Authors


Ian Samson

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Choosing Personal Protective Equipment for Handling Cytotoxic Drugs

Companies manufacturing cytotoxic drugs must ensure that staff are given the highest possible levels of protection.



M. Sebastian Escotet-Espinoza

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Flowsheet Models Modernize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Design and Risk Assessment

In-silico design facilitates process optimization and evaluation of process control strategies.


Sharmista Chatterjee

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Flowsheet Models Modernize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Design and Risk Assessment

In-silico design facilitates process optimization and evaluation of process control strategies.


Thomas O’Connor

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Regulatory Considerations for Controlled Correspondence Related to Generic Drug Chemistry

An analysis of controlled correspondence between generic-drug manufacturers and FDA reveals patterns in questions about specific drug chemistry topics and the response to information provided in FDA guidance documents.


Sau Lee

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Flowsheet Models Modernize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Design and Risk Assessment

In-silico design facilitates process optimization and evaluation of process control strategies.


Maitraye Sen

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Flowsheet Models Modernize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Design and Risk Assessment

In-silico design facilitates process optimization and evaluation of process control strategies.


Cynthia A. Challener

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Parenteral Formulation: Deciding When to Go Frozen or Freeze-Dried

Scientific, economic, and practical factors should be considered when choosing between the frozen state and lyophilization.


Rita C. Peters

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The Next Chapter

While the players may change, pharma’s patients-first focus should not.


A. Morreale

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Process Validation of Legacy Product

The authors outline a validation approach for the manufacture of a “legacy product,” taking into consideration recent guidelines. The aim is to demonstrate the validity and capacity of the manufacturing process following a change in the manufacturer.


L. Falce

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Process Validation of Legacy Product

The authors outline a validation approach for the manufacture of a “legacy product,” taking into consideration recent guidelines. The aim is to demonstrate the validity and capacity of the manufacturing process following a change in the manufacturer.


C. Girani

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Process Validation of Legacy Product

The authors outline a validation approach for the manufacture of a “legacy product,” taking into consideration recent guidelines. The aim is to demonstrate the validity and capacity of the manufacturing process following a change in the manufacturer.


Dana E.Vanderwall

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Standardizing Data Management

Industry players form Allotrope Foundation to solve analytical data management problems.


James M.Vergis

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Standardizing Data Management

Industry players form Allotrope Foundation to solve analytical data management problems.


Rich Whitworth

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Cliffhanger

"The patent expiry of several major blockbuster drugs worth $150 billion between 2010 and 2017 will fuel the growth of the global generic pharmaceuticals market," so says a press release announcing new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.


Siva Vaithiyalingam

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Assessing and Improving the Palatability of Pharmaceuticals

Taste may be subjective, but it is crucial to patient compliance, particularly for pediatric treatments.


Frank Holcombe, Jr.

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Assessing and Improving the Palatability of Pharmaceuticals

Taste may be subjective, but it is crucial to patient compliance, particularly for pediatric treatments.


Deborah Huck-Jones

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Analytical Techniques for Oral Solid Dosage Formulation

Analytical technologies must accurately identify and measure the critical material attributes of APIs and excipients.


True L. Rogers

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Using Polymers for More Efficient Hot-Melt Extrusion and Spray Drying

New cellulosic polymers have been shown to improve solubility in these key amorphous solid dispersion processes.


Jonathan L. Sims

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Rapid Screening for Elemental Impurities using ICP-MS

The authors describe a rapid, single-point calibration approach for ICP–MS analysis of raw materials used in drug product manufacturing.


Alain Renoux

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Validation of a Multiplex Bead-Based Assay

The authors present a validation study of an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of nine human cytokines in human K2-EDTA plasma.


Stephen Wicks, PhD

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Keeping Up with Biologics Advances

The European Pharmacopoeia addresses the need for monographs for biologicals to keep pace with recent analytical technology advances.





Colin MacKay

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Best Practice: Developing Drugs that are Highly Potent

Highly potent or cytotoxic drugs require special handling


Gonçalo Andrade

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Developing an Orally Inhaled Dry Powder Formulation—A Complex Itinerary and a Technological Challenge

Successful drug delivery via a dry powder inhaler is determined by the API physicochemical properties, the formulation composition and process, the device and operating conditions, the patient–device relationship, the environmental variables, and ultimately, patient compliance.


Abhishek Bardhan

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Breaking Down Pharma Borders

With the Indian pharmaceutical industry on the rise, manufacturing businesses are working together with European and American partners to harness their longstanding experience and reputation in cleanroom manufacturing for a broader pharmaceutical manufacturing marketplace.