Peer-Reviewed Research

The epilepsy treatment, Potiga, has been used off-label to treat specific types of epilepsy in some children. However, it has never been formally evaluated in pediatric clinical trials. Using a modified QbD approach, the authors have developed a granular formulation suitable for use in clinical trials involving infants and children.

This article provides an overview of the key risks that can be associated with the use of secondary reference standards (RS) and illustrates scientific challenges associated with transitioning from pharmacopeial RS to secondary RS.

To restrict the use of intentionally added microplastics, the European Chemicals Agency has proposed a restriction dossier that describes various measures aimed at minimizing the use of microplastics in various industrial segments, including pharmaceuticals. In this paper, the authors discuss these restrictions.

This paper reviews considerations for the formulation of chewable tablets including sensory characteristics, chewability assessment, and drug release.

This article describes a validated method, using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, for detecting the carcinogenic impurity NDMA (N-nitrosodimethylamine) in ranitidine that meets and exceeds FDA’s limit of detection and limit of quantitation requirements.

Research suggests that intranasal nanosuspensions offer a promising way to formulate and deliver drugs that are poorly soluble in water to patients with chronic conditions.

This study suggests that using a simple centrifugal method can produce a natural polymer-blend molecule that can successfully be used as an oral delivery mechanism for poorly soluble drugs.

The authors compare formulations containing citrate with other buffers in reducing subcutaneous injection-site pain and discuss a formulation and excipients selection strategy.

The CuDAL-Excel program, based on Microsoft (MS) Excel, has been developed to calculate the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) passing probability of content uniformity and dissolution tests for both sampling plan 1 and sampling plan 2 scenarios and for both immediate release and extended release requirements. The users can obtain the passing probability by simply entering the input variables, with wide applications for process validation/verification and batch release. As a user-friendly program, CuDAL‑Excel should bring more benefits to the industry practitioners than other existing programs/tools.

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.

The authors present a simple-to-use Microsoft Excel-based statistical tool that uses cumulative sum techniques to aid retrospective understanding of data trends.

This paper discusses what causes cross-linking, how cross-linking is addressed with addition of enzymes, and consideration for occasional high results that can be obtained during release testing.

The aim of this study was to prepare taste-masked drug-resin complex using ion exchange resin Kyron T-134.

This article discusses reduced sampling and testing of starting materials or components. Different strategies are presented to reduce the workload at the steps from sampling to release. Viewpoints from the different pharmacopoeias and regulatory authorities, as well as selected literature, are reviewed.

Research examined the effects of varying excipient and polymer weight in coatings designed to optimize the release of diclofenac sodium. The goal was to release it at night to improve the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Research into peginterferon alfa-2b’s degradation pathways suggest that drug substance be immediately and continuously converted to drug product when the material is in liquid form.

Research compared the properties of corticosteroids processed by wet and dry milling for use in inhalation formulations.

To rapidly achieve high-quality pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, industry must develop prospective, management-based approaches instead of retrospective performance-based measures.

Protecting the integrity of raw data is crucial to regulatory compliance and to proving that manufacturing and quality operations are being run and managed properly.

In Karl Fischer analysis, sulfur trioxide can react with DMSO, invalidating test results. The authors evaluated different instruments and methods, described in this article, to minimize the impact on results.

It is important to address manufacturing problems associated with the shorter shelf-life of pegylated L-asparaginase (pegaspargase) upon long-term storage in the form of a solution.

Optical coherence tomography can improve quality control and development of coated dosage forms by allowing film thickness to be measured in real time.

This paper describes how the concept of acceptance value can be redefined to remove bias and more closely reflect quality targets.

Internal release limits help ensure that a batch of drug product remains within specifications throughout its shelf life. This article explores what internal release limits are and why they are important.

This article focuses on applying new and traditional techniques to design a cleaning process, ensure the surfaces are clean, and develop rinse solution analysis to continuously monitor cleaning performance.

Macromolecular drugs are typically injected, but oral dosage forms are being developed to improve the treatment of gastrointestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of histogram binning for representing particle-sizing measurements with accuracy and precision.

The working acceptance limits for acceptance values (AV) are determined using the critical values at, for example, 95% coverage over the corresponding AV distributions. However, validity of such limits needs to be elaborated.

Research suggests that radiation can have a significant impact on the composition and rheology of hydroxyethyl cellulose-based medicinal gels.

This article describes a new, combined, quantitative method for assessing excipient risks that has been developed by the authors as one possible risk evaluation method.