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SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS - Storage and Distribution Support for Clinical Trials Worldwide
Patient centricity has moved to the forefront of clinical trials. Direct-to-patient (DTP) services provide convenience, and lead to greater participation and retention, addressing two key challenges that face study sponsors Yourway has.
DRUG DISCOVERY - Disrupting Drug Discovery From Assay Development to Lead Compound
Zack Gurard-Levin, PhD, says with new innovations in assay methodologies, scientists no longer have to make sacrifices to do quality drug discovery research.
ANALYTICAL SERVICES - Applying Innovative Thinking & Techniques to Reduce Time-to-Market
Ramesh Jagadeesan, PhD, says that while CDMOs have the capacity to support pharmaceutical companies with their analytical requirements for both small and large-scale projects, the opportunity exists to increase speed to market with innovative thinking.
RISK-BASED MONITORING - Making the Move to RBM: Improving Patient Safety & Data Quality With Real-Time Insights
Crystal Stone and Amanda Coogan indicate that in an era in which the time- and resource-intensive business model of developing blockbuster drugs has been supplanted by a push to move drug candidates through the pipeline with greater speed, accuracy, and quality, RBM and real-time data analytics are becoming a must-have for clinical trials.
LYOPHILIZATION - Process Monitoring During Freeze-Drying
Gregory A. Sacha, PhD, describes the devices used for process monitoring and how they can be used to detect end points during the process.
FORMULATION FORUM - Application of Nano-Emulsion Technology to Address Unmet Medical Needs: A Case Study of Clopidogrel IV by 505(b)(2) Pathway
Jim Huang, PhD, presents a case study on how the EmulSol technology produces stable, optically clear nano-emulsions without the use of organic solvents and with minimal use of surfactants using a high-pressure or microfluidic homogenization process.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - FSD Pharma Inc.: Is Ultra Micro-PEA the Best Untold Story in Pharma?
Raza Bokhari, MD, CEO of FSD Pharma, discusses how acquiring Prismic will benefit FSD, what makes the ultra-micronized platform unique, and how ultramicro-PEA could be the answer to ending the opioid epidemic.
GLOBAL REPORT - 2019 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Drug Delivery & Formulation Transactions & Technologies of 2019
In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, focuses on several notable drug delivery and formulation transactions and technologies.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Excipients: Matching Ingredients to Molecules Improves Functionality
Contributor Cindy Dubin speaks with several leading excipient manufacturers on how their excipient offerings are improving drug release, solubility, taste, physical characteristics, viscosity, and more for a range of molecules.
FORMULATION FORUM - Rational Design & Development of Lipid-Filled Hard Capsules
Jim Huang, PhD, says with ever increasing percentage of water-insoluble or low permeable new therapeutic entities among drug pipelines, lipid-based delivery systems, together with other main delivery technologies, have become an important tool for the development of those compounds.
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Unicycive Therapeutics Announces Orphan Drug Designation Granted for UNI-494 for the Prevention of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Patients
Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to UNI-494 for the prevention of Delayed Graft Function (DGF) in kidney….
2019 Analytical Testing in Drug Development eBook - Regulations Help Propel Testing Market
This e-Book showcases the various types of services that leading testing companies offer and how they are helping industry comply with regulations to get their products approved and commercialized.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Oasmia Pharmaceutical: Commercializing Technologies While Pursuing the US Market
Julian Aleksov, Executive Chairman of Oasmia Pharmaceutical, discusses his company’s efforts to enter the US market, its strategy to increase commercial adoption, and why it believes its underlying drug delivery system technology is significant not only within the oncology sector, but the entire pharmaceutical industry.
LIPOPHILIC SALTS - Opportunities & Applications in Oral Drug Delivery
Hywel Williams, PhD, Annabel Igonin, PhD, David Vodak, PhD, and Hassan Benameur, PhD, believe lipophilic salts are being explored in a number of different areas and one interesting application is their potential to boost API loading in lipid formulations.