Drug Delivery
FORMULATION FORUM – Rational Design & Development of Long-Acting Injectable Dosage Forms
Due to the advantages of parenteral sustained-release drug delivery (also known as long-acting injectables, LAIs) different types of sustained-release injectable delivery systems have been….
AUTOINJECTOR PLATFORM – Identifying New, Enhanced Device Delivery Solutions for Chronic Diseases
Karima Yadi, MSc, and Lionel Maritan, MSc, believe identifying enhanced needle solutions and offering integrated system solutions to serve the chronic disease market is a great step toward addressing improved patient outcomes and adherence.
DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES – Drug Development Times, What it Takes – Part 1
Josef Bossart, PhD, explains how accurately estimating a product’s clinical development timelines is more than simply adding up the individual timelines, almost always optimistic. You need to “know” the numbers, not just calculate them.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Foamix Pharmaceuticals: Delivering Pharmaceuticals to the Skin Through a Foam
David Domzalski, Chief Executive Officer of Foamix, discusses his company’s innovative approach to drug delivery using foam to treat dermatological conditions, like acne and rosacea.
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DELIVERY – Dectin-1 Receptor-Mediated Delivery of Oligonucleotide Drugs Complexed With Schizophyllan Dendritic Cells & Macrophages
Kenji Arima, PhD, and Akihiko Watanabe, PhD, introduce NapaJen Pharma’s technology with a specific focus on solving some of the current challenges of oligonucleotide therapeutics.
MARKET BRIEF – Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes: A New Frontier in Cancer Immunotherapy
Cheryl L. Barton, PhD, and Bianca Piachaud-Moustakis, PhD, believe the role of TIL therapy as an anticancer therapy in melanoma and possibly other solid tumors holds great promise and could become a viable course of treatment in the future.
2020 COMPANY PROFILES & CAPABILITIES
For each participating company, this section presents a detailed summary highlighting their core technologies, capabilities, technologies, and services.
PREFILLED SYRINGES – Selecting the Right Primary Container for Injectables in Acute Care
Alfred Harvey, MBA, MS, discusses how differences in primary container options for injectable drugs can add value by offering hospitals and care centers configurations that address universal pain points.
MODIFIED RELEASE – Alternative Strategies for Development of Modified-Release Dosage Forms
Andy Lewis, PhD, discusses a range of available formulation technologies, the challenges in MR formulation development, and the use of a design-space approach with on-demand manufacturing.
COMBINATION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – New Horizons in Development to Meet Emerging Demands
Ed Trappler and John A. Merhige, MEM, believe it is no longer sufficient to put a product in a vial, and the future of healthcare products places increasing demands on the industry to provide innovations for delivering combination products.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Results From a Preclinical Study
Derm-Biome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. recently announced that one of its topical drugs produced significant, and dose dependent inhibitory effects in a well established mouse model of….
Evonik Achieves Major Biotech Breakthrough With a New Animal-Free & Fermentation-Based Collagen Platform
Evonik recently announced the development of an advanced collagen platform that is made via fermentation-based processes and devoid of animal- or human-derived materials…..
Alimera Sciences Meets Revenue Milestone & Accesses Additional $2.5 Million
Alimera Sciences, Inc. recently announced it has drawn down the remaining $2.5 million under the $45-million term loan agreement with its current lenders, investment affiliates managed by…..
TriSalus Life Sciences & Roger Williams Medical Center Announce Initiation of Phase 1 Clinical Trial for a Novel Delivery Technology
TriSalus Life Sciences recently announced the initiation of a new clinical trial assessing the safety and feasibility of an innovative new treatment that combines its…..
Alkahest Announces Initiation of Phase 2b Clinical Trial
Alkahest, Inc. recently announced the initiation of a Phase 2b clinical trial of its orally administered small molecule CCR3 inhibitor, AKST4290. The company has dosed the first….