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DRUG DELIVERY - PLEX(TM) Local Drug Delivery Platform Enables Prolonged, Controlled-Release Medications
Noam Emanuel, PhD, reviews how PLEX is a unique local drug delivery platform that brings numerous innovative solutions to the market in various fields, such as infections, inflammations, and cancer.
MRI CONTRAST AGENTS - Could More Stable Soon Also Mean Safer?
Frost & Sullivan Analyst Nadim Michel Daher indicates radiology is going through interesting times. Under the coordinated care paradigm that is gradually emerging in the US, as well as all the changes forced on volume-based economic models, medical imaging enterprises are under a great deal of pressure to redefine their goals and reassess their value.
DRUG DEVELOPMENT - Don't Overlook Key Preclinical Research
Robert Wenslow, PhD, and Ann Newman, PhD, believe too often, drug discovery scientists, material scientists, and formulation specialists work in silos throughout the drug discovery process. Better integration of their efforts can reduce drug development schedules, risk, and overall costs that provide direct competitive business advantages.
LYOPHILIZATION - The Key to Creating Acceptable & Effective Fast-Dissolving Oral Formulations
Leon Grother says multiple products are on the market made using a controlled lyophilization process. The fast-dissolving characteristics it can impart have enabled the demands of several challenging patient populations to be met with formulations of important medicines that work well for them.
DISSOLUTION TESTING - Exploring the Link Between Particle Size & Dissolution Behavior for OINDPs
Paul Kippax, PhD; Deborah Huck-Jones, PhD; et al review current trends in dissolution testing within the context of understanding particle size, which impacts clinical studies and ultimately generic submissions.
MANAGEMENT INSIGHT - Why I Sold Xcelience: The Non-Linear Path of Decision-Making
Derek Hennecke explains that he sold his company to Capsugel, and some of you may be wondering did he sell out? He shares with you some of the thought process that brought him to this momentous and very emotional decision, as well as some of the lessons he learned.
PULMONARY DELIVERY - Afrezza – Another Lesson for Drug Delivery Professionals?
Josef Bossart, PhD, believes Mannkind’s recent announcement that Sanofi has decided to return the marketing rights for Afrezza may not exactly be history repeating itself, but it certainly feels as though it rhymes.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Advancements in Drug Delivery Technologies Tackle Solubility & Bioavailability Challenges
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several innovator companies to learn more about the latest advances in drug delivery to address the challenging issues of solubility and bioavailability today
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Cardax Inc: Delivering Nature-Identical Astaxanthin to the Market
David G. Watumull, President and CEO of Cardax, Inc, discusses the company’s plans to create a new platform for products in the consumer health and pharmaceutical markets based on the delivery of nature-identical astaxanthin.
EXTERNAL DELIVERY - 5 Topics Your Board Needs to Discuss Immediately
Last week, this magazine’s Executive Director, Dan Marino, asked me to comment on an article titled 5 Topics Your Board Needs to Discuss Immediately by…
SPECIAL FEATURE - Analytical Testing: Using More Sophisticated Tools to Support Small & Large Molecule Projects
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin recently spoke with leading analytical testing providers to find out what services they offer and what equipment they use to handle both small and large molecules for their pharma clients.
MANAGEMENT INSIGHT - Forging a Blue Ocean Strategy to Work in a Red Pharma Ocean
I used to hate the circus. Crowds, sticky cotton candy fingers, poodles utterly failing to take the place of lions and bears, candy-overdosed children, and…
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Capsugel: Choosing the Right Pharmaceutical Design, Development & Manufacturing Partner
Pharmaceutical companies today increasingly require specialized design, development, and manufacturing partners to help bring new and improved drugs to market. These companies need partners of…
IMMUNOASSAY PLATFORM - Accelerating Drug Development & Clinical Validation With Single Molecule Counting
Steven Suchyta, PhD, discusses how Ultrasensitive Single Molecule Counting technology provides an indispensable tool in the researcher’s arsenal to help move novel biology forward, fueling the discovery and development of new therapeutics.
CRO MARKET - CRO Sector: Sales & Margins Remain Healthy
Adam Dion, MSc, indicates declining R&D productivity and increased development costs have negatively impacted biopharmaceutical companies, and the need for them to maximize productivity and lower costs in their commercial operations will cause them to look to CRO partners as they enter into outsourcing arrangements.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Enable Injections: Revolutionizing Treatment With a New Class of Devices
Michael Hooven, CEO of Enable Injections, discusses his vision for the company and how it intends to create marketleading biologics delivery devices that meet the most pressing needs of pharmaceutical companies while enabling easy patient self-administration for significant cost-savings.
EXTERNAL DELIVERY - The New Marketing Paradigm
We are 60 days past the half-way mark for calendar 2015. For those on a calendar year fiscal basis, this means their business year is…
CELL CULTURE MARKET - 3D Cell Cultures: Next Generation & New Challenges
Kevin James and Robert G. Hunter of BCC Research say significant growth within the biopharmaceuticals industry is spurring unprecedented innovation in and demand for cell culture products for the purposes of drug discovery and safety testing. While 2D cell cultures have been in laboratory use since the 1950s, the market for 3D cultures has witnessed spectacular growth throughout the past decade.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING - Diabetes Diagnostic Testing: A Move From Invasive to Non-Invasive Testing
Divyaa Ravishankar, Frost & Sullivan Analyst, focuses on the innovations around self-monitoring glucose meters and continuous glucose monitoring devices, providing in-depth competitive intelligence on some of the technologies and non-invasive techniques.
COLORECTAL CANCER MARKET - Targeted & Immune System-Based Therapeutics Emerge as Prominent Treatment Modalities
Barbara Gilmore, Frost & Sullivan Analyst, reports that a vast number and variety of remedies are steadily joining the treatment pipeline for colorectal cancer. High incidence of the disease, unmet clinical needs, and significant commercial potential are attracting drug developers to the market.
