Ecolab is looking to the future with new opportunities to partner with Pharma for critical solutions to support drug development and manufacturing.
Single-use technologies have gained broad acceptance in biomanufacturing within the past few years, supporting flexible and cost-effective clinical production.
Manufacturers are facing ever-increasing competition while end users are expecting better value and efficacy. The authors discuss these challenges and offer practical solutions.
Counterfeiting continues to be a huge challenge affecting both branded and generic products, which, although a worldwide issue, is especially prominent in developing countries.
Oriol Prat, Marketing Manager, and Marga Viñes Senior Product Manager, from Grifols give us a quick rundown of how business is changing and what challenges the company faces.
Softgels are now being recognised as one of the preferred dosage forms for the treatment of pain, eye conditions, cough and cold, as well as allergy.
The article reviews strategies for firms with or without existing in-house capacities and the pros and cons for outsourcing bio/pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.
UHPLC offers increased performance compared with HPLC, including shorter analysis times and increased sensitivity.
The authors provide further insight into microRNA biology, and the simplicity of anti-miR oligonucleotide drug delivery.
Traditional project decision-making is compared with a QbD approach.
Non-compliance issues show that users find dealing with computer systems challenging.
The success of new biopharmaceutical drugs also relies on innovative solutions such as single-use technologies that suppliers have to offer to the pharmaceutical industry.
Direct dosing APIs during R&D studies can reduce the overall testing time of a drug candidate by allowing for a greater throughput of compounds through the R&D department.
Innovative therapeutic approaches beyond mAbs will require new methods for future facility construction.
Although the European market is approximately 50% smaller than the US in terms of landmass, the population of Europe is approximately 50% larger and this presents a huge market opportunity.
Why social media presents unique challenges and opportunities for pharmaceutical companies.
Quality by design, process analytical technology, and high throughput screening have helped drive progress in pharmaceutical development.
Data governance, data integrity, and data quality are all widely used terms, but what do they actually mean and how are they connected?
In light of the challenges facing the pharma industry, such as changing patient demands and changing demographics, the relationship between the packaging, the consumer and the product is being completely reconsidered.
Quality is a matter of culture more than metrics. In this opinion article, the author presents arguments for an FDA Dean's List as a means to nurture a quality culture within the industry.
The author reviews the state of downstream processing and considers potential solutions, including the streamlining of full processes and borrowed technologies.
In Part 1 of this blog, Richard Freeman looked at some of the challenges faced by pharma firms today as a result of growing competition, regulation and globalization, and argued that more effective communication and collaboration was key to their continued success.
The authors describe the use of convergence chromatography combined with mass spectrometry for impurity profiling.
Formulation expertise can smooth the transition of a prospective therapy from medicinal chemistry to drug dosage form.
Implementing quality by design in product design and formulation and manufacturing workflows can help improve efficiency and shorten development times.