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The use of various documents and guides by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council can facilitate the flow of information among excipient manufacturers, distributors, and users.

Standardizing Excipient Information to Achieve Supply-Chain Security

Patricia Van Arnum was executive editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.

As contract API manufacturers, fine-chemical producers, and pharmaceutical companies prepare to attend Informex in Anaheim this month, the state of the industry shows improving conditions in certain sectors.

Cautious Times for Fine-Chemical Producers and Contract API Manufacturers

Siegfried Schmitt, a principal consultant with PAREXEL, discusses how the EU's Falsified Medicines Directive will affect US API production.

The EU's Falsified Medicines Directive and APIs

Researchers use inorganic catalysts as an alternative to biocatalysts in the selective conversion of sugars to produce chiral building blocks.

Gaining Stereoselectivity in Asymmetric Synthesis

Process chemists employ a variety of approaches to improve yield, purity, and stereoselectivity.

Strategies in API Scale Up

As 2012 comes to a close, Pfizer leads among Big Pharma companies for FDA approvals of new molecular entities and biologics.

The Class of 2012 for New Molecular Entities and Biologics

The promise of antibody drug conjugates is creating a network of partners among large pharma companies and specialized players.

Partnering in Antibody Drug Conjugates

Developing analytical methods and performing related testing is crucial for ensuring the quality of a pharmaceutical product.

Analytical Applications

Recent research on elucidating the structure and sequence of proteins involves examining the effect of microgravity on protein crystallization and a computational model for protein elucidation.

Advancing Protein Crystallization: Microgravity Effects and Predictive Models

The authors examine the use of various grades of direct-compression mannitol in direct-compression tableting process to evaluate the content uniformity of micronized APIs and excipients in a solid-dosage formulation.

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