Development

Paul S. Larson, MD, paul.larson@ucsf.edu, is professor and vice-chair of Neurological Surgery at the University of California San Francisco, chief of Neurosurgery at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and surgical director of the Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center.

Articles

Leveraging real-time MRI guidance for intracranial gene therapy administration potentially improves efficacy and outcomes.

iMRI-Guided Gene Therapy and Drug Delivery for CNS Disorders 

Evonik offers lipid nanoparticles for gene-based drug development and manufacturing. 

Evonik Supplies Key LNP Technology for Gene-Based Drugs

Supriya Bhide is a graduate student at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Mississippi, MS.

Apoorva Panda is a graduate student at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Mississippi, MS.

S. Rangappa is a research scientist at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Mississippi, MS.

Abhishek Shettar is a research scientist at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Mississippi, MS.

M.A. Repka is professor and chair at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, University of Mississippi, MS.

Rosa Maria Badani Prado is a graduate student at the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS.

S. Kundu is associate professor at the Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS.

Norman Richardson is technical sales manager at BASF Pharma Solutions, Florham Park, NJ.

S. Narasimha Murthy is professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at the University of Mississippi, MS, founder-director of the Institute for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, and chief scientific officer, Topical Products Testing LLC, University, MS.

Study results indicate that fatty alcohols may plausibly enhance the skin permeation of clotrimazole.

Evaluating the Impact of Fatty Alcohols on Permeation of Clotrimazole from Topical Creams

Behzad Mahdavi, PhD, will join a team of experts in the company’s Science and Technology Group to fast-track the adoption of new development and drug delivery technologies and manufacturing processes and techniques.



Catalent Appoints New Vice President of Open Innovation, Biologics, Cell and Gene Therapy

Editor of Pharmaceutical Technology Europe

Amorphous solid dispersions are a useful tool in overcoming solubility issues, but they have not yet reached full potential in commercial success.

Improving Solubility with Amorphous Solid Dispersions

Schott and Credence MedSystems have formed a strategic collaboration to make syringe injections safer.

Schott, Credence MedSystems Collaborate to Make Syringe Injections Safer

Eudratec Fasteric is an oral drug delivery technology that offers enteric protection after rapid, homogeneous release for targeting the upper small intestine.

Evonik Launches New Oral Drug Delivery Technology

The companies will work together to produce a wearable device that can subcutaneously deliver ketamine therapy as a non-opioid pain treatment.

Stevanato Group Partners with Bexson Biomedical on a Wearable Drug Delivery Device

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing editor of BioPharm International.

A device manufacturing process must be carefully designed in the early stages of development to ensure success in commercial manufacturing. 

Manufacturing Drug–Device Combination Products 

Esra’a Albarahmieh is associate professor, Pharmaceutical Chemical Engineering department of the School of Applied Medical Sciences, German Jordanian University.

Mohammad Khanfar is associate professor, Pharmaceutical Chemical Engineering department of the School of Applied Medical Sciences, German Jordanian University.

Emad Alzubi is instructor and workshop manager at the Industrial Engineering department of the School of Applied Technical Sciences, German Jordanian University.

This study suggests that using a simple centrifugal method can produce a natural polymer-blend molecule that can successfully be used as an oral delivery mechanism for poorly soluble drugs. 