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Pharm Tech
June 2015
Volume 39, No. 6
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|Focus|

Top Trends in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: 2015

Randi Hernandez

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke to experts in the field of biopharmaceutical manufacturing to gain insights on top trends that are currently shaping the industry.
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|Featured content|

Unlocking the Vast Potential of PAT in Solid-Dosage Manufacturing

Adeline Siew, PhD

PAT holds the key to real-time quality assurance and consistent product quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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Designing Clean Zones

Eric Bohn

Clearly defined zones of cleanliness must be designed and maintained to prevent product contamination.
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|PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH|

Using a Dual-Drug Resinate Complex for Taste Masking

Jyoti Mundlia, Rakesh Kumar Marwaha, and Harish Dureja

Box-Behnken modeling was used to optimize a resinate complex, to mask the taste of levocetirizine dihydrochloride and montelukast sodium in orally disintegrating tablets.
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|FORMULATION|

Developing an Orally Inhaled Dry Powder Formulation—A Complex Itinerary and a Technological Challenge

Gonçalo Andrade

Successful drug delivery via a dry powder inhaler is determined by the API physicochemical properties, the formulation composition and process, the device and operating conditions, the patient–device relationship, the environmental variables, and ultimately, patient compliance.
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|API SYNTHESIS & MANUFACTURING|

New Ways Around Hazardous Reagent Chemistry

Cynthia A. Challener

Safer reagents and reaction conditions are making many hazardous transformations possible.
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|TROUBLESHOOTING|

Preventing Common Mistakes in Automated Washing

Olivier Van Houtte

Careful choice of wash-water parameters and attention to water quality and basket loading are important for optimal cleaning.
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|OUTSOURCING OUTLOOK|

Another In-House Operation Gets Outsourced

Eric S. Langer

Biopharma companies on both sides of the Atlantic ship more of their assay testing to outside service providers.
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|REGULATORY WATCH |

Quality Systems Key to Lifecycle Drug Management

Jill Wechsler

Regulators and industry seek to streamline and harmonize oversight of postapproval changes.
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EU’s New Post-Authorization Variations Framework Comes Under Scrutiny

Sean Milmo

The pharmaceutical industry wants to speed up the variations process by eliminating redundant assessment by different national agencies in the European Union.
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|OTHER FEATURES |

What’s In a Name? For Biosimilars, A Lot

Stephen Wicks, PhD

Will biosimilars share a compendial identity like generic drugs do?
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Help Build Better Bio/Pharma Processes

Rita Peters

Peer-reviewed papers and technical articles can help advance bio/pharmaceutical development.
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Industry Expert Q&A with David Fitzhenry

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with David Fitzhenry about the costs of specialty drugs.
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|Webcasts|

Sample Preparation Technologies for Improved Peptide Quantitation Workflow

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 11 am EDT | 8 am PDT | 16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST
Peptide quantitative analysis requires workflows that deliver high levels of data quality while balancing the needs of sample throughput and regulatory compliance. Learn how advances in sample preparation can enable greater speed, reproducibility, and improved data quality.
Sponsored by: Thermo Fisher Scientific

Hydroxyapatite Separation of Monoclonal Antibodies and Antibody Fragments

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 2 pm EDT | 11 am PDT
Join us for a discussion on the use of hydroxyapatite in mAb and mAb fragment purification processes.
Sponsored by: Tosoh Bioscience LLC

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|on pharmtech tv|

Focus on Biobetters, Part 1

Feeding Powders in Pharmaceutical Processes

Reducing the Cost of Drug Manufacturing

FDA Applications and New Guidance Documents

|Events|

BIO International Convention 2015

June 15-18, 2015 | Philadelphia, PA

2015 PDA Single Use Systems Workshop

June 23–24, 2015 | Bethesda, MD

Vaccines Bioprocess Development and Commercialization

June 23–25, 2015 | Boston, MA

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