Formulation and Drug Delivery

ODTs Dissolve Drug Administration Challenges

November 02, 2017

Ralph Gosden, head of product development at Catalent’s Swindon, United Kingdom site, explains the opportunities of orally disintegrating tablets as a patient-centric dosage form.

Patient Centricity Takes Center Stage

November 02, 2017

Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly adopting patient-centric formulation development to ensure that drug products adequately meet the needs of end-users in all target patient populations.

Growing Demand for Taste-Masking Technologies

November 02, 2017

Taste masking increases drug acceptability and medication adherence in pediatric, geriatric, and other special patient populations.

Selecting the Appropriate Technology for Oral Bioavailability Enhancement

November 02, 2017

Model-based formulation and technology selection methodologies facilitate rapid product development.

Pharmapack Europe 2018 Announces Event Program

November 01, 2017

The pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery conference has announced its event program taking place on Feb. 7–8, 2018 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in France.

FDA Approves GSK’s Shingles Vaccine

October 27, 2017

The vaccine is approved for the prevention of shingles in adult patients aged 50 years and older.

AbbVie and Alector Partner on Alzheimer’s Disease Immunotherapies

October 27, 2017

AbbVie will pay a $205-million upfront payment and have the option to develop and commercialize two antibody targets globally.

UBM Announces BioLive Event

October 26, 2017

The new BioLive event, which will be a global hub for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, will launch alongside CPhI Worldwide 2018 in Madrid.

Inovio Reports on DNA Vaccine It is Developing with US Army

October 26, 2017

Inovio has reported results from a study with non-human primates that showed 100% effectiveness with a DNA vaccine the company is developing with the US Army.

ABEC Develops Single-Use Bioreactor for Emergent Manufacturing Facility

October 25, 2017

ABEC, an equipment and engineering company, will provide a custom-made, single-use bioreactor to custom manufacturing firm, Emergent, for its Maryland manufacturing facility.