Formulation and Drug Delivery

CordenPharma’s new starter kits are designed to enable effective formulation in the development of mRNA-based therapeutics.

AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of Icosavax, gaining the IVX-A12 vaccine candidate that targets RSV and hMPV.

Technical, regulatory, and personnel considerations characterize pharmaceutical compounding.

The annual industry report of the Pharmapack Europe event suggests there will be significant innovation in inhaled pulmonary and intranasal drug delivery in 2024.

The 2024 Pharmapack Europe Award winners include companies involved in ground-breaking innovations in novel drug delivery solutions, reusable connected devices, and recyclable packaging.

Takeda has received FDA approval for HYQVIA, a subcutaneous immunoglobulin for the maintenance treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

Regulators from around the world will gather to help shape the mRNA and RNA therapeutics landscape at an exceptional April 2024 Washington, D.C. convocation.

Nanoform has completed the First Subject First Visit in a trial evaluating the relative bioavailability of its nanotechnology-enhanced enzalutamide.

MediWound has been granted an additional $6.7 million by the DoD to advance NexoBrid as a non-surgical field care solution for the US military.

Bristol Myers Squibb and SystImmune plan to co-develop and co-commercialize lead ADC candidate for cancer treatment in US.

Technical, regulatory, and personnel considerations characterize pharmaceutical compounding.

Matching excipients to API properties is essential.

Collaboration is a key component to achieving long-term success with genetic medicines.

Looking at the role that RSV and pediatric medical practices play in drug shortages.

Chris Spivey, editorial director for Pharmaceutical Technology®, discusses mRNA advances and the background for the leading scientific conference for the field, with host and co-organizer CureVac CEO Dr. Alexander Zehnder.

Dujuan Lu, PhD, global leader—E&L, SGS Health Sciences, talks about the differences in designing E&L testing for combination products vs. conventional pharmaceuticals.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Ole Wiborg from Zerion Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical development company, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Dujuan Lu, PhD, global leader—E&L, SGS Health Sciences, recommends some key issues that pharma manufacturers should consider when formulating products that require a medical device.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Gustavo Ferrer from Dr. Ferrer BioPharma, a US company focused on innovative intranasal medications, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Predictive modeling facilitates the identification of coformers, cocrystal components, and complexing agents.

A novel approach for safety assessments in inhalation drugs may avoid animal testing for drug products.

The new centralized hub will provide advanced testing of nucleic acids, which is expected to simplify mRNA substance testing.

Industry investments indicate increasing trust in the newest modalities, including mRNA approaches.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Dr. Tom Kamperman from IamFluidics, a Dutch high-tech company that develops customized microencapsulation solutions, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe® spoke with Gautam Shetty from Congruence Medical Solutions, a US drug delivery device company, at the inaugural Start-Up Market on the show floor at CPHI Barcelona 2023.

Sara Fathollahi, PhD, product application specialist at DFE Pharma, makes the case of how excipient suppliers can support the transition from batch to continuous manufacturing.

The final guidance document was issued to assist bio/pharma companies in the clinical development and licensure of COVID-19 vaccines.

Chris Spivey, editorial director, hosts a wide ranging discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic response, future government communications, and healthcare funding for mRNA with experts Dr. Kate Broderick, Chief Innovation Officer, Maravai LifeSciences and Dr. Tom Madden, President & CEO at Acuitas Therapeutics. Highlights include supply chain modalities, ensuring a fully trained manufacturing workforce, combining delivery with gene editing innovations, epigenetic approaches to modulate gene expression moving toward the clinic. We conclude with the huge potential for RNA expression of monoclonal antibodies and protein replacement applications.

Sander Van Gessel, MEng, Business Unit Director, DFE Pharma, discusses the important components of nitrosamine impurities from a manufacturing point of view as a part of his session, "Reducing Nitrosamines Without the Use of Scavengers: The Critical Role of Excipients - An Excipient Manufacturer's View."

Sander Van Gessel, MEng, Business Unit Director, DFE Pharma, discusses the recent findings of nitrosamine impurities in human drugs as a part of his session, "Reducing Nitrosamines Without the Use of Scavengers: The Critical Role of Excipients - An Excipient Manufacturer's View."