Devices
SPECIAL FEATURE – Prefilled Syringes & Parenteral Manufacturing: Drug & Packaging Ensure Safety, Compatibility & Stability
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights some of the key players in the market and where they are focusing their efforts to ensure products are of the highest quality, safe, and easy to use.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2017 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Transactions & Technologies of 2017
In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, reviews transactions and technologies that provide greater insight into what we can expect in terms of product development and approvals over the next decade.
INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS – The Value of an Integrated System for Combination Products
Theresa Bankston, PhD, says the fact that many of these therapies are designed for home delivery by patients or caregivers via subcutaneous injection, combined with increasing complexity of longer-acting formulations, larger injection volumes, and longer injection durations, has raised the bar for seamless injection delivery technology.
CONTAINER CLOSURE SYSTEM – Recent Prefillable Syringe Developments Mirroring Increasing Biotech Drug Product Demands
Stefan Verheyden says the container closure system has become a decisive factor for sustained market success, with autoinjectors and injection pumps as growing areas of interest.
THROAT SPRAY SYSTEMS – Key Considerations When Developing a Throat Spray Solution
Degenhard Marx, PhD, and Günter Nadler discuss the treatment of sore throats via a pump spray and explore the considerations to be made when developing a reliable spray product.
PREFILLED SYRINGES – Prefilled Syringe Automated Inspection & End-Product Testing
Gregory A. Sacha, PhD, introduces the common equipment available for automated inspection and discusses inspection testing methods for prefilled syringes.
GAS-POWERED DELIVERY – Innovating Injectable Devices to Deliver Today’s Pharmaceuticals
Steven Kaufman believes that with autoinjectors in high demand by the biopharma industry, gas-powered delivery systems may have the solution to many of the difficulties the industry is facing.
GLOBAL REPORT – 2017 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 1, a Global Review
In part 1 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, focuses on the macro aspects of the 2017 product approvals.
INTRADERMAL DELIVERY – New Technology Brings Simplicity & Scalability to Intradermal Drug Delivery
Boris Stoeber, PhD, Sahan Ranamukha, PhD, and Rory St. Clair describe the Microdermics technology and its improvements over the conventional subcutaneous route of administration.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Injection Devices: Manufacturers Focus on 21st Century Technology While Still Tackling Traditional Challenges
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights some of the key companies in the injectable delivery market that are focusing on advanced technology as well as the more traditional challenges related to breakage, leaching, and needlestick prevention.
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LEO Pharma and Portal Instruments Announce Collaboration to Develop Needle-Free Drug Delivery Device
LEO Pharma A/S and Portal Instruments recently announced a global collaboration and license agreement to develop Portal’s innovative needle-free drug delivery system for use in combination with….
Vetter’s US Site Offers Clinical Manufacturing for Successful Drug Development of Injectables
Pharma and biotech companies, both large and small, have high expectations for their new molecules they have in development. Even the smallest of details can impact the eventual success or failure of their product…..
Aptar Acquires Noble International, a Leader in Drug Delivery Training Devices & Patient Onboarding
AptarGroup, Inc. recently announced it has acquired Noble International, a leader in drug delivery training devices and patient onboarding. This acquisition furthers Aptar’s strategy to broaden……
Sustainability is Everyone’s Obligation
Acting with social responsibility is far more than the very important role of environment protection, it also includes overall sustainability and acting in a manner that…..
Credence MedSystems Awarded Gates Foundation Grant to Develop Dual Chamber Drug Delivery Device
Credence MedSystems, an innovator in injectable drug delivery technology for the biopharmaceutical industry, recently announced it has been awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the…..