Drug Digest: The Shape of Things to Come: Advances and Improvements in Excipients

In this exclusive Drug Digest video interview, Felicity Thomas, Europe/senior editor, Pharmaceutical Technology Group, interviews experts innovations in oral and topical drug delivery. During the video, Ashley Rezak and Nick DiFranco from Lubrizol Life Science Health look at the overarching oral and topical drug delivery trends and how these are impacting excipient innovation in particular. Mucoadhesion and solubility/bioavailability enhancement are particularly focused upon during the chat, with Ashley and Nick wrapping up the conversation about hindrances to the excipient sector and ways that recent developments, such as CDER’s pilot review program, are helping industry to overcome these difficulties.

Interview featuring:

Nick DiFranco, MEM, Global Market Segment Manager for Oral Drug Delivery at Lubrizol Life Science Health

Nick DiFranco, MEM, is the Global Market Segment Manager for Oral Drug Delivery at Lubrizol Life Science Health. In his role, Nick coordinates a multi-disciplinary team offering excipients and services for controlled release and solubility enhancement in oral solids and liquids, including Carbopol and Apinovex polymers. Prior to this role, Nick held positions as an Applications Scientist and Market Manager at Lubrizol supporting long-acting drug delivery and CDMO services. Nick holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering (Biomaterials focus) and a Master of Engineering and Management degree from Case Western Reserve University.

Ashley Rezak, Global Market Manager—Topical Drug Delivery for the Pharmaceutical Excipients division at Lubrizol Life Science Health

Ashley Rezak currently serves as the Global Market Manager—Topical Drug Delivery for the Pharmaceutical Excipients division of Lubrizol Life Science Health. She obtained her BSE in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Polymer Engineering, from Case Western Reserve University. Ashley joined Lubrizol in 2018 and has held several roles with the company since then. She is currently responsible for marketing, business development, and strategy efforts pertaining to topical pharmaceutical ingredients.

Sponsors:

This episode of Drug Digest is sponsored by:

• Applied Biosystems
• Baxter
• Coating Place
• Capistol (ligand)
• Labvantage
• Veltek

About Drug Digest

Drug Digest is a tech talk video series with the Pharmaceutical Technology editors, who interview industry experts to discuss the emerging opportunities, obstacles, and advances in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry for the research, development, formulation, analysis, upstream and downstream processing, manufacturing, supply chain, and packaging of drug products.

Upcoming episode

• December 2023: Solid Dosage Drug Development and Manufacturing
• January 2024: APIs, Excipients, and Formulation Advances
• February 2024: Data Integrity