Pharmaceutical Technology-05-02-2005

Rising drug costs have increased public pressure on the biopharmaceutical industry to find ways to identify and eliminate high-cost unit operations. Biopharmaceutical manufacturing groups now routinely evaluate both productivity as well as economic feasibility for every process step.

Vaccine developers are using novel drug delivery methods that offer advantages over traditional techniques such as improved immunogenicity, better stability, specific control over antigen release, and a wider pool of targeted diseases.

Pharmaceutical Technology has joined with INTERPHEX to found GenerationNext, an award program to recognize emerging leaders in pharmaceutical science and technology.

Vaccine developers are wrking on new drug delivery systems that offer improved immune responses, better stability, and a wider pool of targeted diseases.

The authors review the solution and powder properties of polyethylene oxide and its various applications in hydrogels and hydrophilic matrix systems.

Pharmaceutical science and technology news.

The unit-dose bar coding rule requires integrating many aspects of packaging design and control.

Pharmaceutical science and technology innovations.

FDA is finalizing guidances and enforcing compliance with manufacturing standards as part of its efforts to ensure drug safety.

A newly developed software program transforms written SOPs for all required analytical method validation experiments into transferable automated templates, integrating individual activities and technologies under one platform.

Major pharmaceutical companies are focusing more than ever on the prices CROs are charging for their services.