APIs and Excipients

Contract API Manufacturing: The Year in Review

December 02, 2011

Expansion activity was limited as fine-chemical producers and CMOs of API and intermediates grapple with changing industry fundamentals.

Inside IPEC: IPEC Tackles Monographs, Impurities, Particles, and More

December 02, 2011

As the excipient supply chain becomes more complex, industry must up the ante to comply with new standards and regulations.

Catalyzing the Synthesis

November 02, 2011

Researchers develop various catalytic approaches for improving yield, purity, stereoselectivity, and process conditions.

An Analytical Technique for Identifying Tribromoanisole

November 01, 2011

Combining olfactometry analysis with multidimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry provides an extremely useful analytical method for identifying aroma or odor notes from a sample.

Analytical Applications

November 01, 2011

A Technical Forum Moderated by Patricia Van Arnum, featuring contributions from PerkinElmer, BioTools, Chiral Technologies, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, GE Analytical Instruments, and Waters.

Protein Sensitivity to Tungsten

November 01, 2011

The authors investigate the effect of low pH and ionic strength on aggregation using turbidity measurements and size-exclusion–high-performance liquid chromatography.

Reformulating Injectables for Oral Delivery

October 02, 2011

Could oral absorption-enhancing technologies change the shape of protein delivery?

In the Spotlight October 2011

October 02, 2011

New product reviews for October 2011 focusing on analytical instrumentation.

Sizing Up the Global Market for Excipients

October 02, 2011

The global excipients market shows moderate growth, increased consolidation, and expansion activity in emerging markets and select product areas.

Novel Excipients: A Rare Species

October 01, 2011

Pharmaceutical Technology Europe

Where are the new excipients, the new solubilisers and sustained release excipients?