Drug Delivery
Respiratory Drug Development eBook – Increased Focus on Respiratory Drug & Device Development Makes Treatment More Personal
This e-Book highlights some of the innovators and innovations in the respiratory sector, addresses the importance of end users in the device development process, and presents recent advancements in improving patient adherence.
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.
DEVICE DESIGN – Quality-by-Design Approach to Enable High-Dose Drug Delivery With Autoinjectors
Patrick Le Gal explains how his company deployed a quality by design approach to manage all the unavoidable competing requirements and to propose a solution that balances performance, robustness, and usability.
2018 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 4, The Drug Delivery & Formulation Pipeline
In conclusion of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, reviews and compares current Phase 3 and Registration-stage products with products first approved since 2014 in the United States, Japan, or Europe.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Prefilled Syringes & Parenteral Manufacturing: Flexibility for Faster Development
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin interviews several contract manufacturers and device developers who are responsible for creating next-generation parenteral drug delivery.
DRUG DELIVERY – ENHANZE (®): An Efficient Way to Optimize Biologic Therapies for Subcutaneous Administration
Michael J. LaBarre, PhD, discusses how the ENHANZE drug delivery technology has the potential to improve the pharmacokinetic profiles of co-administered drugs through increased dispersion, absorption, and bioavailability.
TOPICAL DEVELOPMENT – Fast Tracking Your Way to Success
Marc Brown, PhD, Jon Lenn, PhD, and Jeremy Drummond, PhD, believe it is essential the lead (and potentially a back-up formulation depending on any risk factors identified) has been optimized and characterized to demonstrate it will maintain its quality and performance as well as provide the best chance of measurable success in the clinical setting.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT – Softgel Technology for Fast-Tracked Development Programs
Jeff Browne, PhD, and Ronak Savla, PharmD, PhD, believe given the accelerated timelines associated with expedited programs, lipid-based drug formulations, encapsulated in softgel capsules, provide an attractive option for addressing the challenges facing formulators.
FORMULATION FORUM – Formulation Development From Preclinical to First-In-Human
Jim Huang, PhD, says when a compound enters preclinical development for a GLP tox study from the drug discovery stage, formulators have innovative options on how to develop a tox and clinical formulation that ensures the success of IND and first dose in human.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2018 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3: Notable Drug Delivery and Formulation Transactions and Technologies of 2018
In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, offers a short overview of drug delivery and formulation transactions and includes some of the numbers that color the trends of 2018 along with some thoughts on notable transactions and technologies.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Arcturus Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. recently announced the US FDA has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the company’s lead product candidate………
Enable Injections Enters Strategic Partnership With Sanofi
Enable Injections, Inc. recently announced it has entered into a multi-product development agreement with Sanofi S.A.
Aptar Acquires Nanopharm & Gateway Analytical
AptarGroup, Inc. recently announced it has acquired two leading pharmaceutical services companies, Nanopharm Ltd. and Gateway Analytical LLC, for a combined enterprise value of approximately $50 million.
Sol-Gel Technologies Announces Seventh Agreement
Sol-Gel Technologies, Ltd. recently announced it has entered into a seventh collaborative agreement with Perrigo Israel, an affiliate of Perrigo Company plc for the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of two new generic formulations of antibiotic foams.
Mercia Invests in Transdermal Drug Delivery Specialist
Medherant Limited, the clinical-stage developer of innovative transdermal delivery products for pain and CNS diseases using its unique TEPI Patch technology, recently announced a new $2.5-million investment.