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Pharm Tech
February 2017
Volume 29, No. 2
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| COVER STORY |

Mass Spec Sheds New Light on Biologics Drug Development

Cynthia A. Challener

Although limitations must be overcome, mass spectrometry is having a great impact on biologic development and manufacturing.
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| EXCIPIENTS SOURCING |

Collaboration Key to Meeting Excipient GMP Requirements

Cynthia A. Challener

Drug manufacturers need to work closely with excipient suppliers to ensure supply chain safety.
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| FORMULATION |

Advancements in Extrusion-Spheronization

Beata Vladovicova

More agile techniques are improving the development of multiparticulate drug-delivery systems.
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| EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE |

A Risk-Based Approach to Stainless Steel Equipment Maintenance

Elizabeth Rivera, Dijana Hadziselimovic, Paul Lopolito

Laboratory tests can determine critical cleaning parameters for passivation treatments used to prevent rouge on GMP stainless-steel equipment.
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| EXTRACTABLES AND LEACHABLES TESTING |

Evaluating E&L Studies for Single-Use Systems

Irene Cecchini, Daniele Mastroianni, Silvia Rocchi, Gabriella Angiuoni

Extraction studies demonstrate approaches for evaluating single-use bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing materials.
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| COLD CHAIN DISTRIBUTION |

Cold Chain: Zeroing In on the Last Mile

Agnes Shanley

Longer packouts are becoming the rule, as logistics service providers and sponsors gain experience planning logistics for clinical trials involving novel therapies.
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Last-mile temperature control

Agnes Shanley

An example of a new cold chain temperature-controlled shipping technology is Cocoon, which was commercialized in November 2016 and designed for use with pallet-sized shippers.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Establishing Blend Uniformity Acceptance Criteria for Oral Solid-Dosage Forms

Pramote Cholayudth

This article introduces the concepts of pooled variance and the central limit theorem, which are intended for establishing acceptance criteria for blend uniformity data of granular powder blends when a significant degree of sampling bias is involved.
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| OUTSOURCING OUTLOOK |

Viewpoint: Challenges and Opportunities for CDMOs

Gil Roth

The outlook for the CMO and CDMO industry may be affected by ever-changing politics.
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| GMP/GDP INSPECTIONS |

The GMP/GDP Inspections Landscape—Part II: Considerations and Opportunities

The authors look at challenges and considerations to continuously improve inspection efficiency.
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| REGULATORY WATCH |

Moving Forward with Adaptive Licensing

Early-access schemes aim to make medicines available to patients faster but the regulatory framework remains unclear especially for biologics that involve complex manufacturing.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

Ensuring Sterility in Small-Scale Production

Susan J. Schniepp

Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, discusses how to ensure sterility when manufacturing small-scale parenteral batches.
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| EVENTS |

Sarotorius Research Xchange Forum

22–23, February 2017

CPhI Istanbul

8–10, March 2017

Pharmaceutics & Novel Drug Delivery Systems

13–15 March 2017

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