Dosage Forms

Oval Medical Technologies, an autoinjector company based in Cambridge, UK, reported that a variety of highly viscous solutions have been successfully delivered through a 25-gauge thin-wall needle, in less than 7 seconds, using its innovative autoinjector. The technology provides solutions to problems in the industry for drug containment and the end user.

The challenge of developing orally inhaled nasal drug products (OINDPs) is complicated by the interplay between drug-delivery devices and formulation.

The FDA approved updated labeling for Purdue Pharma L.P.?s reformulated OxyContin tablets, but also determined that it will not approve generic versions of the original OxyContin.

Maryland is the latest state to consider whether to include additional requirements for substitution of biological products

As an important method for improving the stability of parenterals, lyophilization is fairly well understood, but can still benefit from several advancements in the technology.

With high productivity achieved, makers of cell-culture media are working to optimize product quality through better understanding and control of raw materials and production processes.

The trick to taste-masking in solid dosage forms is to never let the taste buds have a chance.

Teva and Lonza have announced that their joint venture will continue to develop, manufacture and market affordable, efficacious and safe biosimilars.

Industry is moving toward closed-loop control of continuous processing.

Experts describe best practices for sterility assurance in parenteral drug manufacturing. This article contains bonus online-exclusive material.

Sound policies are needed to govern the substitution of interchangeable biologics.

A Q&A with Tony Hitchcock, head of manufacturing at Cobra Biologics.

Russell Madsen, group leader of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Filtration Interest Group, discusses technical and regulatory considerations in filtration for parenteral drug manufacturing

Equipment suppliers are helping the pharmaceutical industry move towards adoption of continuous tablet production.

Loss-in-weight feeders provide high accuracy for feeding powders.

Dow Chemical and Bend Research are developing and commercializing new materials for spray-dried dispersions that address technology gaps in manufacturability and delivery.

Matthieu Egloff, product director with ATMI LifeSciences, discusses the need for larger, special reactors that can provide the necessary conditions for the production of fragile cells on a larger scale.

The growth in biologics drugs and vaccines is leading to greater demand for prefilled syringes, which provide greater safety and convenience for healthcare workers and patients.

Roche and BioLamina have entered into a research and development agreement to jointly develop new cell culture systems for various applications, including stem cell research. The collaboration will assess laminin-based in-vitro cell culture matrices that can offer physiological microenvironments for living cells.

Mylan announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the generic injectables unit Agila Specialties from Strides Arcolab for $1.6 billion in cash.

Companies risk drowning in alphabet soup if the latest three-letter acronym improvement strategy isn't clearly linked to business strategy.

Applying quality-by-design and process analytical technology facilitates process understanding and control of various operations in lyophilization.

Vaccine development is benefiting from manufacturing advances and support for global health.

Growth is seen in outsourcing of insect- and plant-cell-based bioproduction expression systems.

Recent advances in equipment design and operation in spraying, drying, and mixing can improve the tablet-coating process.

The tableting science anti-research (TSAR) project seeks to understand why certain formulations stick to tablet tooling.

A roundtable discussion of the challenges and innovations in tablet splitting featuring Freeman Technology, Accu-Break Pharmaceuticals, and Medelpharm.

An alternative chapter has been added to the European Pharmacopoeia for dosage uniformity.