Dosage Forms

Reshaping Dosage Forms

Advancements in personalized medicine and other innovations are transforming the way dosage forms are viewed.

Development of Taste-Masked Oral Dispersible Tablets of Cefpodoxime Proxetil

This study aimed to develop a taste-masked drug resin complex using the ion exchange resin Kyron T-114.

Frontrunners in Bispecific Antibodies

Novel genetic engineering technologies are transforming the design and manufacture of bispecific antibodies, which are emerging as a promising new class of biologics.

SGS and Bavarian Nordic Form Vaccine Pact

October 12, 2017

PTSM: Pharmaceutical Technology Sourcing and Management

The collaboration will focus on developing a novel and differentiated challenge model for respiratory syncytial virus.

BARDA Funds Ebola Vaccine and Drug Development

October 04, 2017

Under Project BioShield, the agency could provide more than $170 million in funding to purchase and support late-stage development of Ebola vaccines and therapeutic drugs.

Bavarian Nordic Secures BARDA Contract for Smallpox Vaccine

October 04, 2017

The Danish biotechnology company has been awarded a sole-source BARDA contract valued at more than $539 million for a freeze-dried smallpox vaccine.

PnuVax Receives Grant to Advance Pneumonia Vaccine

October 02, 2017

A grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will advance PnuVax’s pneumonia vaccine’s clinical development and biomanufacturing scale-up using a low-cost manufacturing approach.

Managing Potentially Potent APIs

October 02, 2017

CDMOs have established strategies for handling new chemical entities with unknown biological activity.

A Closer Look at Prefilled Syringes

October 02, 2017

Choosing between presterilized and bulk sterilized prefilled syringes.

Choosing Capsules: A Primer

October 02, 2017

Capsules offer certain benefits over tablets for oral-solid dosage drugs, and several types of capsules are available.

Improved Materials Enhance Parenteral Packaging

October 02, 2017

Manufacturers introduce innovations in glass and plastic packaging for injectables.

Automated Visual Particle Inspection

October 02, 2017

This article discusses fully automatic inspection of glass and plastic containers and factors that affect particle detection rate.

Nemera Receives Drug Manufacturing Authorization for its Autoinjector Facility

September 28, 2017

Nemera is now authorized to handle, assemble, sterilize, and store pharmaceutical drugs and medicinal products for autoinjector combination products at its facility in Neuenburg, Germany.