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Fernanda Onofre

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The Role of Flavoring Agents and Taste Modulation Strategies in Drug Development

This article investigates the role of flavoring agents and taste modulation strategies and describes how these solutions can help to mask unpleasant tastes, improve palatability, and, ultimately, increase patient compliance to drive better treatment outcomes.


Susana Saldanha

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Spray Drying as an Enabling Technology for Inhalation Drug Delivery

Particle performance in a DPI can be optimized by fine-tuning the formulation and manufacturing process parameters.


Richard K. Burdick

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Comparability in Accelerated or Stressed Stability Studies Using a Quality Range

A statistical procedure based on a quality range is proposed for demonstrating comparability between pre-change and post-change process slopes in an accelerated or stressed stability study.


John A. Thomas

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Computational Fluid Dynamics in Upstream Biopharma Manufacturing Processes

Advances in simulation and the development of digital twins.


ProtaGene

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Antibody-Based Therapeutic Development Made Easy

Expand your mAb NBE candidate pipeline numbers by leveraging ProtaGene's flexible analytical capacities. Get a complete overview of ProtaGene's end to end services.


Matt Cushing

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Guidance on Quality Culture Standards

Matt Cushing, VP of Quality and Science, Nelson Labs, and Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, a Nelson Labs Company, discuss PDA/ANSI Standard 06-2025: Assessment of Quality Culture Guidance Documents, Models, and Tools, which was published in February 2025.


Nikunj Patel

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Advancing Oral Drug Development Using MIFD

Model informed formulation development uses in-silico modeling and simulation to identify and/or refine promising formulations faster and cheaper, support formulation strategy and increasingly, demonstrate virtual bioequivalence and obtain biowaivers.


Genesis Packaging Technologies

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Developing a Method to Learn Capper Settings to Handle Component Variations   

One of the causes of crimp variation that can lead to integrity failures due to poorly sealed vials has been reported to be component dimensional variation. Critical dimensions of the components of a vial system (vial, stopper, and cap) can vary within manufacturing tolerances, but these ranges of variation may require adjustments to the capper settings to ensure a proper package seal.


Fernanda Onofre

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Polymer Influence on the Rheological Properties of Co-Processed Microcrystalline Cellulose and Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose

In this study, researchers evaluated the colloidal microcrystalline cellulose (cMCC) suspending agent—a co-processed material of microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC)—by using a representative pharmaceutical-grade commercial version of cMCC.


Lisa Fink

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Collaborative Efforts Address Key Data Integrity Challenges

Maintaining a quality culture across the diverse functions in a bio/pharmaceutical company is difficult. Representatives of the Quality Coordinating Committee of IQ Consortium report on collaborative efforts to address data integrity and the modernization of FDA’s good laboratory practice regulations.


James Holman

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Optimizing Loss-in-Weight Feeding of Poorly Flowing Materials

Prior to use in a continuous manufacturing system for oral solid dosage forms, loss-in-weight feeders need to be tested and validated to understand the performance capabilities of a given material–feeder combination. In this article, the proper strategy for set-up and optimization of a loss-in-weight feeder is demonstrated for a range of materials. The optimized set-up of the feeders was demonstrated to provide suitable performance for even the most challenging, poorly flowing materials.


Mamdouh Moustafa

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Formulation of Sustained-Release Ketorolac Tromethamine Pellets

The authors evaluated the effect of polymer composition on the drug-release profile and the effect of storage conditions on dissolution characteristics.


Mike Hennessy Jr.

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The Future of Pharma: Connected, Continuous, and Compliant

Pharma manufacturing is headed toward smarter tools, deeper partnerships, and a renewed focus on compliance and quality at every stage of the product lifecycle.


Martins O. Emeje

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Evaluating Okra Gum in a Floating Tablet Formulation as a Novel Drug Delivery System

The potential for okra gum as a polymer candidate for new oral drug formulations was evaluated.


Juan Vargas

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Determining Water Content with a Novel Karl Fischer Titration Approach

A new approach to testing water content in biologics is needed that will give a more accurate determination of actual water content in the biologic.



Rajesh Parikh

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Formulation of Modified Liquid-Solid Compact for Dissolution Enhancement of Raloxifene Hydrochloride

The purpose of this research was to formulate modified liquisolid compacts (MLSC) of RLX for improved dissolution in immediate-release tablet formulations.


William F. Koch

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Inside USP: USP Metals Testing: A Workshop Report

Attendees at a recent workshop endorsed new methods to detect metals in drugs, dietary supplements, and food ingredients.


Veronika Horková

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Rapid Sterility Methods for CAR T-cell Therapies

A combination of rapid sterility methods with the industry standard compendial method should ensure maximum safety.


Deborah Huck

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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.


James Vesper

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A Four-Phased Approach for Evaluating a Quality Risk Management Activity

Using the four-phased method to assess QRM can ensure continual improvement and that regulatory requirements are met.


Ashvin Patel

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IVPT Data Analysis with FDA Statistical Approach to Assess Bioequivalence

This article describes the in-vitro permeation test study data processing procedures and FDA statistical mathematics of evaluating a generic topical drug product, acyclovir cream, against its reference product.


Janeen Skutnik

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The Ideal Pharmacopeia

This position paper describes a model for the future that would provide appropriate standardization, facilitate drug registration and support regulatory agencies.


Sandy Macrae

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Do emerging markets provide the answer to the pharmaceutical industry?

The emerging markets represent an attractive investment opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry because of the countries' growing economies and unmet medical needs.


Gayathri Acharya

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Digitalization of QbD Risk Assessments

Quality-by-design risk assessment workflows can be laborious and have limited capacity to connect with vast volumes of prior knowledge generated by organizations. Their digital transformation can improve efficiency, reduce human errors, and facilitate integration within a much broader digital ecosystem.


Albert Alexander

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Characterization of the Performance of Bin Blenders-Part 3 of 3: Cohesive Powders

In this final part of a series of three articles, the results from experiments involving cohesive materials are discussed in terms of mixing performance, agglomerate comminution, and lubrication of powder mixtures.


Fergus Manford

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Integrated Approach Facilitates Inhalation Drug Development

The choice of delivery platform for inhaled drug products is contingent on API-related factors, as well as the development stage of the product.


Joe Sheffer

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Considerations for Monoclonal Antibody Bioprocess and Manufacturing Validation

Regulatory, analytical, and process concerns must be taken into account.


Ranna Eardley-Patel

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Overcoming Engineering Challenges to Enable Commercial Scale mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing

This article provides an overview of solutions to address key challenges facing vaccine developers or CDMOs wishing to build their own commercial-scale mRNA production facilities.


Gregor Awang

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High-Growth Microbial Fermentation for the Manufacture of Biologics

Challenges in fermentation can be addressed through equipment changes, facility design, and process development.