Manufacturing

Analyzing process and equipment data provides insights that can improve quality and productivity of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The company will build an additional commercial-scale, contract manufacturing facility for viral vectors and gene therapies near its existing site in Carlsbad, CA.

Through the agreement, BARDA will support the advancement of the vaccine candidate to FDA licensure and will handle all late-stage clinical development programs, as well as the scale-up of mRNA-1273 manufacture in 2020.

The International Safe Transit Association’s Pharma Committee published a guideline on the passive thermal packaging qualification process.

Dutch company HALIX has announced it is joining a consortium of partners that are all under the guidance of the University of Oxford to provide good manufacturing practice (GMP) manufacturing services for a COVID-19 vaccine.

This milestone achievement will allow the companies to move forward with developing a GMP-compliant manufacturing process for clinical testing.

The technology center is dedicated to developing greener, safer chemistries for manufacturing pharmaceutical raw materials and intermediates.

Civica Rx plans redundant manufacturing capacity to relieve and prevent shortages of generic, sterile injectable drugs.

ISPE’s Facility of the Year Awards for 2020 go to bio/pharma companies in eight award categories, including two winners in the new Social Impact category.

This case study highlights analytical instrumentation and techniques that were used to identify an unknown impurity detected during routine release testing of a topical gel drug product.

Advanced analytics and modeling can be used to predict downstream failures, allowing for corrective action before batches are lost.

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Pharma must practice science over hype.

With ingredients sold to multiple markets, excipient manufacturers must understand the different regulatory requirements for pharma vs. food.

More sustainable and functional packaging protects temperature-sensitive drugs.

Risk levels should be considered when designing containment for pharmaceutical tableting equipment to enhance operator safety.

Whether refitting existing spaces or building new, the need for quick build times, flexibility, and production efficiency is driving trends in bio/pharma facility construction.

Civica Rx plans redundant manufacturing capacity to relieve and prevent shortages of generic, sterile injectable drugs.

The new patented process results in uniform, scalable production and the ability to deliver cell cargo similar to natural exosomes/extracellular vesicles.

Understanding formulation properties early in development can prevent some costly issues later on.

OSD forms are popular within the industry due to the various advantages they offer, but there are specific considerations required to get the best OSD form possible.

This article examines multi-tip tool technology for pharmaceutical tablet compression and the process control and validation issues that must be carefully evaluated to assess the potential for success.

Tools help improve understanding of excipient risk in formulating OSD drugs.

Pre-clinical immunization studies of iBio’s SARS-CoV-2 VLP candidates are being performed by Texas A&M.

AzarGen’s biosimilar, made in iBio’s plant-based system, will be compared to the original molecule in pre-clinical studies.

Bayer, Novartis, Mylan, Teva, report that they are working on supply.

Thermo Fisher is focused on investing to expand three specific areas of demand: biologics, cell and gene therapy, and drug product development and commercial capabilities.

Enhancements to Augury’s AI-based machine health platform include new capabilities and collaboration tools for personnel working remotely.

FDA is offering advice and added flexibility to help sponsors adjust ongoing and planned clinical research programs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

GEA began supplying the new GEA Hilge Novatwin hygienic twin-screw pump line.

Emergent BioSolutions will help develop and manufacture an oral vaccine candidate and will develop plasma-based antibody therapeutics.