Authors


Huub Schellekens

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What Is Hindering The Uptake Of Biosimilars?

The biggest differences between the development of a biosimilar and a generic medicine lie primarily in the preclinical and clinical stages.


João Ventura

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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.


Brandon J. Bills

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Advancing Detection of Unknown Impurities

Having intelligent analytical tools can advance the detection of unknown impurities, which is important for ensuring small-molecule ingredient purity.


Mark Eller

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Technology as a New Evolution in Fighting Disease

Advancing the use of AI to understand the whole of a disease can reveal drug development insights that lead to drug discovery breakthroughs.


Oliver Excell

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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.


Michael E. Wiebe

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The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Biomanufacturing Operations

This article presents the results of a survey conducted to gain insight on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biomanufacturing operations.


Paul Smith

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Use Of RFID Asset Management Systems For Monitoring Analytical Instrumentation

Utilizing integrated active radio frequency identification (RFID) and real-time asset management systems can yield commercial and compliance benefits.


Delphine Collete

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Industry 1VQ Solutions: Change of Lot or Extension of Shelf-life of Reference Standard

Change of lot or extension of reference standard shelf-life is considered low risk and should be downgraded from prior-approval to being managed in the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) only based on a science and risk-based approach.


Bormioli Pharma

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Innovations in Parenteral Medicines Packaging

Parenteral drugs are becoming increasingly complex, creating new challenges and opportunities. This paper explores potential innovations across the entire value chain.


Victoria Jones

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Challenges Of Particle Characterisation

Particle characteristics can affect pharmaceutical formulations and products in a number of ways, and a variety of techniques are available that enable particle monitoring and characterisation.


Jeffrey Beebie

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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.


Anirudh Gautam

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Assessment of Nanosuspension Formulation for Intranasal Administration

Research suggests that intranasal nanosuspensions offer a promising way to formulate and deliver drugs that are poorly soluble in water to patients with chronic conditions.


William Dierick

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Why Syringes Continue To Dominate The Parenteral Drug Delivery Market

The application of the first piston syringes to treat medical complications was described in Roman times during the 1st century, and forms of intravenous injection and infusion began as early as 1670.


Amol Galande

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Assessing Legacy Drug Quality

A data-driven strategy can assess the quality of legacy drugs developed before 2011 process-validation requirements were established.


Weichang Zhou

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Current Trends in Host Cell Protein Detection for Biologics Manufacturing

In this paper, the authors lay out some commonly accepted HCP analytical methods, the challenges of HCP assay, and provide recommendations on what can easily be accomplished in-house and when it may be better to outsource.


Jeanne Moldenhauer

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Review of FDA Warning Letters

The author reviews Warning Letters issued between 2000 and mid-2010 for aseptic processing and non-sterile processing, and determines how many observations were made for each section of the GMPs.


William Connors

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A Novel Cell Lysis Method to Improve the Viral Vector Manufacturing Process

Researchers demonstrated a new cell lysis method using a novel solution to improve viral vector production.


Verista

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Part 1 of 4: Pharma 4.0 and Digital Transformation

An Overview with Aubrey Hogan Verista’s Head of Regulatory Compliance and Product Lifecycle Management


Bernd Renger

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QPSHARE: a new way to share audits

Shared audits of suppliers offer several advantages, but networking to conduct such an audit can be challenging.


Stefano Selva

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Enhancing Process Validation for Sterile Liquid and Freeze-Dried Forms: Part 1

AFI representatives of the process validation working group explore and define key elements for an enhanced approach to process validation for sterile liquid and freeze-dried forms.


Benuvia

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How Regulatory Oversight Protects CBD Consumers

Many consumers trust that a Certificate of Analysis (COA) guarantees product safety, but without strict regulatory oversight, that’s not always the case. This white paper provides insights into what consumers and businesses should look for in a truly safe, high-quality, and consistent product.


Tracy Nasarenko

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DSCSA’s Next Big Hurdle

Interoperability by 2023 depends on data standardization and systems compatibility between trading partners.


RJ Palermo

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Guest Editorial: Interphex Focuses on Evolution of the Life Sciences

Show blasts off this month in Philadelphia with more suppliers, new trends, and real-world solutions.


Rajesh Patil, PhD

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Assessment of Nanosuspension Formulation for Intranasal Administration

Research suggests that intranasal nanosuspensions offer a promising way to formulate and deliver drugs that are poorly soluble in water to patients with chronic conditions.


Bruce Dembofsky

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Lab Digitalization: From Source to Scientist

Integrating digital technologies into lab environments can ease workflow and enhance data capture for researchers.


Laurent Lafferrère

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Challenges When Outsourcing Viral Safety Services

Assessing biosafety using NGS-based tests requires a continuum of skills in molecular biology, biocomputing, virology, and quality systems.


Sabine Imamoglu

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Continued Process Verification for Cleaning Validation– Challenges and Pitfalls

Continued process verification for a cleaning validation program begins once the validation study is complete.


David Ricketts

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Delivering on the Potential of mRNA Therapeutics

The complexity of the RNA production process creates challenges.


Twinkle R. Christian

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Overcoming Challenges to Biopharmaceutical Development and Manufacture with Science- and Risk-Based Strategies

Many biologic drug manufacturers encounter similiar challenges; precompetitive collaboration can help resolve these issues. Representatives of the IQ Consortium’s Biologics CMC Leadership Group describe efforts to address the safe handling of biologic drugs in closed-system transfer devices in healthcare settings and the need for phase-appropriate specifications.


Conrad Winters, PhD

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Optimizing Quality by Design in Bulk Powders and Solid Dosage

Case studies on the manufacture of a bluk powder and the development of a tablet show the application of QbD principles.