The increasing prevalence and high cost of medication errors have prompted regulators and manufacturers to look into the role of product design in ensuring the safe and correct use of medicines. Experts share insights on how product appearance such as size, shape, color, and imprint can make a difference in reducing medication errors.

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Experts share insights on how product appearance such as size, shape, color, and imprint can make a difference in reducing medication errors.

Safety by Design—Mitigating the Risk of Medication Errors Through Product Design

Lifecycle management opportunities including clinical and compliance benefits coupled with the need for patent extensions are impacting the development of controlled-release technologies for solid-dosage drugs.

Lifecycle management opportunities are impacting the development of controlled-release technologies for solid-dosage drugs.

Controlled-Release Technologies Create Opportunities for Solid-Dosage Drug Formulators

An interview with Doug Hausner, Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems, Rutgers University

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Doug Hausner, Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems, Rutgers University discusses continuous manufacturing for solid-dosage drug production.

Continuous Manufacturing for Solid-Dosage Drug Production

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

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

Modular systems offer a more efficient way to design and build manufacturing facilities. Although recent focus in the pharmaceutical industry has been on using modular systems in biopharmaceutical processing, the same advantages can be applied to small-molecule API and solid-dosage product manufacturing.

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

Using Modular Systems in Solid-Dosage Manufacturing

Charlie Martin, Leistritz Extrusion, describes hot-melt extrusion manufacturing processes and advances.

Advances in Hot-Melt Extrusion Manufacturing

Users can define a desired particle-size distribution using continuous dry granulation. The author examines the effect of compaction force, gap width, and sieve setup on granule size.

The author examines the effect of compaction force, gap width, and sieve setup on granule size.

Obtaining User-Defined Particle Size Distribution Using Dry Granulation

Previous studies with EUDRAGIT NM 30 D showed that storage stability can be achieved with in-process curing at specific conditions. The aim of this study was to identify and investigate the influence and correlation of critical process parameters for the optimization of in-process curing.

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

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

The selection of excipients is important in generic formulations due to the impact it has on the risk and performance of generic drugs.

Pharmaceutical Technology-04-15-2014