Manufacturing

Michael Thompson is a professor at McMaster University.

Kevin O’Donnell is R&D manager at DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

Articles

Using a specific addition method to wet the powder bed in twin-screw granulation using a foam binder improves robustness for continuous solid-dosage drug product manufacturing.

Innovating Continuous Twin-Screw Granulation with Foam Delivery

Aji Bio-Pharma launched Ajility, a flexible platform for manufacturing vaccines and therapies.

Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services Introduces Fast-Track Drug Product Manufacturing Platform

Madison Hoal is global technical consultant at Ecolab Life Sciences.

Donald Singer is senior microbiology technical consultant at Ecolab Life Sciences.

Consider how to assess risks and understand possible sources of disinfectant residues in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Why Do Disinfectant Residues Matter?

Leadership was announced for the US government’s Operation Warp Speed program, which aims to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. 

The US Government Moves Forward with Plans for Accelerating Manufacturing of COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments

Jennifer Markarian is manufacturing reporter for Pharmaceutical Technology.

Equipment and process optimization must be considered for scaling up these developmental technologies to commercial production.

Manufacturing Microneedle Array Patches for Vaccine Delivery

Civica Rx plans redundant manufacturing capacity to relieve and prevent shortages of generic, sterile injectable drugs. 

Addressing Drug Shortages

Matt Bundenthal is direct sales and communications manager at Fette Compacting America, www.fetteamerica.com .

Risk levels should be considered when designing containment for pharmaceutical tableting equipment to enhance operator safety.

Understanding Containment for Tableting

Whether refitting existing spaces or building new, the need for quick build times, flexibility, and production efficiency is driving trends in bio/pharma facility construction.

Building Better Manufacturing Facilities

This article examines multi-tip tool technology for pharmaceutical tablet compression and the process control and validation issues that must be carefully evaluated to assess the potential for success. 

Considerations for Tablet Compression with Multi-Tip Tooling

Understanding of scale-up parameters and use of process analytical technology are important to meet demand for larger batch sizes.

Manufacturing, Drug Products