Formulation Development
2024 COMPANY PROFILES & CAPABILITIES
For each participating company, this section presents a detailed summary highlighting their core technologies, capabilities, technologies, and services.
FORMULATION FORUM – Nanosuspensions - An Enabling Formulation for Improving Solubility & Bioavailability of Drugs
Jim Huang, PhD, and Shaukat Ali, PhD, focus on the role of excipients and methods for preparation and application of nanosuspensions in injectable, ocular, topical, and oral drug delivery.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lonza Small Molecules: Facing Up to the Challenges of Drug Development
Jan Vertommen, Lonza’s Head of Commercial Development (Small Molecules) discusses some of the challenges facing the sector and how his company is looking to address them.
CLOUD COMPUTING - Revolutionizing Antibody Discovery: The Role of Cloud Computing
Suhani Nagpal, PhD, Laura Spector, PhD, and Frank Erasmus, PhD, discuss the role of cloud computing in antibody discovery, its benefits, and its potential applications in the field of biotechnology.
REGULATORY AFFAIRS - Rethink the Regulatory Dynamic: A Better Approach for Being Your Product’s Best Advocate
Nick Smalley says as drug device combination products grow more complex, regulations increase commensurately. However, to implement and enforce appropriate regulatory standards and truly ensure product safety, regulators must understand what it is they are regulating.
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Precision NanoSystems Inc. (part of Cytiva) & SCIEX: Lipid Impurities Within mRNA-LNPs
Kerstin Pohl, Senior Manager of Cell & Gene Therapy & Nucleic Acids at SCIEX, and Scott Ripley, General Manager of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics at Cytiva, dive into the detection of a new class of impurities within mRNA drugs and the impact it has on manufacturing.
LIPOSOMAL PEPTIDE THERAPEUTICS - Revolutionizing Oncology: Unleashing Innovative Strategies to Tackle Challenging, High-Value Drug Targets
Natalia Zisman, Krishna Allamneni, PhD, and Stacy W. Blain, PhD, explain how targeting downstream signaling proteins offers a promising approach to effectively mitigate the emergence of drug resistance that precision oncology therapies leave behind.
CARBOMER CHEMISTRY - Breaking Ground in Controlled Release
Nicholas DiFranco, MEM, believes by working alone or alongside other well-established excipients for controlled release such as HPMC, the power of carbomer chemistry can help drug developers to overcome common challenges associated with controlled-release formulations without resorting to more complex techniques.
WEBINAR - 2024 Trends in Topical Drug Delivery: Insights & Innovation
This webinar will discuss some of the key trends from these leaders in the topical market on both a global and regional level, including the increased importance of sensory properties and the rise in non-conventional product formats, among others…..
WEBINAR - Enabling Upstream Intensified Bioprocessing
Intensified upstream bioprocesses are being developed to increase productivity while reducing footprint, costs, and timelines for manufacturing. The higher cell densities generated by….
EXCLUSIVE ONLINE CONTENT
Cellares & Bristol Myers Squibb Announce $380-M Worldwide Capacity Reservation & Supply Agreement
Cellares, the world’s first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO), will allocate multiple Cell Shuttles and its fully automated, high-throughput Cell Q systems across its IDMO Smart Factories in the US, EU, and Japan for Bristol Myers Squibb’s use ….
Neurolentech Signs Technology Access Partnership With Kaerus Bioscience
Kaerus Bioscience will access Neurolentech’s NDD Drug Discovery Platform to support development of its preclinical asset pipeline for numerous genetic syndromes….
Palisade Bio Enters Strategic Collaboration With Strand Life Sciences to Advance Precision Medicine Approach
Partnership marks a significant value-driving milestone in Palisade Bio’s mission to redefine UC treatment through targeted interventions based on PDE4-related biomarkers….
Evaxion Announces Phase 2 Clinical Trial Update: First Patient Completed Dosing With Personalized Cancer Vaccine
Significant Phase 2 clinical trial progress obtained with first patient finalizing EVX-01 vaccine dosing….
Voyager Therapeutics Announces Selection of Development Candidate for GBA1 Program in Collaboration With Neurocrine Biosciences, Triggering Milestone Payment
Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the joint steering committee with its collaborator Neurocrine Biosciences has selected a lead development candidate in the GBA1 gene therapy program for the potential treatment of Parkinson’s disease….
WEBINARS
WEBINAR - 2024 Trends in Topical Drug Delivery: Insights & Innovation
This webinar will discuss some of the key trends from these leaders in the topical market on both a global and regional level, including the increased importance of sensory properties and the rise in non-conventional product formats, among others…..
WEBINAR - Enabling Upstream Intensified Bioprocessing
Intensified upstream bioprocesses are being developed to increase productivity while reducing footprint, costs, and timelines for manufacturing. The higher cell densities generated by….
WEBINAR - Nanoparticle Suspensions: History, Applications & CMC Aspects
This webinar describes the history, CMC aspects, and potential applications of nanoparticle suspensions (NSs). This drug delivery technology should be considered for crystalline, sparingly water-soluble APIs. The presentation highlights….
WEBINAR - Impact of Process Re-design on Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Small Molecule Manufacturing
Join us for an upcoming webinar that delves into a crucial issue in the pharmaceutical industry. Recent research has revealed a surprising fact: the pharmaceutical sector has a larger carbon footprint than even the automotive industry, especially when we consider the entire supply chain’s impact on
WEBINAR - Beyond the Lab: Unleashing the Potential of In Silico Modeling in Drug Product Formulation
In this webinar you will learn how digital chemistry tools facilitate rapid screening of formulation parameters, aiding in the identification of optimal drug delivery systems, excipient selection, and dosage forms….
WHITE PAPERS
WHITEPAPER - Manufacturing of 10-mg Loratadine Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System (SEDDS) Tablets by Direct Compression With ABISORB-DC & ABISOL Emulsion Preconcentrate Kit
10-mg loratadine SEDDS were successfully manufactured with ABISORB-DC(TM) and ABISOL(TM) 2 by direct compression on a rotary tablet press, employing standard pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment…..
WHITEPAPER - Revolutionizing Small Molecule API Production: Unveiling the Impact of Fermentation as a Sustainable Solution
While large molecules continue to advance in drug development pipelines, small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) still retain their historical dominance among new drug applications…
WHITEPAPER - Copolymer Microstructures: Connecting Monomer Sequence Distribution With Biomedical End-Application Performance
To gain insights into advanced copolymer characterization techniques and their impact on drug release in biomedical products, we invite you to explore the latest Corbion white paper…..
WHITEPAPER - Monitoring Low Dose API Blend Uniformity With Parteck® M Mannitol Using Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy
Direct compression is often used for tablet manufacturing because it is the shortest, most effective, and least complex method. The physical properties of active pharmaceutical…
WHITEPAPER - The Viscosity Reduction Platform: Viscosity-Reducing Excipients for Protein Formulation
This white paper evaluates the viscosity-reducing capacities of excipients and excipient combinations…..