A Catalyst for Environmental Consciousness
A recent book shows the links between synthesis, catalysis, and environmental protection.
The Potential of Continuous Sterile Manufacturing
Sterile manufacturing may be the next aspect of pharmaceutical manufacturing to consider in the continuous process paradigm.
Running a Marathon in Flip-Flops – Part 2: The Value of Incorporating Prerequisites into Equipment Qualification
Equipment qualification is a critical step in ensuring that a product or service is provided accurately and consistently with regards to manufacturing and testing. The time-saving attribute of adding prerequisites to a qualification program, along with the benefit of gaining the ability to track and trend problem areas, make the addition both worthwhile and cost-effective.
Chiral Separations
The selection of the chiral stationary phase is an important consideration in separating enantiomers when using high-performance liquid chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography, and simulated moving bed chromatography.
Report From: India
Differential pricing is making more than just an appearance in Asia's pharma market these days.
Pharma Capsules
Brief pharmaceutical news items for September 2008.
Make Yourself Count
This year, the employment survey will acknowledge the industry's best employers.
Sustainability Surprises
Identifying the most sustainable packaging for a product is rarely a simple exercise.
Drug Imports under Scrutiny
FDA is taking several measures to ensure that imported drugs meet manufacturing standards.
Criticality Management of a Drug Product and its Manufacturing Process
Criticality management combines pharmaceutical product, process, and material knowledge and risk management in one approach, which is reflected in a single document.
Global Warming Heats Up Need for Malaria Vaccine
With economics and politics in the way, can we defeat the malaria epidemic before it defeats us?
Dielectric Spectroscopy: Choosing the Right Approach
This tutorial paper is meant to aid in dielectric-sensor selection
Continuous Processing: Moving with or against the Manufacturing Flow
Fueled by a need to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, continuous processing may be the next paradigm shift in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Achieving Enantioselectivity
Carbon–hydrogen functionalization, ketone α-alkylation, and biocatalysis are some recent advances in asymmetric synthesis.
In the Spotlight September 2008
Editors' Picks of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Innovations
Big Deals
Summer deals struck by Novartis and Lilly point to an evolution in contract services.
Hits and Strikes
Operators are hit hard by breakage problems and strike out on FDA inspections.
Dirty Hands
Are hypersanitation trends a result of scaremongering or a lack of faith in medicine?
