Authors


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.




Michael Kalvaitis

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Virtualized Infrastructure Takes Hold in Pharma Process Automation

Virtualization has been mainstream in information technology (IT) for decades.


Matthew Daniels

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Virtualized Infrastructure Takes Hold in Pharma Process Automation

Virtualization has been mainstream in information technology (IT) for decades.


Susanne Resatz, PhD

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Disposable Technology versus Traditional Stainless Steel--When Time Means Money

The use of disposables requires careful consideration and planning.


Joseph Brower

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Controlled Nucleation for a Monoclonal Antibody Formulation—A Case Study

This study evaluates the impact of controlled nucleation on the ability to optimize a lyophilization cycle for a monoclonal antibody formulation.


Eugene Wexler, PhD

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Controlled Nucleation for a Monoclonal Antibody Formulation—A Case Study

This study evaluates the impact of controlled nucleation on the ability to optimize a lyophilization cycle for a monoclonal antibody formulation.


Robert Harris, PhD, CChem, FRSC

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QbD and PAT: A Marriage Made in Heaven?

The basic principle behind QbD is that quality should be built into a product with an understanding of the product and process by which it is developed and manufactured along with a knowledge of the risks involved in manufacturing the product and how best to mitigate those risks.


Mark Yang

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Determining Protein Oxidation Induced During Fill-Finish Operations

The effect of absorbed vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide on a lyophilized product Protein Z, was studied by spiking experiments with different amounts of hydrogen peroxide.


Olivier Van Houtte

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Tips for Automated Washing

Careful choice of wash-water parameters and attention to water quality and basket loading are important for optimal cleaning.


Sangeeta Benjwal

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Determining Protein Oxidation Induced During Fill-Finish Operations

The effect of absorbed vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide on a lyophilized product Protein Z, was studied by spiking experiments with different amounts of hydrogen peroxide.


Anders Lund

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Determining Protein Oxidation Induced During Fill-Finish Operations

The effect of absorbed vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide on a lyophilized product Protein Z, was studied by spiking experiments with different amounts of hydrogen peroxide.


Jordi Net

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Optimizing the Sterilization of Liquids in Sealed Containers

sterilization approach-cycles controlled by differential pressure-is described.


Arun Jangda

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Determining Protein Oxidation Induced During Fill-Finish Operations

The effect of absorbed vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide on a lyophilized product Protein Z, was studied by spiking experiments with different amounts of hydrogen peroxide.


Asbjørn Jensen

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Achieving and Maintaining Compliance Using Continuous Monitoring Systems

Challenges encountered when implementing a continuous monitoring system are reviewed.


Justin R. Hughey

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A Practical Guide to Hot-Melt Extrusion Scale-Up for Pharmaceutical Applications

The author discusses various aspects of the hot-melt extrusion process and outlines a practical approach to scale-up.


Sascha Jautze

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A Quality-by-Design Approach to Optimize In-Process Curing of EUDRAGIT NM 30 D

A study investigated the influence and correlation of critical process parameters for the optimization of in-process curing.


Camilla Sivertsson

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Using Modular Systems in Solid-Dosage Manufacturing

The authors describe how modular systems can be applied to continuous solid-dosage and nutraceutical manufacturing.


G-Paolo Rizzardi

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Multiple Reaction Monitoring–Mass Spectrometry for Biopharmaceutical Analysis

The authors describe two applications of a modified mass-spectrometry (MS) method, multiple reaction monitoring (MRM-MS), in biopharmaceutical analysis.