Drug Development

Advanced drug delivery technologies can increase efficacy and safety, extend patent lives, and provide competitive differentiation for biopharmaceuticals.

Adocia has reported positive results for the first clinical trial of its combination insulin formulation of fast- and long-acting insulin in patients with type I diabetes. Results showed that BioChaperone Combo provided both short- and long-term control of blood glucose in type I diabetic patients, with a faster onset and a longer duration of action.

Novartis has launched the prefilled syringe formulation of Lucentis (ranibizumab) in Germany, with other markets to follow throughout 2014. The prefilled syringe formulation has been specifically designed for intraocular injection to enhance patient safety and convenience for the treating clinician.

Looking to improve patient access to new medicines, EMA creates a pilot project to explore an adaptive licensing approach with real medicines in development.

Agencies extend successful pilot program to further harmonization of QbD topics.

Accelerated testing and production create challenges in documenting product quality.

With nanomedicines on the rise, a new class of non-biological complex drugs (NBCDs), which include nanosimilars, has emerged. As drug regulators are faced with the challenge of defining a framework to ensure the safe introduction of the follow-on nano-therapeutics, Stefan Muhlebach explains why NBCDs cannot be assessed using the standard generic or biosimilar approaches.

The commercial availability of an increasing diversity of enzymes has led to the growing use of biocatalysts for API synthesis.

Drug formulators are looking for new excipients to address solubility and bioavailability issues and extend patent protection, but there are hurdles to using novel, specialized ingredients.

CMOs may find opportunities in alternative expression services.

Experts discuss factors affecting drug delivery to the lungs and key considerations when developing inhalation formulations.

Automated sample handling, advanced glycan analysis, and specially designed columns are help speed up confirmation of the biosimilarity.

Recent regulatory initiatives designed to secure the global pharmaceutical supply chain will directly impact the global supply chain and API manufacturers.

Traditional project decision-making is compared with a QbD approach.

The relatively low success rates for bio/pharmaceutical compounds in clinical development have prompted many organizations to explore ways of reducing risk in clinical development.

BASF receives EXCiPACT Certification for the group of polyvinylpyrrolidone polymers, produced in Germany.

Avantor Performance Materials adds VWR International locations to its certified excipient distributor program.

Products enable testing in accordance with methods described in new USP monograph.

FDA adds Ranbaxy's Toansa, India facility to existing consent decree, prohibiting distribution of APIs from that location

CPhI-InformEx Report will to describe American pharma economy from European and domestic perspectives.

NMR analysis provides crucial structural information of synthesized glycans while LC-MS/MS is ideal for quantitation of free sugars in biological matrices.

Antibody fragments pose unique challenges in terms of recovery, purification, and formulation.

Emerging markets are an engine for growth in the custom-manufacturing and pharma markets.

A collaborative pharmaceutical project to develop paediatric formulations using smart design and predictive science has received the go ahead after securing a ?660,000 grant from UK-based Technology Strategy Board.

CMC Biologics and OnoSynergy form an agreement from cell-line development.