Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast

The Off Script podcast offers in-depth interviews and discussions with industry experts about hot-button topics in pharma, and goes behind the scenes of Pharma Manufacturing’s print and online coverage, which follows the industry’s biggest issues surrounding scale-up, technology innovations, regulations and more!

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Industry experts weigh in on investment pressures, advanced therapies, policy shifts, and emerging manufacturing technologies.
Dec. 30, 2025
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John Murphy III, president and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines, unpacks what’s working, what’s not, and what must change for U.S. generic drug production.
Dec. 2, 2025
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This episode of Off Script: A Pharma Manufacturing Podcast features a conversation with Jana Falkenberg, senior legal counsel and corporate compliance officer at Vetter Pharma...
Oct. 17, 2025
The digitalization journey for pharmaceutical manufacturing can reap many benefits and there are many choices to be made in terms of these technologies and how to deploy them....
June 17, 2022
Andrea Corona is joined by Zach Gilulah, pharma machine health lead at Augury.
May 23, 2022
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Endotoxin testing serves a vital function in pharma quality control by ensuring that products are safe for patients. But the traditional approach to Bacterial Endotoxins Testing...
Nov. 23, 2021
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In pharma, the use of gas analysis in fermentation bioreactors is critical for monitoring the health of a culture, and measuring small changes to oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration...
Oct. 26, 2021
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RNA-based vaccines have played a starring role in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and there is great potential for RNA to be applied to further indications. But nucleic acids are...
Oct. 4, 2021
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Poor ergonomics have been linked to a host of physical problems and can have an impact on workplace efficiency. Improving posture and physical habits has been linked to increased...
Aug. 9, 2021
One group is putting pressure on the FDA and Congress to move pharma away from animal modeling in drug development
June 16, 2021
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When doctors administer treatments to patients, some amount of drug is often left behind in the vial. What happens next? It gets tossed. Now, Congress is taking a closer look ...
May 24, 2021
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The importance of quality in pharma manufacturing can't be overstated. Fortunately, the industry has stepped up drug quality. While much of this can be attributed to better science...
April 30, 2021
If Biogen’s controversial aducanumab is approved, it could become the best-selling drug of all time — and it’s a drug that has only shown modest efficacy. Here’s more on why the...
March 19, 2021
The complex development and manufacturing processes needed to bring biologic drugs to market almost always translates into exorbitant prices, even after the drugs go off patent...
Feb. 26, 2021
What has allowed the government to — for once — move at the speed of industry to help curb the pandemic? And will the FDA be able to maintain this pace once the pandemic winds...
Feb. 1, 2021
Karen Langhauser, and Senior Editor, Meagan Parrish, take a look back at pharma's accomplishments — and stumbles — during the pandemic.
Dec. 30, 2020
The threat of superbugs hasn’t gone away and in many ways the pandemic has made this problem loom even larger. But a new organization called the AMR Action Fund is working to ...
Nov. 16, 2020
As several late-stage trials edge towards the finish line, skepticism surrounding vaccines continues to spread at a rate faster than the coronavirus itself — and drugmakers and...
Nov. 2, 2020
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Chief Content Director Karen Langhauser is joined by Richard Wood, Executive Director of Technical Solutions at Softbox SystemsLearn more in this white paper: https://bit.ly/2G8oWo3Read...
Oct. 27, 2020
In this podcast, Amanda Del Buono interviews Dirck Schou, CEO of Taqtile, about the use of augmented and virtual reality for training in the manufacturing industry. The following...
Oct. 23, 2020
It's been called the biggest logistical challenge of all time. Senior editor, Meagan Parrish, chats with PwC's Omar Chane to find out how pharma and the government can quickly...
Oct. 19, 2020
Should America reshore more generic drug manufacturing? Pharma Manufacturing editors Karen Langhauser and Meagan Parrish discuss
Oct. 5, 2020
Amanda Del Buono and Thomas Wilk interview Dean Steadman CNC Education program manager for FANUC
Sept. 9, 2020
Amanda Del Buono interviews Kylene Zenk, director of manufacturing practice at Kronos
Aug. 12, 2020