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MANAGEMENT INSIGHT – Up Against the Wall: What You Need to Know Before Digging Into Your Next Building Expansion
Derek G. Hennecke continues his series offering an overview of this year’s best business books with insights into what they can teach the Pharma industry.
MARKET BRIEF – Financial Performance Benchmarking & Competitive Landscape Assessment of Leading CROs
Adam M. Dion, MS, summarizes GlobalData’s recent CRO Benchmark Report and believes the dynamics of pharmaceutical outsourcing and location decisions in emerging markets are changing. Cost reduction is being augmented and will gradually be eclipsed by footprint growth as a major factor shaping decisions, and CROs are realizing that the ability to be on the ground closer to their customers is a key building block to establishing sustainable, long-term relationships with clients.
PACKAGING SOLUTIONS – Overcoming the Challenges of Child-Resistant/Senior-Friendly Closure Development in Today’s Changing World
Steve Stalions and Kurt Attermeier say that as the demand for better CR/SF packaging is on the rise, so too is the market demand for greater cost effectiveness, sustainability, and value-added end-user benefits, and explain how these challenges can be overcome.
SPRAY-DRIED DISPERSIONS – Efficient Scale-Up Strategy for Spray-Dried Amorphous Dispersions
Devon DuBose, Dana Settell, and John Baumann focus on the methodologies for efficient scale-up of the spray-drying process while maintaining the critical-to-quality attributes of the SDD.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – Growing Your Business: A Stage-by-Stage Analysis of Your Company’s Growth & the Challenges it Faces
Derek G. Hennecke continues his series offering an overview of this year’s best business books with insights into what they can teach the Pharma industry.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Capsugel DFS: Integrating Technology for Innovative Finished Dosage Forms
Drug Development Executive: Amit Patel, President of Capsugel’s Dosage Form Solutions business unit, speaks about the formulation challenges facing the industry and the increasing pressure on companies to remain competitive in today’s dynamic marketplace.
TOPICAL TRENDS – Trends in Skin Medication Dispensing
Stefan Hellbardt, PhD, and Degenhard Marx, PhD, focus their review on the trends in topical skin medication, the impact on primary packaging, and possible dispensing solutions.
BIOAVAILABILITY ENHANCEMENT – Out of the Shadows: Excipients Take the Spotlight; Part 2 of 2
In June’s edition of The Second Quadrant, we heard from leading excipient providers about challenges faced directly related to formulating with excipients for greater bioavailability.…
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – West Pharmaceutical Services: Celebrating 90 Years of Healthcare Innovation
Drug Development Executive: Donald E. Morel, Jr., PhD, Chairman and CEO, West, discusses how the company works closely with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to deliver life-changing therapies safely and effectively to patients.
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT – Amorphous Dispersion Formulation Development: Phase-Appropriate Integrated Approaches to Optimizing Performance, Manufacturability, Stability & Dosage Form
John Baumann, Dan Dobry, and Rod Ray, PhD, review the development and use of amorphous SDDs and the testing methodologies used to optimize the formulation and spray-drying process for performance, manufacturability, stability, and incorporation into final dosage forms.
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