Pharmaceutical Technology Featured Whitepapers
January 2010

Featured Whitepaper
Protect Your Scientific Intellectual Property: Proof of Lab Informatics Data Authenticity is Your Best Legal Defense
Sponsored By: Surety, LLC

As a pharmaceutical or biotechnology organization, your formulas, treatments and clinical findings are the "lifeblood" of your business. But if you aren't protecting the integrity of your scientific data in your lab informatics systems, you risk losing ownership, revenue and consequently your business if you can't prove time-of-creation and authenticity. Learn how you can implement simple, cost-effective, and automated controls to protect your scientific intellectual property.

 
 
Manufacturing
   
  Outsourcing
   
 
What are Mycoplasmas?
Author: John Ryan, Ph.D., Jill Mariano, M.D.
Sponsored By: Bionique Testing Laboratories, Inc.

Who are these guys? First described over 100 years ago, mycoplasmas are the smallest-free living prokaryotes capable of self-replication. They remain one of the most prevalent and serious microbial contaminants of cell cultures. This article features a review of mycoplasma biology and the scope of mycoplasma contamination within biomedical science.
 
Protein Fingerprinting-based Bacterial Identification using MALDI-TOF
Author: Sara Polson and Melissa Ruch
Sponsored By: Accugenix, Inc.

Whole cell proteotypic analysis with MALDI-TOF spectroscopy is an emerging method of identifying bacteria in the environmental monitoring programs of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and sterile manufacturing environments.
Outsourcing
   
  Packaging
   
 
Serialization Strategies for Today & Tomorrow
Author: Joe Ringwood, COO, Systech International
Sponsored By: Systech International

This piece examines the market conditions that surround serialization and discusses the imperative to formulate a global strategy. It also enumerates the primary criteria considerations and lessons learned from real-world deployments.
 
TECHNICAL TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION IS KEY FOR SUCCESS
Author: Tom Hughes
Sponsored By: Carton Service-Packaging Insights

Clearly defined objectives and project requirements between the pharmaceutical company and their contract packager need to be spelled out – in writing – in a Technical Transfer Document prior to any pharma packaging project. A published report documenting details for the customer and the packager is a critical component for success.
 
 

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