Manufacturing

Over the last three weeks, we have been looking at each step and the benefit of adopting the process. This week, we look at Step 4, Measure.

New child-resistant packaging designs meet regulatory requirements, and consumer research into child-resistant closures continues.

Although the source of spots and specks on tablets is sometimes difficult to identify, following good maintenance and manufacturing practices can help solve or even prevent the problem.

A robotic dispensing system has an optional vision guided system.

The automated punch polisher for tablet tooling has double the capacity of the previous version for consistent, even polishing.

Robots are proving advantageous in filling, inspection, packaging, laboratories, and the manufacture of personalized medicine.

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing has announced that the company executed two commercial production contracts in one day.

Advanced analytical methods are speeding up the targeted evaluation of potential viral contaminants.

Recent technology introductions demonstrate that accuracy, efficiency, and usability are top of mind for pharmaceutical industry professionals for analytical instruments.

Cryopreserved shipments are monitored with real-time tracking and intervention services.

As the second part of this series, we look at the importance of ?assessing? the punches and dies to check their condition and how this step may help avoid any problems that may occur during tablet manufacture.

Capsugel gives lead users access to intrinsically enteric capsule technology and support services.

Roche announced it will spend 450 million Swiss Francs on a new manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China.

FDA releases guidance specifying its preferred unique facility identifier system.

Construction has started on Novo Nordisk's laboratories for diabetes research in Denmark.

Although some aspects of process validation for continuous processes are the same as those for traditional batch processes, there are some unique considerations.

Connect 2 Cleanrooms' mobile, adjustable cleanroom filtration system, HEPA-lite, provides localized filtered air.

Using flow sensors, operators can monitor compressed-air use to help identify problems early and provides data for improving energy efficiency.

The parenteral manufacturing industry is taking action to address particulate contamination issues.

A G-CON, GEA, and Pfizer collaboration developed a PCMM (portable, continuous, miniature, and modular) system to produce oral solid-dosage drugs.

Enterprise quality management systems can help shift the quality emphasis from corrective to preventive actions.

This review highlights relevant physicochemical drug properties and formulation design considerations critical to quality and performance of the sublingual tablets.

Supply chain security and quality group Rx-360 driven by patient safety.

CDMO DPT Laboratories, a specialist in semi-solid and liquid dosage forms, announced that it has implemented a high-speed bottle-filling center at its San Antonio location.

Many factors can contribute to tablet manufacturing problems. Tablet tooling failures are generally the result of one, or a combination of issues.