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CNS DELIVERY – Bypassing the BBB: Drug Delivery From the Olfactory Mucosa to the CNS
T.R. Shantha, MD, PhD, FACA, explores and explains how therapeutic and non- therapeutic agents can reach the brain, bypassing through the formidable BBB based on the unique microanatomic and physiologic characteristics of the nasal olfactory mucosal route and its CNS connections that allow transportation directly into the CNS.
COMBINATION PRODUCTS – 6 Guidelines to Follow When Developing Combination Products
Winston Brown explains how companies can reduce the risk and impact that regulatory uncertainty can play by, in advance of pursuing development, understanding the regulatory landscape and then developing a regulatory compliance strategy that is appropriate and suitable for the combination product as a system.
NSCLC MARKET – Global Drug Forecast & Market Analysis to 2025
INTRODUCTION GlobalData estimates that the value of the Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) market in the 8 major markets (8MM) in 2015 was $6.21B. This…
ACS MARKET – Acute Coronary Syndrome Market 2015-2025
Michela J. McMullan, PhD, GlobalData Analyst, reports that although the ACS market is set to grow at a CAGR of 4.6%, reaching $12.1B by 2025, the potential for the market to be even more lucrative exists, especially in the sizable lipid-targeting arena.
DNA SEQUENCING MARKET – Emerging Technologies & Applications
Laurie L. Sullivan and John Bergin, MS, MBA, BCC Research Analysts, indicate that NGS has matured into an essential life science tool for genetic studies in a range of applications, and the industry is on the cusp of a second growth phase, powered by new applications in clinical diagnostics.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Insulet Corporation: Improving Adherence Through Wearable, Patient-Centric Drug Delivery
Michael Graffeo, Vice President of Business Development, Insulet Delivery Systems Group, discusses the importance of optimizing patient adherence to ensure improved clinical outcomes.
PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY – The 3DNA® Platform for Targeted Drug Delivery
Robert C. Getts, PhD, and Jessica Bowers review how the 3DNA platform is composed entirely of noncoding DNA assembled through the sequential hybridization of single strands of DNA into a network of double-stranded nucleic acid having a controlled architecture, and multiple attachment sites for drug and targeting molecules.
EXTERNAL DELIVERY – P.U.M.P. IT UP
John A. Bermingham, asks if you have ever been really hungry? He doesn’t mean the hunger you experience in the morning or just before dinner. He’s talking about major league hunger!
COMBINATION PRODUCTS – Device Development for Pharmaceutical & Biologic Combination Products
Bill Welch says when developing a combination product, there are many things to be considered – relationships between device development and the pharmaceutical or biologic, early establishment of regulatory and clinical strategies, understanding user needs, determining product requirements, as well as device manufacturing variation.
SPECIAL FEATURE – Platform Technologies: Not Just for Big Pharma
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin recently spoke with several companies that are debunking the theory that access to the latest technological platforms to aid efficient drug discovery and development is limited to Big Pharma, which can more easily justify the costs of creating and operating innovative platforms.
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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.