Build your pharma development and manufacturing knowledge base with the latest whitepapers, application notes, posters, and other educational resources from bio/pharma industry suppliers.

Download the Humidity Toolkit

Vaisala

Get three tools for quality and compliance in life science. This “toolkit” contains: Humidity Conversion Formulas, Humidity Calculators (online or offline calculations), and Vaisala’s 115-page Calibration Handbook. Vaisala’s engineers and compliance experts have created these resources to help you measure humidity with skill and knowledge.

The Role of Semisolid Microstructure in Topical Formulation Performance and Functionality

BASF

Pharmaceutical Technology magazine recently spoke with Dr. Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Professor and Director of Center for Dermal Research at Rutgers University, and Norman Richardson, Global Technical Development and Marketing Manager, Skin Delivery at BASF, about the importance of semisolid microstructure and the impact they have on the final formulation.

Fundamentals of Spray-Dried Dispersion Technology

Amber Broadbent, PhD; Bend Research

Spray-dried dispersion technology is a proven approach to improve the dissolution rate and bioavailability of low solubility compounds and help bring new medicines to market. This whitepaper will explore the fundamentals of spray-dried dispersion formulation selection, process development, stability, scale-up, and performance considerations.

Foaming via Melt Extrusion for Improving the Grindability of Extrudates and Dissolution Rate of Oral Dosages

G. Terife, C. Martin, C. G. Gogos, and N. Ioannidis; Leistritz

Significant development efforts are occurring that utilize twin-screw extruder (TSE) technologies as part of unique foam extrusion systems for emerging bioplastics and pharmaceutical products.

Vcaps^® Plus HPMC Capsules for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

Dominique Cadé; Capsugel

Vcaps^® Plus capsules developed without gelling agents provide HPMC capsules with improved physical and operational features to match the needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

Fermentation Technology and Contract/Toll Manufacturing at AbbVie

AbbVie

AbbVie Contract Manufacturing has extensive experience and capacity across a wide variety of organisms including streptomycetes, actinomycetes, yeast, fungal, E. coli, and bacillus. Our expertise also includes fermentation with genetically modified organisms. AbbVie also is a multi-product approval facility and can manufacture products for a wide variety of industries including pharmaceutical, agricultural food, nutriceutical, enzymes, and chemical.

Leading Biotech Reduces Waste and Sample Processing by a Third

Waters

The benefits of deploying UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography™ (UPC^2®) at Dart NeuroScience LLC (DNS), a biotech committed to developing innovative drugs for treating cognitive and memory disorders, is explored in this business solution. By introducing UPC², DNS reduced solvent use and waste by more than a third, realized a tenfold reduction in evaporation time, and cut sample processing time by a third compared to high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Best Practices for FDA Compliance Solutions

Tim Lozier; EtQ

Learn key elements to spotting a good FDA compliance solution, techniques for achieving GMP compliance, and how to ensure quality and compliance are met in the life-science industry.

Cleaning Validation for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Malcolm McLaughlin; Alconox

This paper outlines the basics of cleaning validation, as well as discussing the kinds of support services needed for critical cleaning products in order to optimize your cleaning validation process.