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MICROFLUIDIC ENCAPSULATION – Controlling Drug Delivery With PLGA
Richard Gray, MA, discusses the use of polymer microparticles for pharmaceutical applications, including specific examples of polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) encapsulation.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Cambrex: Providing Big Value in the Small Molecule Outsourcing Market
Simon Edwards, President, CDMO Sales & Marketing at Cambrex, discusses the biggest trends in the small molecule outsourcing market.
PACKAGING SOLUTIONS – Dura Coat Combiseals – An Optimal Solution for Cartridge Applications
Carina Van Eester, MSCE, believes with state-of-the-art medicines, it is essential that drug manufacturers can rely on appropriate sealing solutions that provide the best possible protection for their products.
WEARABLE DEVICES – Wearable Drug Delivery Applications: Considerations for Adhesive Material Selection & Wear Testing
Neal Carty, PhD, MBA, and Deepak Prakash, MS, MBA, discuss the broader healthcare and digital health landscape behind wearable device developments and provide a brief overview of two types of wearable applications — insulin pump therapy/continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems and wearable drug injectors.
DATA ANALYTICS – Leveraging Cloud-Based Data & Analytics to Optimize Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Benzi Mathew explains how recognition is increasing about the powerful impact data and analytics can have on optimizing the manufacturing process and ensuring demand is met every time, all the time.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Injection Devices: Wearables, Connectivity & Patient-Centric Designs Empower Self-Administration
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights the innovation in injection devices – from wearables to connectivity to varied dose administration – that have occurred in the past year.
BIOLOGICS DELIVERY – Enabling Biologic Drug Delivery of Volumes Beyond 1 mL
Megan Lan, MBA, MA, and Patrick Le Gal say delivery system manufacturers need to use methodologies and tools to manage conflicting requirements and to offer delivery solutions that balance performance, robustness, and usability while delivering higher volume or viscosity biologics.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: CDMOs Shift to Offer More Specialized Services
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several innovative CDMOs to discuss their formulation development and manufacturing capabilities (as well as shifting strategies) for bio/pharma companies of all sizes.
PARENTERAL DEVELOPMENT – Considerations in Developing Complex Parenteral Formulations
Iain MacGilp, PhD, says the path to delivering stable, apparently simple solution, suspension, or emulsion formulations is multi-faceted and requires a constant focus on key control measures through pre-formulation development to commercialization.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Synteract: Advances in Pediatric Clinical Research & the Promise for the Future
Dr. Martine Dehlinger-Kremer, Vice President, Pediatric Development at Synteract, reviews current and significant challenges in pediatric clinical research, advancement of regulations surrounding them, and where the industry is headed.
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