Authors


Reinhard Vollmer

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An All-Round Excipient For Direct Compression

Using new co-processing technologies, the authors show that it is possible to formulate an 'all-round' excipient.


Shriya Bhatkhande

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Staffing Shortages: Major Hurdle for Bioprocess Contract Manufacturing Services in 2023

More than a third of CMOs are struggling to keep skilled technical and production staff.


Nasser N. Nyamweya

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Chewable Tablets: A Review of Formulation Considerations

This paper reviews considerations for the formulation of chewable tablets including sensory characteristics, chewability assessment, and drug release.



Carl Levoguer 

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Characterizing A Nasal Spray Formulation From Droplet To API Particle Size

The way in which a suspension nasal spray product interacts with the body depends not only on the droplet size of the delivered droplet, but also on the particle size of the suspended API.


Bernard Sagaert

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Delivering on the Potential of mRNA Therapeutics

The complexity of the RNA production process creates challenges.


Patty Cheung

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Effective and Efficient Weighing of Potent Compounds

The advantages of using an automated powder dispensing system in a ventilated balance enclosure for efficient handling and effective containment of potent compounds are discussed.


Michael Moedler

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Accelerating Workforce Training on Single-Use Technologies

Training is crucial for supporting GMP operations in commercial-scale bioprocessing.


Jae Han Park, PhD

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An Alternative to the USP Disintegration Test for Orally Disintegrating Tablets

The authors propose an alternative to the USP disintegration test method. The method embraces physiological conditions of the oral cavity, as a screening tool for developing ODT products.


Nemera Services

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Patient Journey as a key to develop Inhalation combination products v3

Discover why integrating Human Factors and patient activities from early device to manufacturing is essential to develop a patient-centric inhaler.


Kevin M. Holman

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An Alternative to the USP Disintegration Test for Orally Disintegrating Tablets

The authors propose an alternative to the USP disintegration test method. The method embraces physiological conditions of the oral cavity, as a screening tool for developing ODT products.


S. Narasimha Murthy

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Evaluating the Impact of Fatty Alcohols on Permeation of Clotrimazole from Topical Creams

Study results indicate that fatty alcohols may plausibly enhance the skin permeation of clotrimazole.


Cheryl Barton

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Engineered T Cell Receptor-T Cell Therapies

New TCR-T cell therapies look promising in the treatment of haematological and solid tumours.


Patrick Lavery

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FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Q32 Bio Treatment for Alopecia Areata

Bempikibart (ADX-914) is a human anti-IL-7Rα antibody that blocks the IL-7 and TSLP pathways, which have been implicated in driving T cell-mediated pathological processes in autoimmune diseases.


Oliver Luhn

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Using Excipients In Powder Formulations

During the past few years, we've seen a growing interest in direct oral application products, evidenced by the large amount of products already available on the market.


Ammar Khawam

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Process Performance as a Means of Quality Management

Process performance metrics of eight different mechanical devices were assessed to evaluate compliance with regulatory and compendial criteria.



Harbinder Pordal

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Harnessing Predictive Simulation to Improve Mixing

Predictive computational methods are finding wider use in pharmaceutical solid dosage development, particularly in mixing and blending, to improve tech transfer and equipment selection, and speed the acquisition of process understanding.


Daniel S. Harding

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Establishing Systems Suitability and Validity Criteria for Analytical Methods and Bioassays

Ensuring reliable analytical methods and bioassays requires a well-thought-out strategy for evaluating method validity and systems suitability.


CPHI Frankfurt Content Team

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CPHI Frankfurt: Selecting the Right Outsourcing Strategy and Partner

Sponsors should explore key considerations ahead of choosing a new outsourcing partner.


Martha Sloboda

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The Growing Importance Of Release Liners In Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

With the increasing importance of novel dosage forms, the use of release liners as components of transdermal delivery systems, oral thin films and buccal mucosal systems is on the rise.


Sylvain Fleury

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Global Warming Heats Up Need for Malaria Vaccine

With economics and politics in the way, can we defeat the malaria epidemic before it defeats us?




Bianca Piachaud-Moustakis

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Improving Patient Access Through the UK IDAP Scheme

The IDAP pilot scheme is designed to accelerate access to innovative medical devices and is a pioneering legislative proposal in the UK medical device space.


Matthew Hewitt

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Exploring Best Practice Tech Transfer Methods for CGTs

Best practice methods for the tech transfer of CGTs can increase process and analytics robustness while remaining scalable.


Maarten Lammens

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Handling Challenging Powders in Tableting Operations

Tests evaluated commercial rotary tablet presses to see how effectively they deal with problems such as poor flow, overlubrication, and capping.


Andreas Zimmer

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Printable Medicines: A Microdosing Device For Producing Personalized Medicines

The authors describe a new method for the production of personalised medicines utilising ultra-precise microdrop printing technology.


Melanie Beck

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New Technologies For Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Addressing Cost, Containment And cGMP Requirements

New isolator and disposable technologies are set to assume a greater role in pharma manufacturing, according to a recent conference in Germany.