Analytical Testing
IMMUNOGENICITY TESTING – Regulatory Updates for Immunogenicity Assessment of Therapeutic Proteins
Leon Shi, PhD, Lan Li, MS, and Jing Shi, PhD, provide a high-level analysis of the significant changes to the guidance compared to the immunogenicity draft guidance released in 2016, and the implications for drug development programs.
2020 Analytical Testing in Drug Development e-Book: A Critical Role in End-to-End Drug Development
This second annual Drug Development & Delivery Analytical Testing eBook shines a light on analytical outsourcing providers that are optimizing testing solutions to ensure more robust results, speed time to market, and characterize methods earlier in development.
DRUG DISCOVERY – Disrupting Drug Discovery From Assay Development to Lead Compound
Zack Gurard-Levin, PhD, says with new innovations in assay methodologies, scientists no longer have to make sacrifices to do quality drug discovery research.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Analytical Testing: Novel Services Elicit Consistent, Quantifiable, & Faster Results
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin, in her latest report, describes some novel analytical testing services aimed at ensuring quality and safety, and in some cases, speeding the process and saving money.
IMAGE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION – Non-Invasive, Quantitative Characterization of Lyophilized Drug Product Using Three-Dimensional X-Ray Microscopy Analytics
Shawn Zhang, PhD, Johnathan Goldman, PhD, Xiaodong Chen, PhD, et al present a new method that not only characterizes quantitatively the microstructures of the lyophilized drug samples, but also presents the potential to correlate the microstructures with physical properties to optimize parameters in drug formulation, cycle development, process scale-up, stability control, and administration.
2020 COMPANY PROFILES & CAPABILITIES
For each participating company, this section presents a detailed summary highlighting their core technologies, capabilities, technologies, and services.
CHARACTERIZATION CORNER – A New Weapon in Formulation Development
Matt McGann explains how Microfluidic Modulation Spectroscopy is the final addition in the biophysical characterization scientist’s toolkit.
CHARACTERIZATION CORNER – From Dilute Sample to Clinically Representative Formulation: Analyzing the Higher Order Structure of mAbs Over a Wide Dynamic Range
Jeff Zonderman explains how the characterization of mAbs at high concentration in clinically representative formulations, without the need for dilution or concern for interference from a formulation buffer’s excipient, is vital.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Analytical Testing: The Gateway to Drug Manufacturing
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several leading analytical labs and CDMOs to review their technologies, services, and new strategies to operate in this ever-changing environment.
EXTRACTABLES & LEACHABLES – A Practical Approach to Extractables & Leachables
Cheryl Johnson says the study of E&L has been evolving for many years, and as pharmaceutical manufacturers, packaging vendors, and regulatory agencies gain more knowledge of extractable compounds, the scope of E&L guidelines grows with it.
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Malvern Panalytical Expands Pharmaceutical Drug Development Solutions Through Acquisition of Creoptix
Malvern Panalytical recently announced its acquisition of Creoptix AG, a specialist bioanalysis sensor company. The acquisition forms a critical part of Malvern Panalytical’s strategy to….
Inotiv, Inc. & Synexa Life Sciences Sign Letter of Intent to Establish Center of Excellence for Biotherapeutics & Biomarkers
Inotiv, Inc. and Synexa Life Sciences recently announced they intend to form a collaboration that will accelerate Inotiv’s development of biomarkers essential to the understanding of safety and efficacy of novel biotherapeutics, enhancing the….
Insightful Science Acquires Protein Metrics to Expand its R&D Solution to Include Proteomics
Insightful Science recently announced it has completed the transaction to acquire Protein Metrics, Inc. to expand the company’s R&D value chain to widen the biopharmaceutical protein analysis arena….
SGS Acquires Quay Pharma to Further Strengthen Offering
Quay Pharma, the leading pharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has been acquired by SGS, the Swiss-based world leading….
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals & IQVIA Biotech Enter Strategic Collaboration
ASLAN Pharmaceuticals recently announced the appointment of IQVIA Biotech, a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry, as its preferred….