Dosage Forms

Presenters at IVT's Microbiology Week discussed best practices and recent guidance publications for microbial control in sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical processes.

Experts at Eppendorf discuss common challenges in cell culture and share insights on possible solutions.

Nic Michel, General Manager of Pharma Technology, Inc., spoke with Pharmaceutical Technology about the application of external lubrication in tablet production.

Designed with safety standards in mind, flowtherm Ex incorporates a number of connectable sensors, such as vane wheel, vortex, thermal, Pt100, and other physical sensor with analog output, thereby allowing a range of applications.

The design of the shovel means that less drive power is required compared with a standard shovel, thus resulting in substantial energy savings.

Bosch’s market launches at the show include a new bioreactor for laboratory-scale API development, a water-for-injection unit, and a new generation of pure steam generators with high yields.

Hüttlin GranuLean offers a compact solution for high-quality granulation processes.

Products on display include the newest addition to the Mobius line of single-use bioreactors; Cellvento CHO cell culture media for optimized production of specific cell lines; and new high-volume AFS water purification systems.

Porvair has developed a 2-ml 96 round-well deep-well plate that enables scientists to use the full 2.00 ml well capacity.

GEA’s tableting technologies include a unique system that independently and simultaneously measures and controls both tablet weight and hardness, and a weight control system that provides increased sensitivity at lower forces.

PSL has developed a dispensary isolator with a contained drum hoist mechanism for highly potent API production.

This latest model is said to offer higher output and more efficient dedusting process.

GEA will showcase the ConsiGma continuous coater and the PCMM (portable, continuous, miniature, and modular) manufacturing technology platform for continuous production of oral solid dosage forms.

In a Citizen Petition to FDA, AbbVie calls the current biosimilar labeling practices “legally unsound.”

Successful drug delivery via a dry powder inhaler is determined by the API physicochemical properties, the formulation composition and process, the device and operating conditions, the patient–device relationship, the environmental variables, and ultimately, patient compliance.

Biopharma companies on both sides of the Atlantic ship more of their assay testing to outside service providers.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with David Fitzhenry about the costs of specialty drugs.

PAT holds the key to real-time quality assurance and consistent product quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Eppendorf’s Conical screw cap tubes in 15 mL and 50 mL complete a range of volume sizes that meet needs from 0.5 mL to 50 mL.

Will biosimilars share a compendial identity like generic drugs do?

Box-Behnken modeling was used to optimize a resinate complex, to mask the taste of levocetirizine dihydrochloride and montelukast sodium in orally disintegrating tablets.

Gyrolab CHO-HCP Kit 1 detects and quantifies host cell proteins from Chinese hamster ovary cells.

The draft guidance document clarifies chemistry, manufacturing, and controls information for marketing applications.

Experts attending the European Psychiatry Association Congress in Vienna say that Adasuve has made an impact in the treatment of agitation in patients suffering from schizophrenia or biopolar I disorder.

Widespread use and abuse of opioid painkillers is prompting efforts to develop new drugs and formulations that resist abuse while providing relief to legitimate patients.

Eight physician groups wrote to the commissioner of FDA to stress the importance of transparency in biosimilar labeling to decrease prescribing risks.

Appropriate feeding equipment can be selected to meet the challenges of dosing powders that are sticky or do not flow well.

As the biopharma industry awaits FDA’s guidance on biosimilar naming, brand and generic manufacturers establish positions.

OXY-CAPT brings together properties of plastic and glass containers through the combination of oxygen absorption and cyclic olefin copolymer (COP) high barrier layers.

Medicago's new production facility will make plant-based vaccines and therapeutics.