The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

The United States Pharmacopeia's proposed revision of General Chapter <1225> Validation of Compendial Procedures, published in Pharmacopeial Forum 51(6), represents the continuation of a fundamental shift in how we conceptualize analytical method validation—moving from static demonstration of compliance toward dynamic lifecycle management of analytical capability. This gets to the heart of a challenge us to think differently about what validation actually means.

As we celebrate World Quality Week 2025 (November 10-14), I find myself reflecting on this year's powerful theme: "Quality: think differently." The Chartered Quality Institute's call to challenge traditional approaches and embrace new ways of thinking resonates deeply with the work I've explored throughout the past year on my blog, investigationsquality.com. This theme isn't just a catchy slogan—it's an urgent imperative for pharmaceutical quality professionals navigating an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, rapid technological change, and evolving expectations for what quality systems should deliver.

Over the past decades, as I've grown and now led quality organizations in biotechnology, I've encountered many thinkers who've shaped my approach to investigation and risk management. But few have fundamentally altered my perspective like Sidney Dekker. His work didn't just add to my toolkit—it forced me to question some of my most basic assumptions about human error, system failure, and what it means to create genuinely effective quality systems.

Using spy-satellite images and ancient travel itineraries, researchers have identified a huge number of forgotten roads, some of them less than straight

To the Editor As the chair of the Doctors for America Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force, I am responding to the recent Viewpoint “Priorities for a New FDA” by FDA Commissioner Martin A. Ma...

George Tidmarsh, the FDA's top drug regulator, has been placed on leave after being accused of abusing his regulatory authority, STAT has learned.

Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.

Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:

Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.

Continuous manufacturing represents one of the most significant paradigm shifts in pharmaceutical production since the adoption of Good Manufacturing Practices. Unlike traditional batch manufacturing, where discrete lots move sequentially through unit operations with clear temporal and spatial boundaries, continuous manufacturing integrates operations into a flowing system where materials enter, transform, and exit in a steady state. This integration creates extraordinary opportunities for process control, quality assurance, and operational efficiency—but it also creates a fundamental challenge that batch manufacturing never faced: how do you track material identity and quality when everything is always moving?

The anti-establishment ex-Marine earned plaudits from some Democrats. Now his comments risk their chances of defeating incumbent Republican senator