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Pharm Tech
December 2016
Volume 40, No. 12
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| COVER STORY |

Building a Better Bio/Pharma Career

Rita C. Peters

Survey reveals optimism, discontent, and a desire for better career opportunities.
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| WORKING WITH REGULATORS |

Nurturing the Relationship Between Industry and Regulators

Susan Haigney

Pharmaceutical companies must see regulators as partners in their efforts to provide safe and effective therapies worldwide.
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Getting involved with pharma standards

Susan Haigney

Pharmaceutical Technology reached out to the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) to get an understanding about how pharma manufacturers can get involved in developing industry standards.
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| FORMULATION |

From Bitter to Sweet: Developing a User-Friendly Painkiller

Detlev Haack, Martin Köberle

Hot-melt coating was used to develop taste-masked orally disintegrating granules of acetaminophen and caffeine.
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| FACILITY DESIGN |

Airlocks for cGMP Facilities

Eric Bohn

Airlocks, gowning rooms, and transition spaces have different uses and should be considered separately in cGMP pharmaceutical facility design.
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| QUALITY |

Overcoming Low Endotoxin Recovery

Cherie Schneider

Understanding of endotoxin assays and a range of detection technologies are essential for effective testing.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Establishing Acceptance Limits for Uniformity of Dosage Units: Part 1

Pramote Cholayudth

The Uniformity of Dosage Units test is used to evaluate content uniformity or weight variation or dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. The author introduces two different acceptance value limits (n = 10 and 30) in this article.
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| API SYNTHESIS & MANUFACTURING |

New Horizons for Cross-Coupling Reactions

Cynthia A. Challener

Non-precious-metal catalysts are increasingly employed for commercial API synthesis.
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| FILL/FINISH |

Parenteral Advisory: Outmoded Fill/Finish Technology

Randi Hernandez

Improvements to aseptic manufacturing procedures are long overdue. But how feasible is it for manufacturers to modernize fill lines of legacy products?
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| OUTSOURCING |

Biosimilars Supporting Contract Manufacturers' Growth

Eric Langer

Biosimilars may be the key to CMO growth.
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| TROUBLESHOOTING|

Evaluating Mixing in a Single-Use Bioprocessing System

Anne Hansen

Quantitative and qualitative tools allow better understanding of mixing in a single-use bioprocessing system.
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| REGULATORY WATCH |

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Gear Up for Political Change

Jill Wechsler

Republican control of Washington promises overhaul of healthcare and medical product regulation.
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| FROM THE EDITOR |

Students Teach Pharma a Lesson

Rita C. Peters

Rookie API developers beat pharma at its own game.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

Options in Employee Training

Susan J. Schniepp
Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, discusses training personnel on a limited budget.
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| PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT |

Shrink Banders for Labeling Applications

The R Series Shrink banders from PDC International Corporation perform label and neck banding functions at line speeds of 400 to 1000 cpm.
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Chromatograph Enables Fast Recovery of Target Compounds

The Prominence Ultra-Fast Preparative and Purification Liquid Chromatograph (UFPLC) from Shimadzu enables fast recovery of highly purified target compounds from complex samples including organic synthesis reaction mixtures and natural products.
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Automated Microscope for Multimodal Imaging

Zeiss's Axio Observer inverted microscope platform includes new automation features, allowing researchers to perform multimodal imaging of living and fixed specimens.
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Portable Mixing System for Powder Dispersion

The Portable High Shear Mixing System from Ross, Charles & Son is designed for powder dispersion into liquid, emulsification, and homogenization in a closed, temperature controlled vessel.
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| Events |

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January 9–13, 2017

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May 16–18, 2017


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