Drug Delivery
2022 Respiratory Drug Development eBook – Demand Accelerates Devices
This fourth annual Drug Development & Delivery Respiratory eBook highlights the pMDI development path, as well as the importance of a holistic approach to that development that includes the patient and all stakeholders across the product’s life cycle.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR – Exploring Pectin & the Advancement of Delayed Release Technology
In this webinar, experts will provide an overview of why the properties and structure of pectin are well suited for site-specific delivery to the colon. In addition, experts will also provide insights into how softgel capsules, formed by the combination of both pectin and gelatin, are used in OptiGel® DR, a new delayed release delivery technology for pharmaceutical applications.
PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY – Confident Silence: Delivering on the Promise of siRNA Therapies
Giles Campion, MD, says while the liver offers plenty of fertile ground for developing siRNAs therapies to treat many diseases, many disease-related genes are not highly expressed in the liver. For this reason, the next great challenge in the field is delivering siRNA to tissues outside the liver.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: Understanding Critical Attributes Earlier in Development Leads to a More Robust Drug Product
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with industry leaders on how drug sponsors and CDMOs are collaborating earlier, and highlights how third-party contractors are navigating material shortages and how the industry is shifting to address different therapeutic targets and molecules, such as mRNA.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2021 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Drug Delivery and Formulation Pipeline Trends
In part 3 of this 3-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, provides additional insights into the nature of the current pipeline in terms of development phase, delivery route, molecule type, and disease area taken from PharmaCircle’s Pipeline Dynamics module.
AUTOINJECTOR TECHNOLOGY – De-risking Biosimilar Development With a Clinically Validated & Commercially Proven Disposable Autoinjector
Victoria Meyer, MBA, explains how for many biopharmaceutical customers, BD and the BD Physioject™ Disposable Autoinjector have offered the appropriate combination of technology, documentation, and resources required for timely success.
BIORESORBABLE POLYMERIC MATRICES – Convergence of Materials Science & Drug Development to Treat Challenging ENT Diseases
Maria Palasis, PhD, and Robert Kern, MD, review how The XTreo platform represents a unique and powerful convergence of materials science, drug development, and formulation chemistry, enabling the local delivery of medication to anatomical spaces not accessible by conventional therapeutic approaches.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Catalent: Developing & Delivering Billions of Doses of Drugs Every Year
Alessandro Maselli, President and Chief Operating Officer of Catalent, talks about his company’s unique approach to drug development partnerships as he prepares to become the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer on July 1, 2022.
WHITE PAPER: Bring Quality OINDPs to Market Faster Than Ever Before | Proveris Scientific
Learn how the Proveris by Design(TM) approach is a proven tool for successfully developing nasal spray and inhalation drug products….
WHITE PAPER – Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery & Photothermal Therapies
Download this white paper to learn more about the applications of silica and metal-based nanoparticles in drug delivery and photothermal therapy…..
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Gerresheimer & Corning Announce Joint Venture to Meet Growing Demand for Velocity® Vials, Accelerating the Delivery of Life-Saving Treatments
The partnership will combine Gerresheimer’s extensive glass converting expertise with Corning’s Velocity® Vial technology platform, helping set a new standard for the industry….

Pantherna & Evaxion Announce Promising Preclinical mRNA Vaccine Data
Evaxion Biotech A/S and Pantherna Therapeutics GmbH recently announced preclinical proof of concept for the combination of the two companies’ key….

Stevanato Group Collaborates With Transcoject to Provide Pre-Fillable Syringe Polymer Options for Pharma
Leading drug containment provider to release a unique offering including both COP and COC pre-fillable syringes (PFS), adding to its existing glass PFS portfolio, providing customers with the broadest choice for PFS….

Revive Therapeutics Enters Research Collaboration Agreement With PharmaTher for Development of MDMA Transdermal Patch
Revive Therapeutics Ltd. recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. to evaluate the delivery of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) using PharmaTher’s novel microneedle….

Start-Up Innovation at Pharmapack 2023
Pharmapack Europe 2023 returns to its traditional February timing for the first time since the start of the pandemic and provides the industry with a vital early window into many of tomorrow’s technologies that improve patient experience, adherence, and delivery…..
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WEBINARS

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR – Exploring Pectin & the Advancement of Delayed Release Technology
In this webinar, experts will provide an overview of why the properties and structure of pectin are well suited for site-specific delivery to the colon. In addition, experts will also provide insights into how softgel capsules, formed by the combination of both pectin and gelatin, are used in OptiGel® DR, a new delayed release delivery technology for pharmaceutical applications.

WEBINAR – Understanding Patch Composition for Effective Transdermal Delivery
As the advantages of transdermal drug delivery grow, the global market for transdermal patches also is growing. Join DuPont™ Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions and Gattefossé Pharmaceuticals for a complimentary one-hour webinar to explore the current….

Celanese Live Webinar: Engineering Drug Delivery to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes
Celanese and ThermoFisher Scientific have partnered together to present the value of the VitalDose® EVA drug delivery platform and manufacturing through Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) on September 9, 2021.

Where Do We Stand on Poorly Soluble Drugs and Peptides in Oral Delivery?
The Rule of 5 suggests that, for oral bioavailability, a better chance for oral absorption is obtained when the molecules are within the parameters of the Rule of 5’. However, the pharmaceutical industry is achieving oral efficacy with drugs that exceed….

Bespak by Recipharm Webinar: Learn How To Overcome Viscous Formulation Challenges For Parenteral Delivery
There have been many challenges holding back widespread adoption of self-administered injectable formulations. One of the most pressing is the need to develop an auto-injector with a fine enough needle for….
WHITE PAPERS

WHITEPAPER – Infographic-Zydis® Orally Disintegrating Tablet (ODT) vs. Standard Tablets (ST)
Catalent’s proprietary Zydis® ODT platform is backed by a large number of clinical studies. This infographic provides a high level summary of studies comparing Zydis ODT against traditional oral tablets…..

WHITEPAPER WORKSHOP – Soft Mist Inhalers
Soft mist inhalers (SMIs) are a versatile technology suitable for the delivery of both small and complex large molecules, optimising lung deposition whilst minimising oropharyngeal deposition…..

WHITEPAPER – Extrusion-Spheronization, Engineered for Today’s Controlled Release Forms
Synchronizing and controlling API delivery, extrusion-spheronization (E-S) offers pharmaceutical companies a robust technique to manufacture today’s most complex therapeutics.

WHITEPAPER – Launching a Drug-Device Combination: 5 Key Factors to Focus On
Going to market in a delivery device is one of the most complex steps in the life cycle of an injectable medication. A CDMO expert explains where to start and what to prepare for.

WHITEPAPER – Key Considerations in Oral Delivery of Peptides – Factors to Consider While Evaluating Oral Administration
Peptide therapeutics are a hot topic in pharmaceutical R&D. While most peptides are administered parenterally, oral delivery of peptide therapeutics offers several advantages. Enteris BioPharma’s…
What are Drug Delivery Systems?
Drug delivery systems are engineered technologies for the targeted delivery and/or controlled release of therapeutic agents. The practice of drug delivery has changed significantly in the past few decades and even greater changes are anticipated in the near future. Drug delivery includes but is not limited to oral delivery, gene/cell delivery, topical/transdermal delivery, inhalation deliver, parenteral delivery, respiratory delivery, capsules, particle design technology, buccal delivery, etc.
The Evolution of Drug Delivery Systems
Drug delivery systems have greatly evolved over the past 6 decades. In the past 12 years specifically, there have been huge advancements in drug delivery technology. For instance, advanced medication delivery systems, such as transdermal patches, are able to deliver a drug more selectively to a specific site, which frequently leads to easier, more accurate, and less dosing overall. Devices such as these can also lead to a drug absorption that is more consistent with the site and mechanism of action. There are other drug delivery systems used in both medical and homecare settings that were developed because of various patient needs and researchers continue to develop new methods.
Drug Delivery System Market Size
The pharmaceutical drug delivery market size is studied on the basis of route of administration, application, and region to provide a detailed assessment of the market. On the basis of route of administration, it is segmented into oral delivery, pulmonary delivery, injectable delivery, nasal delivery, ocular delivery, topical delivery, and others.
The estimated global market size of drug delivery products was $1.4 trillion in 2020. Unfortunately, 40% of marketed drugs and 90% of pipeline drugs (mostly small molecules) are poorly soluble in water, which makes parenteral, topical, and oral delivery difficult or impossible. In relation, poor solubility often leads to low drug efficacy. Add in the fact that many other hurdles exist in the form of drug loading, stability, controlled release, toxicity, and absorption – it’s not hard to understand the difficulties in bringing new drug products to market. Additionally, biopharmaceuticals (proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, etc) and combination drug products possess many of these same problematic obstacles that affect efficacy. These challenges, coupled with the complexity and diversity of new pharmaceuticals, have fueled the development of a novel drug delivery platforms that overcome a great many bioavailability and delivery obstacles. By leveraging these platforms, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies can improve dosing accuracy, efficacy, and reproducibility in their drug discovery and drug delivery research.
Drug Delivery System Demand
The demand for pharmaceutical products worldwide is only going to increase in the coming years, as old and emerging diseases continue to threaten the well-being of people globally. Drug discovery efforts are expected to intensify, generating a large variety of active compounds with vastly different structures and properties. However, it is well known that despite tremendous output of the drug discovery process, the success rate of a candidate compound becoming an approved drug product is extremely low. The majority of candidate compounds are discarded due to various hurdles in formulation and preclinical testing (such as issues with solubility, stability, manufacturing, storage, and bioavailability) before even entering into clinical studies. Therefore, advances in formulation and drug delivery, especially the development of new and versatile biomaterial platforms as effective excipients, may salvage many “difficult,” otherwise triaged, drug compounds, and significantly enhance their chance of becoming viable products. Furthermore, breakthroughs in biomaterial platform technologies will also facilitate life cycle management of existing APIs through reformulation, repurposing of existing APIs for new indications, and development of combination products consisting of multiple APIs.