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Pharm Tech
September 2017
Volume 29, No. 9
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| COVER STORY |

From Reactive to Proactive Supply Chain Protection

Agnes Shanley

It's time to stop talking about anticounterfeiting, and move to integrated, collaborative supply chain security.
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Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals: a Franchise Business

Agnes Shanley

David McKelvey, director of TM Eye, a detective company based in the United Kingdom, explores the counterfeit pharmaceuticals business.
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A Growing Number of Options

Agnes Shanley

Emerging anticounterfeiting technologies offer pharmaceutical manufacturers more options for supply chain security.
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| API SYNTHESIS & MANUFACTURING |

Expediting the Discovery and Development of Drugs

Cynthia A. Challener

Drug repurposing, repositioning, and rescue
can be faster and cheaper, and target more
diseases than traditional drug-discovery approaches.
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| SCALE UP |

Scaling Up a Continuous Granulation Process

Jennifer Markarian

Continuous twin-screw granulation offers several options for increasing production scale.
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| QUALITY BY DESIGN |

A QbD-Based Approach to Drug Packaging and Delivery

Frances DeGrazio

When it comes to getting the best out
of quality by design, timing is everything.
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| ANALYTICS |

Stepping Up the Pace of Drug Stability Studies

Hildegard Bruemmer and Natalia Belikova

Forced degradation studies can identify stability problems for drug substance and drug products.
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| FACILITY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS |

Using Simulation to Address Capacity Limitations

John Robinson, Spencer Miller, Laurence T. Baxter, Stephen Hunt, Bob Todd, Joseph F. Pekny

Modelling tools help process engineers optimize a biopharmaceutical facility's capacity.
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| FORMULATION |

Targeting the Lungs

Matthew T. Marmura and Poonam Sheth

Considerations in selecting a dosage form for drug delivery to the lungs.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Detection of Lumps in Powder Blends by Inline NIR

Ad Gerich, Michiel Damen, Willy Verhoeven, Jorina Verhoog, Sai Prasanth Chamarthy, Rut Besseling

This study shows that the presence of API lumps can be detected by inline NIR. The authors discuss why NIR sensor dimensions and actual measured sample volume by the NIR sensor are important variables for adequate interpretation of obtained results.
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| EU REGULATORY WATCH |

Regulation of Companion Diagnostics

Sean Milmo

EMA recognizes that a regulatory framework, under which medicines and diagnostics are developed and approved independently, may not be ideal.
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| PACKAGING |

21st Century Parenteral Packaging

Hallie Forcinio

Material innovations enhance packaging for injectables.
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| OUTSOURCING |

Top Trends in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, 2017

Eric S. Langer and Ronald A. Rader

Innovation speeds discovery, drives down costs, and improves productivity.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

The Role of the Quality Unit

Siegfried Schmitt

The differences between the quality control and quality assurance units can be found in their names.
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| EVENTS |

Workshop on Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: From Powder to the Coated Tablet

Ennigerloh, Germany
19–21 September 2017

POWTECH

Nuremberg, Germany
26–28 September 2017

CPhI Worldwide

Messe Frankfurt, Germany
24–26 October 2017

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