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

Rapid Development and Clinical Evaluation of Modified-Release Formulations

John McDermott, Executive director, Drug Product Optimization; Quotient Clinical

Optimizing modified-release formulations is a complex process. This whitepaper describes a unique approach providing flexibility and time savings in formulation development and optimization of performance for modified-release systems.

Top 10 Considerations for Pneumatic-Conveying System Design: “What you really need to know when conveying powders & other bulk materials.”

Vac-U-Max

Despite vast research on pneumatic-conveying technology for bulk solids handling, little is known about the perspective of the manufacturer designing such systems and the end-user utilizing vacuum conveying technology. This whitepaper addresses and answers questions from the manufacturer's perspective, with answers that aid in the design of both the components, and fully-automated, bulk material-handling systems necessary to provide solutions that integrate into batch and continuous processes.

Effect of Extrusion Parameters on Solid Dispersions

C. Martin, J. DiNunzio, J.M. Keen, A. Machado, J.W. McGinity, H. Sandhu; Leistritz

The objective of this research is to investigate the extrusion process space in co-rotating and counter-rotating extruders, which is critical in ensuring the properties of pharmaceutical solid dispersions.

Simple Steps to Speed Encapsulated Drug Development

Capsugel – Now a Lonza Company

In the pharmaceutical industry, speed to market is essential for gaining a competitive position. New encapsulation technologies now make it possible to streamline research and development activities, improve product development, and jump-start time to market.

Process Development for Lyophilized Products

Gregory Sacha; Baxter BioPharma Solutions

Identifying the failure points for a product enables the development scientist to design a formulation and process with meaningful ranges supported by data.

How Quality Data Can Impact Company-Wide Performance

Jaseem Mahmmdla, Senior Product Manager; Mike Edwards, Senior Product Manager; Sparta Systems

In this paper, we examine key factors driving manufacturers toward a more holistic form of quality management, and provide a new data model that companies can use as part of their quality management systems (QMS) to more easily create meaningful business insights that help the organization as a whole.

Your Guide to Better Employee Training

Tim Lozier; EtQ

Download this whitepaper to learn how an automated Training Management System allows organizations to manage and track training events within the organization.

Pharmaceutical Cleaning Validation

Malcolm McLaughlin; Alconox, Inc.

A comprehensive description of how to perform cleaning validations in the pharmaceutical industry. This paper focuses on the calculations, as well as the process.

TruTag Technologies and Colorcon Stability Study

Michael O’Neill, Chief Science Officer, TruTag Technologies

This whitepaper presents a study undertaken by TruTag Technologies and their technical collaborator, Colorcon, and demonstrates that the application of TruTag® microtags has no impact on the drug release, assay, or appearance of pharmaceutical tablets after exposure to accelerated storage conditions.