API Synthesis & Manufacturing

Flow Chemistry Discoveries Advance Continuous Processing

Research efforts around the world are demonstrating the application of flow chemistry for small-molecule API synthesis.
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Hovione Breaks Ground on API Facility in New Jersey

Hovione expands drug substance and HPAPI capacity in East Windsor, NJ.
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Excipients

Excipient Quality Essentials

Defining quality for excipients may not be as clear cut as it is for APIs, but it is essential to product quality and patient safety, and to choosing the best supplier.
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Removing Troublesome Solubilizing Excipients from Injectables

A new study in Nature Communications explores how to remove the bulk of the soaps that are added to injectables to make hydrophobic drugs more soluble.
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Dow Launches ETHOCEL HP

ETHOCEL HP is a solvent free advanced productivity technology for barrier membrane coating.
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Supply Chain Update

Recipharm Expands Serialization Capabilities

Recipharm adds hardware, software, and cloud services for serialization compliance processes.
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Real-time Monitoring Systems for Drug Shipments

The SmartPak II monitoring system from Cryoport provides information throughout the logistics process.
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Outsourcing Update

Potential Consequences of the CDMO Acquisition Binge

Bio/pharma companies that are qualifying potential contract service providers should investigate post-merger integration activities and capital structure as part of the due diligence.
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How the Defend Trade Secrets Act Could Better Protect Manufacturers Who Outsource to CMOs

PharmTech sat down with an intellectual property lawyer to examine how companies are protected when they engage in activities where sharing of trade secrets must occur.
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Contract Services Update

New Contract Research and Manufacturing Firm BioDuro Launches

The new company is the product of a merger with Formex.
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Charles River Acquires Blue Stream Laboratories

Charles River acquired Blue Stream Laboratories, an analytical contract research organization.
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Catalent Launches FastChain Service for Clinical Supply Management

Catalent's FastChain service is a continuous GMP approach to clinical supply management that decouples primary packaging from secondary packaging, and enables the final assembly, labeling, and distribution of clinical supplies on a regional basis.
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Juniper Pharma Services Adds Tablet Press

A RoTab tablet press can produce up to 42,000 tablets per hour for Juniper Pharma Services.
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CordenPharma Expands Service Offerings

The company expanded its services to include oligonucleotide API development and manufacturing and received approval for its Caponago manufacturing facility.
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In the Lab

Pump Designed for Continuous Processing Scale-up

The Titan syringe pump from Syrris is a continuous-flow chemical processing module designed for lab, pilot, and production-scale applications.
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Vessel Improves Dissolution Test Results

A vessel designed for the Hanson Research Vision G2 series of dissolution testers is designed to provide more consistent vessel-to-vessel dissolution test results.
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