Drug Delivery

Genzyme Sells Genetics Business; Bausch and Lomb Names Vice-President; and More.

US Pharmacopeia apparatuses for testing the dissolution of transdermal drugs produce good, reproducible results. Yet some scientists believe that further modifications could improve the instruments? suitability for this application.

Pfizer to Acquire FoldRx; Protalix Appoints COO; And More.

Company and People Notes: Lonza Acquired Vivante; PPD Appoints VP of Quality Management; And More.

New data provide insight into pharma-industry professionals' daily lives.

One particularly crucial parameter for nasal sprays is the size of the droplets produced during actuation, which can potentially impact bioavailability.

Week of Aug. 23, 2010: Company and People Notes: Quark and Novartis Form Agreement; Hospira CEO Retires; And More.

Two new reports describe the vaccine market's recent growth and predict future market expansions.

Eli Lilly Ends Semagacestat Program; Selecta Appoints CEO; And More.

Penwest and Endo to Merge; Watson Makes Senior Appointments; And More.

In a draft guidance published this week, the US Food and Drug Administration recommended that makers of transdermal and transmucosal drug-delivery systems use "an appropriate scientific approach" during product design, development, and manufacturing to minimize the amount of residual drug substance present at the end of the products' labeled use periods.

FDA Approves Flu Vaccines; Caraco Names COO; And More.

Industry's focus on cost cutting has led to a dangerous gap in training and knowledge.

Pharmaceutical Technology talked to experts in siRNA-drug development to gain insight into the characteristics, processes, and challenges of this class of therapeutics.

Merck and Sinopharm Sign Agreement; Agilent Appoints CFO; And More.

Researchers claim that a dissolving microneedle patch may be able to offer improved vaccination against influenza compared with traditional needles, and also allow people without medical training to easily and safely administer the vaccine.

Pfizer Ends Second Tanezumab Clinical Program; Catalent VP Joins USP Panel; And More.

The pharmaceutical industry?s increasing interest in inhaled drugs has prompted several researchers to propose standard dissolution-testing methods for these products.

Xcelience and Penn Form Joint Venture; Almac Appoints QA Director; And More.

Eli Lilly to Acquire Alnara Pharmaceuticals; Exelixis CEO Leaves for Biogen Idec; And More.

Nanotechnology is an important area of drug and biomedical research, and advancing nano-analysis is crucial for its further development.

Is now the time for multiparticulates to shine as a controlled-release solution?

Technical Note: The authors investigated the variables important for calcium-alginate formation as well as dissolution.

After a spate of industrial disasters, the public seeks greater oversight of corporations-so does FDA.

Pfizer Suspends Tanezumab Program; Actavis Appoints CEO; And More.

Company and People Notes: Valeant and Biovail to Merge; GPhA Names Interim Director; And More.

GSK Acquires Laboratorios Phoenix; Catalent Makes Executive Appointments; And More.

Thermo Fisher to Acquire Fermentas; Pfizer Names Head of R&D; And More.

Europe moves to place excipient GMP and GDP standards on the same level as active pharmaceutical ingredients.

Too much or too little control can actually lead to the same result.