Manufacturing

Adeline Siew is editor for Pharmaceutical Technology Europe. She is also science editor for Pharmaceutical Technology.

Articles

With drug development trends shifting towards personalized medicines, new technologies are needed for the manufacture of these highly sensitive drug products.

With Processes, It’s All About Optimization

Lyophilization Services of New England announces inspection approvals that will allow its Bedford, NH facility to begin manufacturing commercial drugs for US distribution.

CMO Announces Distribution of Commercial Drugs from New England Facility

Groninger has developed FlexPro 50, an isolator system for aseptic processing of nested syringes, cartridges, and vials. FlexPro 50 is capable of achieving outputs of up to 5000 containers per hour.

Groninger’s FlexPro 50 Offers Flexibility for Small-Batch Processing

Optima Pharma is exhibiting a range of technologies from sterile-filling and freeze-drying solutions to isolators and restricted access barrier systems.

New Machines and Solutions from Optima Pharma

Machine manufacturer IMA is showcasing a number of technological advances for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical products at ACHEMA 2015.

IMA Displays Novel Process Technologies

Jyoti Mundlia is research scholar at PDM College of Pharmacy, Bahadurgarh, India

Rakesh Kumar Marwaha is associate professor at Maharshi Dayanand University's Department of Pharmacy

Box-Behnken modeling was used to optimize a resinate complex, to mask the taste of levocetirizine dihydrochloride and montelukast sodium in orally disintegrating tablets.

Using a Dual-Drug Resinate Complex for Taste Masking

Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services is now offering a new bulk lyophilization (freeze drying) service in response to increasing demand in the manufacture of bulk intermediates and APIs by lyophilization.

Symbiosis Launches Bulk Lyophilization Service

Andrea Straka is senior technical account specialist, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

This article looks at data gathered from several studies of a widely marketed chlorobutyl rubber formulation used for vial stoppers and prefilled syringes.

Sterilization Effects on Elastomers in Sterile Parenteral Drug Products

This study evaluates the impact of controlled nucleation on the ability to optimize a lyophilization cycle for a monoclonal antibody formulation.

Controlled Nucleation for a Monoclonal Antibody Formulation—A Case Study

The use of disposables requires careful consideration and planning.

Manufacturing, Parenterals and Injectables