PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management-06-07-2016
PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management
Slow Serialization Efforts May Delay Business Benefits
June 07, 2016
Supply Chain Update
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There are technical hurdles to clear in developing serialization and track-and- trace programs, but it’s the human ones that are proving most difficult to surmount.
Scientific Approach Ensures Accurate Weighing Results
June 07, 2016
In the Lab
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Understanding of the basic principles of balance and scale enables a user to achieve a qualified weighing process.
Ensuring Biologic API Uniformity
June 07, 2016
API Synthesis and Manufacturing
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Effective harvesting and purification processes play an essential role in ensuring that biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes provide biologic drug substances with uniform and consistent properties.
Biomanufacturing Outsourcing Budgets Grow, Slowly
June 07, 2016
Outsourcing Update
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Outsourcing budgets continue to grow, but at a slower pace than observed in the past couple of years.
Novasep Starts Kilogram-Scale Batch Production at US Facility
June 02, 2016
Contract Services Update
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Production of kilogram-scale batches of synthetic molecules for early-stage development are now available to US customers.
FUJIFILM Opens New Laboratory in North Carolina
June 02, 2016
Contract Services Update
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The company opened its 62,000 square foot facility, called the BioProcess Innovation Center, in Triangle Park, NC.
Catalent Opens Korean Sales Office
June 02, 2016
Contract Services Update
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The company opened a new sales office located in Seoul, South Korea.
Juniper Pharma Services Expands Topicals Capacity
June 02, 2016
Contract Services Update
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The company expanded its topicals capacity with an investment in the Becomix RW30 model homogenizer.
ED-XRF Spectrometers Offer Rapid Elemental Analysis
June 02, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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SPECTRO XEPOS spectrometers handle rapid screening elemental analysis and support product quality control at-line for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
Raman Microscope Measures Uneven Surfaces
June 02, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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Live Track focus tracking technology on the Renishaw inVia Qontor Raman microscope enables the analysis of samples with uneven, curved, or rough surfaces.
Particle Analyzer Based on Light Scattering
June 02, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The Litesizer 500 from Anton Paar determines particle size, zeta potential, and molecular mass by using light-scattering technology.
Karl Fischer Coulometer for Water Analysis
June 02, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The Metrohm 917 Karl Fischer Coulometer is a stand-alone coulometer for routine water analysis.
Analyzer Complies with New Raman Calibration Standards
June 02, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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Rigaku Analytical Devices’ Progeny 1064nm handheld Raman analyzer is compliant with the new calibration standards published by the European Pharmacopeia .
ICP-MS Designed to Lower Operating Costs
June 01, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The ICPMS-2030 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments is designed for efficient, sensitive trace element analysis.
Protein Sequencers Comply with 21 CFR Part 11
June 01, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The PPSQ-51A/53A protein sequencers from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments feature the company’s SPD-M30A photodiode array detector.
Instruments and Software for Trace Elemental Analysis
June 01, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The Thermo Scientific iCAP RQ ICP-MS spectrometer can perform unattended sample analysis to maximize sample throughput and overall productivity.
DSC Range Features Improved Sensing Technology
June 01, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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Discovery DSC line of differential scanning calorimeters from TA Instruments feature enhanced sensing technologies.
Raman Raw Material Analyzer Adds Chemometrics Capabilities
June 01, 2016
New Laboratory Tools
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The Thermo Scientific TruScan RM Analyzer features a chemometrics package that allows users to build customized models for both qualitative and quantitative sample predictions.
Patheon Appoints Michel Lagarde President
May 31, 2016
Contract Services Update
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Lagarde will be based out of the company’s Boston office and will lead Patheon’s global corporate and cross-enterprise operations.
FDA Releases Data Integrity Guidance
April 18, 2016
In the Lab
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The agency published guidance on data integrity as it is relates to CGMP compliance.
Best Practice: Testing Softgel Capsules
April 04, 2016
In the Lab
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Texture analyzers can be used to evaluate wall hardness and elasticity of softgel capsules.