Manufacturing

Laboratory tests can determine critical cleaning parameters for passivation treatments used to prevent rouge on GMP stainless-steel equipment.

Pump systems must be designed to meet the needs of specific processes, including preventing cross-contamination and damage due to shear forces.

Early-access schemes aim to make medicines available to patients faster but the regulatory framework remains unclear especially for biologics that involve complex manufacturing.

Extraction studies demonstrate approaches for evaluating single-use bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing materials.

Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates,  discusses how to ensure sterility when manufacturing small-scale parenteral batches.

Longer packouts are becoming the rule, as logistics service providers and sponsors gain experience planning logistics for clinical trials involving novel therapies.

The RA802 Pharmaceutical Analyzer from Renishaw is a compact benchtop Raman imaging system that enables users to formulate tablets by speeding up the analysis of tablet composition and structure.

Pharmco Laboratories received an FDA warning letter for significant violations of CGMP for finished drugs and APIs at its Florida, US facility as well as misbranding of over-the-counter (OTC) acne and sunscreen drug products.

Cold-chain requirements and the tight logistical windows needed for cell and gene therapies demand a focus on early communication and risk mitigation.

As the date for implementation of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act approaches, bio/pharma companies and contractors should focus on key areas.

Lek, a Sandoz company, adds capacity to its plant in Prevalje, Slovenia.

Despite the threat of competition, both from biosimilars to Humira and new therapies that work through other mechanisms of action, AbbVie says Humira is still number one.

The agency recommended approval of a total of eight drugs at its January 2017 meeting, two of which are biosimilars.

ADMA will acquire BPC’s plasma-based fractionation and purification plant in Boca Raton, FL and plans to resolve issues at the facility noted in an FDA warning letter.

PAT, quality by design, process controls, and analytical advances for small- and large-molecule drugs are on agenda for IFPAC 2017.

The agency finds repeated CGMP violations at Porton Biopharma, Limited.

The company issues a voluntary nationwide recall due to the presence of particulate matter in a single vial.

Vetter expanded visual inspection facilities and controlled-temperature storage at its Ravensburg Vetter West facility in Germany.

Researchers from Cellectis investigate how external signals in the tumor microenvironment could control the cell-surface expression and specificity of engineered CARs.

The medical cannabis producer has become compliant with EMA’s GMP standards.

Merck will pay a one-time fee of $625 million and additional royalties to BMS and Ono Pharmaceutical to settle the patent infringement case related to Keytruda.

A new report says that failure to account for rebates, discounts, and price concessions leads to an “overstatement of payments realized by manufacturers” in most annual industry drug spend reports.

Camfil Air Pollution Control has expanded its testing laboratory and added a dust collection test rig for the ANSI dust collection standard.

The company will begin trials with its CBD chewing gum, CanChew Plus, for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome.

The presentation details the addition of triethylamine to the guideline on toxic solvents.

In a blog post, Robert Califf and Rita Nalubola discuss the agency’s approach to the use of genome-edited products.

With this new line, Bischof + Klein will double its extrusion capacities for its CleanFlex clean room films.

The company opened a facility in Spain dedicated to the production of meglumine.

The agency plans on publishing more than 100 new or revised guidance documents in 2017.

B&W Tek’s director of Market and Customer Development, Katherine A. Bakeev, PhD, discusses analysis of pharmaceutical raw materials and the benefits of using handheld Raman spectrometers.