May 2018

COVER

INJECTABLE NANOMEDICINES - New Developments in Long-Acting Injectable Nanoformulations

Dongwei Guo, PhD, and Jingjun Huang, PhD, focus on the overview of nanoproducts in the market and the technologies to make long-acting injectable nanoformulations.

FEATURES

SPECIAL FEATURE - Prefilled Syringes & Parenteral Manufacturing: Drug & Packaging Ensure Safety, Compatibility & Stability

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights some of the key players in the market and where they are focusing their efforts to ensure products are of the highest quality, safe, and easy to use.

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Singota Solutions: Keeping Up With Trends & Technology as a CDMO

Brent Lieffers, Senior Director of Operations, discusses the need for keeping up with trends and technology as an innovative CDMO.

GLOBAL REPORT - 2017 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Transactions & Technologies of 2017

In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, reviews transactions and technologies that provide greater insight into what we can expect in terms of product development and approvals over the next decade.

SOLID FORM SCREENING - Phase Appropriate Strategies for Solid Form Discovery & Development

Pingyun Chen, PhD, describes a rational, fit-for-purpose strategy for solid form screening and selection to ensure a successful yet cost-effective progression of drug candidates from discovery, clinical trials, and commercialization.

INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS - The Value of an Integrated System for Combination Products

Theresa Bankston, PhD, says the fact that many of these therapies are designed for home delivery by patients or caregivers via subcutaneous injection, combined with increasing complexity of longer-acting formulations, larger injection volumes, and longer injection durations, has raised the bar for seamless injection delivery technology.

CONTAINER CLOSURE SYSTEM - Recent Prefillable Syringe Developments Mirroring Increasing Biotech Drug Product Demands

Stefan Verheyden says the container closure system has become a decisive factor for sustained market success, with autoinjectors and injection pumps as growing areas of interest.

INJECTABLE NANOMEDICINES - New Developments in Long-Acting Injectable Nanoformulations

Dongwei Guo, PhD, and Jingjun Huang, PhD, focus on the overview of nanoproducts in the market and the technologies to make long-acting injectable nanoformulations.

THROAT SPRAY SYSTEMS - Key Considerations When Developing a Throat Spray Solution

Degenhard Marx, PhD, and Günter Nadler discuss the treatment of sore throats via a pump spray and explore the considerations to be made when developing a reliable spray product.