Formulation and Drug Delivery

Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche Collaborate on Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

January 05, 2018

The companies aim to discover and develop locked nucleic acid oligonucleotides as orally available therapies for treating inflammatory bowel diseases.

Single-Use Devices for Dry Powder Inhalers

January 05, 2018

A single-use DPI from Perlen Packaging, which offers lower-cost production and a more affordable device for emerging markets, won a 2017 CPhI Pharma Award.

GeoVax and Vaxeal to Collaborate on Cancer Immunotherapy Program

January 04, 2018

The companies will collaborate on the development of vaccines to expand GeoVax’s cancer immunotherapy program.

FDA Releases ANDA Submission Guidance

January 03, 2018

The agency published draft guidance on good practices for submitting abbreviated new drug applications.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis with Abuse-Deterrent Formulations

January 02, 2018

Abuse-deterrent opioid formulations generally fall into two categories: the first is based on a physiochemical abuse-deterrent approach and the second combines the opioid with an antagonist.

Elucidating Parenteral Packaging Requirements for Future Drugs

January 02, 2018

The development of new packaging solutions that are fit for drugs of the future requires close collaboration between the pharmaceutical manufacturer and its packaging suppliers and machine vendors.

Determination of Dermal PDE for Pharmaceutical Products

January 02, 2018

The authors offer recommendations for permissible daily exposures and concentration limits of elemental impurities for dermal drug products.

FDA Approves Spark Therapeutics’ Gene Therapy for Inherited Vision Loss

December 20, 2017

FDA has approved a new gene therapy for treating patients born with a rare, inherited vision loss.

MilliporeSigma to Offer End-to-End MAb Manufacturing Using the iCON Platform

December 20, 2017

MilliporeSigma will collaborate with IPS and G-CON to offer end-to-end, turnkey, modular MAb manufacturing.

BioTek Adds “OnDemand” Mode to BioSpa Software

December 19, 2017

BioTek Instruments has released a second edition of its BioSpa software that now offers users a simplified but effective interface for kinetic imaging or detection workflows.