healthcare provision is constantly evolving. Whereas in the past, decision making on treatments for patients was very much the domain of physicians and doctors, patients now feel more empowered to be involved in the decision making process. The healthcare industry is fully aware of this change and sees a c...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: M&A strategies in the CDMO sector
This month we discuss what is driving M&A strategies in the pharma space, paying particular attention to how investors regard the potential for the growing but fragmented CDMO sector The contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) market is projected to grow to just short of $158 billion ...


Industry Podcast Pharmapack Podcast Series: Senior patient-friendly drug device design - Part Three
Partnering with one of northern Europe’s oldest academic universities, Lund University in Sweden, Pharmapack has launched this three-part podcast series, delivering the latest insights on medication packaging innovation and the gathering momentum towards patient‐centric design. In the third and final ep...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and Antimicrobial Resistance
Pharmaceuticals discarded in the environment pose a risk to fish and other wildlife, for example by affecting their ability to reproduce, by altering their behaviour in ways jeopardising their survival, or through direct toxic effects. Increased awareness has prompted further investigation, as well as call...


Industry Podcast Pharmapack Podcast Series: Patient-Centric Packaging Design & Innovation - Part Two
Partnering with one of northern Europe’s oldest academic universities, Lund University in Sweden, Pharmapack has launched this three-part podcast series, delivering the latest insights on medication packaging innovation and the gathering momentum towards patient‐centric design. Podcast Two: How do you a...


Industry Podcast Special Podcast: CPHI Outlook Roundtable - Listen Now
In this special roundtable podcast exploring potential opportunities in a post-vaccinated world, we are joined by a panel of three world class experts – Bikash Chatterjee, CEO of Pharmatech Associates; Parrish Galliher, Managing Director, BioProcess Technology Group, a division of BDO USA and Valdas Jurkau...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Decentralised Clinical Trial Design - Collecting Real World Data in a Remote Setting
In this podcast interview with Fabien Du Fraisse and Deepu Joseph at Quanticate, we delve into the trend of decentralising clinical trials Not only does the transfer of clinical trials more and more away from investigator sites and into volunteers’ homes offer a more patient-centric approach and reduce...


Industry Podcast CPHI Podcast Series: Pharma 4.0 and the Digitalisation of Manufacturing
In this episode we delve into the issue of Pharma 4.0 and what steps the industry is taking to transition pharma manufacturing to a much more digitalised model. The pharma industry is constantly seeking new ways of streamlining its manufacturing processes and digitalisation lies at the core of this tran...


Industry Podcast Podcast: Spray Drying- Formulation Approaches and Technologies
This podcast originally aired as part of CPHI Discover - 17-28 May 2021 Spray drying is used in various pharmaceutical applications and has become an increasingly popular technique in the production of formulations of poorly soluble APIs and inhalable dry powder formulations. This remarkable technology ...


Industry Podcast Podcast: Hot Melt Extrusion- Formulation Approaches and Technologies
This podcast originally aired as part of CPHI Discover - 17-28 May 2021 While hot melt extrusion was developed in the 1930s and initially used in the plastics and food sector, the pharmaceutical industry has now firmly embraced this technology platform in its manufacturing as a way of solving formulatio...


Industry Podcast Podcast: Co-Crystals - Formulation Approaches and Technologies
This podcast originally aired as part of CPHI Discover - 17-28 May 2021 Co-crystals are crystalline materials composed of two or more different molecules, typically active pharmaceutical ingredients and co-crystal formers in the same crystal lattice. Tailoring of co-crystals can provide opportunities to...

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