Drug Delivery
FORMULATION FORUM – Parenteral Sustained Delivery of ASD-005 Liposomal Formulation: A Case Study in Applications of Lipid-Based Nanoparticle Carriers
Jim Huang, PhD, presents an investigation aimed at studying the administration of a liposomal form of a third-generation β-blocker, ASD-005, by injectable route of administration to efficiently manage emergency hypertension and congestive heart failure.
DRUG DELIVERY – Recognizing the Patient Potential for Transdermal Drug Delivery
Sally Waterman, PhD, and Vasiliki Nikolaou, PhD, explain how transdermal drug delivery patches have the potential to significantly improve not only the outcome of treatments, but also the quality of life for those patients using them.
DEVICE DEVELOPMENT – Designing Devices for Inhaled Drugs
Andreas Meliniotis explains how there is plenty of opportunity for the development of new, improved devices to ensure inhaled drugs can be accessible for a wide range of patients and can treat various diseases and conditions effectively.
OVER-ENCAPSULATION CAPSULES – Double-Blind, Zero Bias: Over-Encapsulation — The Right Tool for Blinding Studies?
Julien Lamps believes that while many blinding options are available to drug sponsors and external clinical research partners, over-encapsulation remains a popular choice for its dosing simplicity, trial efficacy, patient accessibility, and cost-effectiveness.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Enteris BioPharma: Pioneers in Oral Formulation Development
Dr. Rajiv Khosla, CEO of Enteris BioPharma, discusses how his company’s innovative oral formulation technology is helping the pharmaceutical industry overcome the hurdle of low bioavailability to reshape treatment categories and expand market opportunities with minimal financial and regulatory risks.
OSD FORMULATIONS – Dissolving Bioavailability & Solubility Challenges in Formulation & Development
Vinod Patil, PhD, says many of the innovative and novel formulations introduced throughout the past decade have had to cope with poorly water-soluble APIs. Considering the pace of development, overcoming solubility issues will remain problematic, and this is especially true for important new classes of pharmaceuticals entering the market.
CUSTOM DEVICE SOLUTIONS – Device Design Will Act as Competitive Distinguisher in a Post-Patent Expiry Biosimilar Market
George I’ons dissects the different factors that will determine biosimilars’ adoption and pace of advancement against their original counterparts, namely clinical confidence in the biosimilar and patient confidence in the drug delivery device.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Injection Devices: Will COVID-19 Deliver Growth to the Market?
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin interviews several leading companies and highlights trends in autoinjectors, pen injectors, wearable devices and connectivity, and prefilled syringes.
FORMULATION FORUM – Formulation Development Strategy for Early Phase Human Studies
Jim Huang, PhD, says successful translation of discovery compounds into first-in-human and first-in-patient is one of the key challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, and to achieve this, a rational formulation development strategy will be critical to avoid costly development failures, while speeding up the development timeline in a cost-effective manner.
DEVICE DEVELOPMENT – Mapping the Regulatory Strategy to Better Navigate Electronic Drug Delivery Device Development for Patient Safety & Security
Ahmed Mallek, Hadrien Gremillet, and Audrey Chandra say that along with technology advancement in the medical industry, the behaviors and needs of different stakeholders also evolve, resulting in a clear interest in electronic drug delivery devices for a variety of reasons.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Lonza Significantly Expands Its Capsule Manufacturing Capacity
Lonza recently announced a $93-million investment in its Capsules and Health Ingredients (CHI) Division, a dosage form delivery partner to the biopharma and health nutrition industry…..
WEBINAR SERIES ALERT – Learn About Complex Parenteral Drug Delivery From Evonik Industry Experts – Free Oct-Nov Webinar Series
As a global CDMO leader for advanced drug delivery, Evonik invites you to join us for a webinar series on parenteral drug delivery. More than a dozen technical experts from Evonik will review….
Scientific Management of Pharmaceutical Container Closure & Delivery Device Compatibility
Diane Paskiet says the relationship between pharmaceutical products and CC/DD is best managed through a rich science-based approach that factors in potential risk and is adapted early in the development process.
Proveris Scientific Research Collaboration: New Generation Technologies for Improved Measurement of Pharmaceutical Aerosols
Proveris Scientific Corporation recently announced its research collaboration with The University of Sydney and Macquarie University on a project to develop a new generation of technologies for improving….
Recipharm Signs Agreement With Arcturus Therapeutics to Support the Manufacture of LUNAR-COV19 (ARCT-021) Vaccine Candidate
Recipharm has recently entered into an agreement with Arcturus Therapeutics, a leading US-based clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and….