May 2021

COVER

SPECIAL FEATURE - PFS & Parenteral Manufacturing: How COVID-19 Changed the Market

Contributor Cindy Dubin explores how device developers and parenteral contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) are addressing current challenges, as well as advancements in customized device design, the continuous effort to incorporate safety and human factors, and how COVID-19 is shaping the future of the market.

FEATURES

SPECIAL FEATURE - PFS & Parenteral Manufacturing: How COVID-19 Changed the Market

Contributor Cindy Dubin explores how device developers and parenteral contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) are addressing current challenges, as well as advancements in customized device design, the continuous effort to incorporate safety and human factors, and how COVID-19 is shaping the future of the market.

FORMULATION FORUM - Considerations in Formulation Development of Injectable Solutions

Jim Huang, PhD, reviews how injectable solutions offer an attractive alternative to oral dosage form due to fast onset, reproducible PK/efficacy profile, high bioavailability as a result of bypassing the oral absorption barrier, and suitability of administration under hospital setting.

GLOBAL REPORT - 2020 Global Drug Delivery & Formulation Report: Part 3, Notable Drug Delivery & Formulation Transactions & Technologies of 2020

In part 3 of this 4-part series, PharmaCircle, in collaboration with Drug Development & Delivery, focuses on several notable drug delivery and formulation transactions and technologies.

DRY-POWDER THERAPEUTICS - Respiration Inspiration: Local Treatment of Lung Cancer by Dry-Powder Inhaler

Philip Kuehl, PhD, and Kimberly B. Shepard, PhD, describe the formulation and manufacturing considerations for development of dry-powder therapeutics for local treatment of lung cancer. Two case studies are presented in which two approved drugs are successfully formulated for DPI administration to the lung.

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Micropore: Innovation in Drug Delivery

Dai Hayward, CEO at Micropore, discusses his company’s expertise and underpinning technology in the development of safe, efficient, and scalable continuous manufacturing of drug delivery solutions.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - ESCP, Estimating Product Performance Part 3 – Mind the Axle

Josef Bossart, PhD, introduces, in a series of short articles, a qualitative model to help understand and visualize the potential of a product with prescribers, patients, and payors. This simple model can help weed out product ideas that may at first glance seem attractive but offer little potential in the real world.

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW - Lexaria Bioscience Corp.: Stretching Its Legs

John Docherty, President of Lexaria, discusses how the company’s recent uplist to the NASDAQ has resulted in its largest capital injection to date, which will allow it to focus on preclinical and clinical testing programs for DehydraTECH formulations across three main areas of interest.

INJECTABLES MANUFACTURING - Manufacturing Injectable Devices: Why Modern Means Modular

Raffaele Pace, MMe, MBA, reviews how today’s drug delivery devices must be more mobile, less intrusive, and simpler than ever before – all while remaining cost competitive.