Manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline Rebrands AIDS Drugs

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Lilly Implements Bar Coding on Individual Insulin Vials

NIH Prohibits Employees from Collaborating with Pharmaceutical Companies

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SAFE Electronic Identity Standard for Drug Industry

Extrusion-spheronization and pellet compression are effective means of developing first-order kinetic, controlled-release drug delivery systems of azithromycin (AZI). The authors prepared, evaluated, and optimized AZI formulations and assessed the stability of the selected formulation under accelerated storage conditions.

The Impurity Profiling Group reviews stress testing according to regulatory guidance documents. The authors emphasize what should be considered for late clinical phases and for registration application dossiers.

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

Analytical instrument suppliers are developing manufacturing-tailored tools that are small, precise, and easy to use.

European Directive 2004/27/EC will have massive repercussions on the manufacture and marketing of APIs and some excipients across Europe...

A look at how process analytical technology promises to be the most radical change in pharmaceutical manufacturing in 30 years...

FDA cites Essential Pharmacy Compounding (Omaha) for bulk-compounding of verterinary drugs.

Laser-Marking Technique Improves Tablet Branding

ISA-88 Automation Standard Gains IEC PAS Status

Albumin-Bound Nanoparticle Drug Nabs FDA Approval

MHRA to Reinspect Chiron Flu Vaccine Plant

FDA Warning Letters December 2004

Cellular Chemical Factory Lowers Cost of Malaria Treatment

Engineered Oilbodies Produce Vaccines and Adjuvants

Engineered Oilbodies Produce Vaccines and Adjuvants

The author reviews the effects of moisture on flow properties, tensile strength, Heckel plot, energies involved in compaction, and elastic recovery.

A swab-sampling method was developed for cleaning validation of a residual active pharmaceutical ingredient in samples collected after cleaning the sampling suite. A summary of the strategies and results of the method development is presented.

From solving complex formulation challenges to delivering full product-development programs, outsourcing services organizations provide valuable expertise, experience, and technical know-how.

Comparative studies of the US Pharmacopeia (645) "Conductivity" and the European Pharmacopeia "Heavy Metals" tests were conducted to demonstrate that the USP method can determine the presence or absence of heavy metals in process water samples.

The authors examine the effects of three superdisintegrants on the dissolution and absorption of tenoxicam from solid-dispersion formulations.

Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations

This article examines the different types of dessicants avaliable to the pharmaceutical industry. It provides information on choosing the right type, and how and when it should be used.

The findings of PTE/PT's survey of employment-related issues in the European and US pharmaceutical industries.

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