Formulation Development
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services: Giving You the Power to Make
Dr. Nobu Shimba, CEO and President of Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services US, discusses the company’s recent areas of focus as well as current plans for expansions.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW – Alcami: Unlocking the Potential of Transformative Medicine for 40 Years
Mike Babics, Vice President, Parenteral Services at Alcami, discusses the company’s recent expansions in formulation and analytical development, manufacturing, release testing, and biostorage of clinical and commercial drug products for both solid dosage and parenteral products.
WHITEPAPER – Maintaining Sustainable Business Practices During the Energy & Supply Crisis
As we come to the end of another year, our global economy faces many significant challenges. Recently, a colleague asked me, “As a biopharma executive, which of today’s major issues are the ones that keep you up at night?”
WHITEPAPER WORKSHOP – Soft Mist Inhalers
Soft mist inhalers (SMIs) are a versatile technology suitable for the delivery of both small and complex large molecules, optimising lung deposition whilst minimising oropharyngeal deposition…..
PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY – Versamune®: A New Generation of Cancer Immunotherapies
Dr. Joe Dervan says the unique ability of Versamune® to modulate and enhance numerous critical steps required for an effective clinically relevant immune response and to be combined with targeted antigens found on tumor cells offers several exciting opportunities to treat a variety of cancers.
WHITEPAPER – Accelerated API Manufacturing by Combining Early-Stage and Late-Stage Process Development
Traditionally, early-stage and late-stage process development have been done separately, with early-stage mostly focused on material production and late-stage on process intensification. As more….
FORMULATION FORUM – Lipid Nanoparticles: Tackling Solubility Challenges With Lipid-Based Technologies for Oral & Injectable Formulations
Jim Huang, PhD, and Shaukat Ali, PhD, believe as more hydrophobic or brick dust and/or lipophilic or waxy molecules come out of discovery, amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) and lipid based self-emulsifying microemulsions, nanoemulsions, liposomes, and nanoparticles are ideal for oral and injectable formulations.
EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES – Engineering Extracellular Vesicles to Create Next-Generation Therapeutics
David Lowe, PhD, Justin Hean, PhD, Dave Carter, PhD, and Antonin de Fougerolles, PhD, say EVs exhibit key properties that make them extremely attractive as therapeutics, particularly their safety profile and potential for low immunogenicity. In order to effectively unlock this potential, some key challenges remain, such as the development of EV product manufacture and characterization methodologies and rapid pharmacokinetics.
MEDICAL DEVICE TESTING – Chemical Characterization & the Non-Targeted Analysis of Medical Devices
Luminita Moraru, MSC, MRSC, says the medical devices industry is in continuous growth, and the development of new reliable and accurate approaches in order to assess the safety of the products should constantly be reviewed.
EXCIPIENT COMPACTION STUDY – Developing a Reliable Controlled-Release Polymer Using a Compaction Simulator
Gopeshkumar Singh, MS, and Ajit Bhagat provide study results showing that through polymer chemistry, it is viable to effectively manufacture matrix tablets via a simple direct compression method; and Hypromellose has impressive compatibility at various compression forces.
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Revive Therapeutics Enters Research Collaboration Agreement With PharmaTher for Development of MDMA Transdermal Patch
Revive Therapeutics Ltd. recently announced it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. to evaluate the delivery of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) using PharmaTher’s novel microneedle….
Purple Biotech Expands Pipeline of First-in-Class Therapeutics With Acquisition of Immunorizon & Its Portfolio of Tri-Specific Antibodies for the Treatment of Cancer
Purple Biotech Ltd. recently announced it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Immunorizon Ltd., a private company developing potential multi-specific T and NK cell engager oncology therapies that….
X-Chem & Kymera Expand Existing Partnership
X-Chem recently announced the expansion of its collaboration with Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. With the expanded agreement, X-Chem will serve as the primary provider of DNA-encoded….
Start-Up Innovation at Pharmapack 2023
Pharmapack Europe 2023 returns to its traditional February timing for the first time since the start of the pandemic and provides the industry with a vital early window into many of tomorrow’s technologies that improve patient experience, adherence, and delivery…..
BioAegis Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND for its Inflammation Regulator Protein for the Treatment of ARDS
BioAegis Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the US FDA has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for recombinant plasma gelsolin to proceed for the….
MARKET NEWS & TRENDS
WEBINARS
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR – CMC Strategy to Take Bispecifics From DNA to IND in 13 Months* by Lonza
Lonza has applied it’s 35 years of CMC experience in Biologics to develop an end-to-end comprehensive DS/DP DNA to IND strategy in 13 months. This presentation….
WEBINAR – Getting to the Core of Pellet Coating
This webinar is part of The future of solid dosage, an ACG 360 webinar series covering wide-ranging, simple, and transformative ways to achieve smarter pharma formulation, manufacture, and packaging.
WEBINAR – Hot-Melt Granulation Technology for Lipid-Based Pharmaceuticals
Join our experts Dr. Mandar Kodgule, Dr. Rahul Aware, and Dr. Agnivesh Shrivastava live as they take you through compelling case studies, current trends and developments, and insights on mastering the design of hot-melt granulation process.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR – Exploring Pectin & the Advancement of Delayed Release Technology
In this webinar, experts will provide an overview of why the properties and structure of pectin are well suited for site-specific delivery to the colon. In addition, experts will also provide insights into how softgel capsules, formed by the combination of both pectin and gelatin, are used in OptiGel® DR, a new delayed release delivery technology for pharmaceutical applications.
WEBINAR – Understanding Patch Composition for Effective Transdermal Delivery
As the advantages of transdermal drug delivery grow, the global market for transdermal patches also is growing. Join DuPont™ Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions and Gattefossé Pharmaceuticals for a complimentary one-hour webinar to explore the current….
WHITE PAPERS
WHITEPAPER – Case Study-Improving Bioavailability Using PBPK Modeling & Parallel Formulation Screening
A team of bioavailability experts at Catalent used the in-house bioavailability enhancement platform, OptiForm® Solution Suite, to optimize and develop….
WHITEPAPER – Infographic-Zydis® Orally Disintegrating Tablet (ODT) vs. Standard Tablets (ST)
Catalent’s proprietary Zydis® ODT platform is backed by a large number of clinical studies. This infographic provides a high level summary of studies comparing Zydis ODT against traditional oral tablets…..
WHITEPAPER – Maintaining Sustainable Business Practices During the Energy & Supply Crisis
As we come to the end of another year, our global economy faces many significant challenges. Recently, a colleague asked me, “As a biopharma executive, which of today’s major issues are the ones that keep you up at night?”
WHITEPAPER WORKSHOP – Soft Mist Inhalers
Soft mist inhalers (SMIs) are a versatile technology suitable for the delivery of both small and complex large molecules, optimising lung deposition whilst minimising oropharyngeal deposition…..
WHITEPAPER – Accelerated API Manufacturing by Combining Early-Stage and Late-Stage Process Development
Traditionally, early-stage and late-stage process development have been done separately, with early-stage mostly focused on material production and late-stage on process intensification. As more….