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November 09, 2006
AAPS, San Antonio (Oct. 31)-Industry and regulatory agency concerns over process variability have prompted both groups to take a closer look at analytical method transfer processes.
November 02, 2006
Outliers may provide useful information about the development and manufacturing process. Analysts use various statistical methods to evaluate outliers and to reduce their impact on the analysis. This article describes some of the more commonly used identification methods.
September 02, 2006
As the pace of product development accelerates, the approach to dissolution-method development must advance beyond a manual method and an assay. A natural progression of the method-development process must include the transfer of the manual method onto automated instrumentation.
July 02, 2006
This article summarizes changes to the Akers–Agalloco aseptic processing risk analysis model (first presented in Pharmaceutical Technology's November 2005 issue) as well as some of the underlying thinking behind the revision. The simplified model makes the method easier to use because of its greater flexibility of environmental control practice. It maintains the emphasis on human activity as the primary consideration in risk management for aseptic processing.
January 01, 2006
Using the Bergum Method and the MS Excel software program, the author determines the probability of passing the USP dissolution test.
November 08, 2005
"The better we understand the relationship between process parameters and product attributes, the better control we'll have over product quality," said Beth Fowler, PhD, during Tuesday?s session on process monitoring at the AAPS Annual Meeting.
September 02, 2005
Participants in a 2003 PhRMA workshop present the industry’s current thinking on developing analytical method equivalency, including the importance of sample selection, acceptance criteria, data evaluation, and documentation.
August 01, 2005
The first part of this article introduced the basic features of Raman spectroscopy and presented some examples of its application in the pharmaceutical industry. This second part focusses on the technique's application as a PAT tool within the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. FDA's PAT initiative has provided motivation to explore the application of 'new' analytical technologies to the pharmaceutical manufacturing process and Raman spectroscopy shows great promise. The strengths and weaknesses of the technique as a potential PAT tool are discussed together with some examples of how this works in practice in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
June 01, 2005
Detection and identification of different polymorphic forms is, therefore, important throughout the drug development and manufacturing process.
HR-US is a nondestructive technique with enormous potential for the analysis of materials and formulations used in the pharmaceutical industry.