October 9th 2024
Sustainability of small-molecule API manufacturing ensures continued success.
August 8th 2024
A holistic approach to automation can provide benefits at all stages of development and manufacturing.
May 30th 2024
Lilly’s investment increase is intended to boost manufacturing capacity at its Lebanon, Ind., site for APIs used in the production of tirzepatide and other pipeline drug candidates.
May 20th 2024
The new facility will be the company’s first to offer full manufacturing processing for antibody drug conjugates.
September 29th 2023
Twin-screw granulation process insight is growing as researchers employ new analytical technologies and investigate new ways to use the equipment.
Recipharm Adds New Lab to Italian API Facility
Recipharm is investing more than EUR1.2 million to enhance its small-scale GMP API development and manufacturing capabilities in Paderno Dugnano, Italy.
FDA Releases Q7 GMP for API Guidance
he guidance addresses the good manufacturing practice for managing quality in APIs.
The Search for Practical and Economical Catalysts
Researchers develop catalysts that mediate complex transformations under conditions appropriate for commercial manufacture.
MHRA Approves Johnson Matthey’s Annan, UK, Site for GMP Manufacturing
The certification follows a successful inspection by the MHRA, with no critical or major observations. The site is now ready to start production.
Saneca Pharma Invests in Small-Scale API Capabilities
Saneca Pharma is making significant investment in its API capabilities to support client demand for smaller batch sizes and streamlined scale-up.
The Search for a Greener Fluorination Reaction
Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline report a greener and lower-cost route to chiral fluorolactams that is suitable for scale up.
Optimizing API Manufacturing
Sound process understanding and having effective controls in place are crucial in ensuring that consistent product quality is obtained during API manufacturing.
Fuji Health Changes Name to Fuji Chemical Industries USA, Inc.
API and drug product manufacturer changes name to align with parent company.
Dalton Expands Canadian Manufacturing Facility
Dalton Pharma Services completed an expansion in sterile filling and API manufacturing at its cGMP facility in Toronto, Canada.
Alcami Expands US API Capacity
CDMO Alcami adds HPAPI capacity and cryogenic capabilities to its Wisconsin facility.
Chiral Advances Demonstrate Promise for API Synthesis
Recent research of efficient chiral synthesis technologies reveals potential uses in API manufacturing.
Going Green with Biocatalysis
Enzymatic catalysis offers pharma manufacturers a way to implement the Principles of Green Chemistry.
Protein Impurities Pose Challenges
Multiple methods are required for detecting and removing protein impurities.
Expanding the Chiral Toolbox
Recent chiral advances demonstrate promise for API synthesis.
Hovione Breaks Ground on API Facility in New Jersey
Hovione expands drug substance and HPAPI capacity in East Windsor, New Jersey.
Ensuring Biologic API Uniformity
Effective harvesting and purification processes play an essential role in ensuring that biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes provide biologic drug substances with uniform and consistent properties.
Steps Closer to the Adoption of Continuous Processing
Application of flow chemistry for small-molecule API synthesis continues to expand thanks to research efforts.
Xellia Builds Testing Services Lab at Budapest Manufacturing Site
Xellia, a generic anti-infective drug manufacturing company, is constructing a laboratory services building at its manufacturing site in Budapest, Hungary.
Measuring and Removing Genotoxic Impurities
Electrophilic and other reactive compounds, and their precursors, must be measured and removed to ensure patient safety.
AMRI Adds Custom API Capabilities
AMRI’s acquisition of Euticals expands its API development and manufacturing business.
ADCs Challenge Manufacturers’ Skill Sets
The production of antibody-drug conjugates requires biopharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, and conjugation capabilities.
Choosing Containment Strategies For Highly Potent APIs
Safe handling of HPAPIs requires determining exposure potential and selecting appro-priate containment strategies.
Conjugation Chemistry with Highly Potent Compounds
Manufacturing highly toxic compounds in a biopharmaceutical environment tests equipment and systems.
More Outsourcing? More Monitoring.
A global API marketplace increases the burden of supply chain monitoring for drug companies.
U.S. Representatives Question the Safety of the Heparin Supply
Unsafe material may remain in the US supply chain, according to a March 29th letter to FDA Commissioner Califf
CMC Biologics and IDT Biologika Collaborate on ADC Manufacturing
Collaboration will provide for unified development and manufacture of antibody drug conjugates.
Regulatory Considerations for Controlling Intermediates in Type-II Drug Master Files for the Manufacture of Generic Drug Substances
The authors present analysis of the state of control of intermediate identity and quality, based on analysis of recently submitted DMFs.
Polymorph Screening for Identification of Relevant Crystalline Forms
Gauging the adequate level and type of screening is the challenge when identifying relevant crystalline forms.
Hazardous Reagents for Higher Yields
Hazardous reagents can prove to be faster, simpler, cheaper, and greener.
Going Small to Achieve Commercial-Scale Success
Scale-down modeling is instrumental in supporting the development of downstream biopharma manufacturing processes.