Sudha Sundaram, Author at Labiotech.eu

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Sudha is an ex-molecular biologist turned healthcare consultant and freelance science writer, based out of Singapore. Aside from serving as a good stress-buster, her writing helps her keep abreast of the latest scientific technologies. In her spare time, she is a wildlife enthusiast, portrait artist and a history buff. Find her work here: bit.ly/3tVdtM3

Articles by Sudha Sundaram

accelerate biotherapeutics' path to clinic, next-generation biotherapeutics, biologics, Lonza

21 Jun 2023

How to accelerate your biotherapeutics’ path to clinic

Over the last few decades, many novel biotherapeutics have undergone clinical trial testing in the quest to address unmet medical needs across various disease areas. However, the promise of breakthrough…

June 21, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

precision medicine, cancer, nRavel, Indivumed Therapeutics, early oncology discovery

6 Jun 2023

Optimizing early discovery by unraveling cancer complexity within precision therapeutics

Precision medicine involves tailoring a therapeutic to a patients’ disease. Here, we delve into the critical role played by the quality of the samples, the data, and the analysis in…

June 6, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

supplier pre-assessments, VERIF.i, Scientist.com

22 Mar 2023

Streamlining supplier qualification with a more efficient on-site pre-assessment process

Quality assurance in drug development programs is critical to ensuring a potentially life-saving drug reaches patients in time. In a post-pandemic, cost-sensitive world, pharmaceutical companies and suppliers are feeling the…

March 22, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

health innovation startups UK, PHTA Ltd, multi-disciplinary collaboration

14 Mar 2023

Nurturing healthcare innovation: a multi-disciplinary ecosystem to overcome startup challenges

The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of innovation in the healthcare space when tackling a public health challenge. Nonetheless, health innovation startups today face multiple hurdles, from sourcing funding, to…

March 14, 2023 - 6 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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28 Feb 2023

How open ecosystems encourage knowledge sharing and accelerate scientific innovation

Human societies today are based around knowledge economies, where knowledge is currency and where quick, innovative solutions for problems are in high demand. We explore why innovation ecosystems that nurture…

February 28, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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14 Nov 2022

Infographic: your gene therapy manufacturing success recipe

By 2026, pharma industry insiders anticipate cell and gene therapy sales to significantly increase, with a real potential for these therapies to overtake conventional drugs in the biomedical space. With…

November 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

COVID-19, mRNA vaccine, ACROBiosystems

3 Nov 2022

Impacting vaccine development: COVID-19 and its implications for the future of vaccines

The development of COVID-19 vaccines was an unprecedented achievement at a time of urgent medical need. We explore the novel technology platforms that went into their development and consider their…

November 3, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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20 Sep 2022

How high quality raw materials help cell therapies successfully translate from bench to bedside

Cell therapies are an integral part of the promising, fast-paced landscape of innovative therapies revolutionizing global health. In the race to develop the next best cell therapy product, manufacturers need…

September 20, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

transient expression system 3d cell

16 Aug 2022

Optimizing bioproduction using transient expression systems

During drug development, biologics often fail to transition from the preclinical to the clinical stage, resulting in huge losses in time and money. We explore how choosing the right expression…

August 16, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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14 Jul 2022

How liquid biopsy is transforming precision oncology

High-quality, consistent biospecimen collection is proving integral to understanding cancer and optimizing therapy. With traditional tumor biopsies proving invasive or inaccessible, researchers are turning towards plasma biospecimens for insights. Molecular…

July 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

organoids in a dish, drug development, patient relevant model

12 Jul 2022

The organoid era: bringing patient-relevant preclinical models to the lab

Drug development is a lengthy and costly process that takes at least 10 years on average from drug discovery to commercialization, requiring billions of dollars in investment. However, over 90%…

July 12, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

decentralized trial virtual clinical trial

1 Jul 2022

The trial of the future: using digital technologies to enable decentralized trials

Conducting a successful clinical trial is by no means an easy endeavor; it requires extensive planning to ensure that multiple resource- and time-intensive activities are completed seamlessly. In a post-Covid-19…

July 1, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

Merck, drug development, lab work, lab worker, scientist

26 Jan 2022

Top Reasons to Outsource Your Early Clinical Pipeline to a CDMO

Biotech firms partner with contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) to leverage their expertise in process development, optimization, and scale-up. In this article, we share an exclusive sneak-peek into a…

January 26, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

bioreactor, cell culture expansion, perfusion, biomanufacturing

18 Jan 2022

How to Make Cell Culture Expansion Easy

Cell culture expansion for biotherapeutic development has traditionally involved a series of time-consuming, labor-intensive batch cultures that are susceptible to contamination. Cell culture expansion using a perfusion process promises easy…

January 18, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

clinical trial, robotic automation, robot hand, lab automation

15 Dec 2021

Streamlining Clinical Trial Execution with Robotic Process Automation

Conducting clinical trials on time ensures that innovative treatments can reach patients in need. In the face of logistical challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the clinical trial sector has…

December 15, 2021 - 6 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

spatial transcriptomics, DNA, DNA double-helix, digital information

23 Nov 2021

How is Spatial Transcriptomics Changing the Immuno-Oncology Field?

The advent of next-generation sequencing has led to the rise of novel gene expression profiling methods like spatial transcriptomics. How will this revolutionary approach, powered by high-quality multi-omics biospecimen, impact…

November 23, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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robotics, automation, lab automation, gene therapy, gene editing

9 Nov 2021

The Evolving Role of Automation in Gene Therapy Manufacturing

Today, large-scale gene therapy manufacturing faces challenges such as mounting regulatory requirements and the need to improve processes and reduce manual labor and costs. What role will automation play in…

November 9, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

adeno-associated virus, viral vector

6 Oct 2021

How to Develop a Robust Viral Safety Strategy for Gene Therapies

Gene therapies offer a promising hope of cure against rare diseases and other diseases like cancer, with over 1,000 ongoing clinical trials. The increasing need for safe and effective gene…

October 6, 2021 - 8 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

lab-grown meat, stem cell technology, cultured meat, stem cells

26 Aug 2021

Stem Cell-based Cultured Meat: No Longer Science Fiction

Since the turn of the century, stem cell technology has delivered on its promise to transform the healthcare industry, while its applications across different sectors have continued to emerge. Bioreactors,…

August 26, 2021 - 7 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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17 Aug 2021

How do Biotechs Ensure Clinical Trial Success in Europe?

Innovative and personalized treatments are transforming the face of modern medicine. As patient populations become more targeted, clinical trial organizers are using strict criteria to precisely capture therapeutic effects in…

August 17, 2021 - 5 minutesmins - By Sudha Sundaram

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