Pharmaceutical Technology-09-02-2017

The differences between the quality control and quality assurance units can be found in their names, according to Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.

FDA works with industry on strategies for assuring high-quality regenerative medicines.

Modeling tools help process engineers optimize a biopharmaceutical facility’s capacity.

Continuous twin-screw granulation offers several options for increasing production scale. Thermo Fisher Scientific explains factors to consider in scale-up projects for manufacturing oral solid-dosage drugs.

Faced with divisive political and social issues, Congress must find a way to reach consensus.

Drug repurposing, repositioning, and rescue can be faster, cheaper, and target more diseases than traditional drug discovery approaches.

Forced degradation studies can identify stability problems for drug substance and drug products.

Innovation speeds discovery, drives down costs, and improves productivity.

When it comes to getting the best out of quality by design, timing is everything.

Considerations in selecting a dosage form for drug delivery to the lungs.

EMA recognizes that a regulatory framework, under which medicines and diagnostics are developed and approved independently, may not be ideal.

David McKelvey, director of TM Eye, a detective company based in the United Kingdom, provides insight into the counterfeit pharmaceuticals business.

It’s time to stop talking about “anticounterfeiting,” and move to integrated, collaborative supply chain security, experts say.

Emerging anticounterfeiting technologies offer pharmaceutical manufacturers more options for supply chain security.

This study shows that the presence of API lumps can be detected by inline NIR, and elaborates on why NIR sensor dimensions and actual measured sample volume by the NIR sensor are important variables for adequate interpretation of obtained results.

Ross, Charles & Son’s SysCon, a full-service machine and controls fabrication facility, added wireless connection to its control panel.

The Quattrow QF4400HT quaternary four-piston diaphragm pump from PSG, a Dover company, is suitable for a variety of biopharmaceutical applications.

Vac-U-Max’s MDL15 combustible dust air-vac offers high-volume cleanup of powders and combustible dusts from floors, walls, machinery, and overhead surfaces.

Cryopak’s CryoCube line of reusable temperature-controlled shipping systems for cold chain packaging provides four insulation categories.

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