Featured Articles
DRUG DEVELOPMENT - Overcoming Challenges on the Path From Candidate Selection to First-in-Human Clinical Testing
Eleanor Row, PhD, explores the current challenges drug developers face in transitioning their candidate molecules to first-in-human (FIH) clinical trials, including what the different drug development functions should be considering at this stage, and how an integrated approach can help to accelerate your molecule’s pathway to trial and beyond.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Jubilant HollisterStier: The Importance of Expertise in Sterile Fill Finish
Chris Preti, President of Jubilant HollisterStier, discusses how the CMO is handling increased demand for sterile fill finish and how expertise makes a difference to customer relationships and finished product quality.
DEVICE DEVELOPMENT - How to Ensure pMDI Drug Products Are Fit for the Future Market Landscape
Ross Errington explores the latest developments in the pMDI segment and explains the steps pharmaceutical companies need to take to ensure their pMDI drug products are ready to thrive in a very different market environment.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lifecore Biomedical: Emerging From Under the Radar
Darren Hieber discusses his company’s progress after his first year as Sr. Vice President of Corporate Development and Partnerships at Lifecore Biomedical.
EXCIPIENT TECHNOLOGY - A Juggling Act: Factors at Play in Your Choice of Solubilizing Parenteral Excipients
Joey Glassco, MBA, says the power of novel excipients such as Apisolex polymer could revolutionize the parenteral drug development landscape, effectively solubilizing a wide range of APIs without compromising on safety or stability.
CLINICAL TRIALS - How Conversational Data & Listening at Scale Improve Clinical Recruitment
Amy Brown says one of the most effective ways to gather valuable, relevant, and useful information from a clinical trial is by listening to conversations at scale, helping researchers understand the psychosocial factors influencing and affecting a specific patient population.
ANTI-VIRAL RESEARCH - Anti-Viral Activity of Pimpinella anisum Extract In Vitro Study
Fouad Al-Bayaty, Mazen M. Jamil Al-Obaidi, Maryam Haki Al-Doori, and Omar Imad present a study conducted to evaluate the antiviral effectiveness of Pimpinella anisum against dengue virus.
FORMULATION FORUM - LIPIDSOL®: Liposomes - Chemistry, Properties & Applications of Lipid Nanoparticles
Jim Huang, PhD, and Shaukat Ali, PhD, describe their LNP platform as well as the latest trends in LNPs as more and more novel therapeutic modalities discovered can’t be handled by traditional microemulsions or nanoemulsions.
SPECIAL FEATURE - Parenteral Drug Delivery: Could a Dose of AI Improve Development?
Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several innovative companies to highlight the strides they are currently making toward improving dose accuracy, integrating design safety, and accelerating time to market.
IMMUNOLOGY - Innovation Gathers Momentum Amid New Scientific & Technological Breakthroughs
Patrick Larcier, PhD, says research is entering a new era in immunology with treatments for pathologies that previously had few or no options and looks at the latest trends and what is on the horizon for 2023 and beyond.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
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.