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Pharm Tech
February 2018
Volume 42, No. 2
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| COVER STORY |

Analyzing Content Uniformity

Adeline Siew, PhD

New technologies, such as NIR and Raman, enable online measurements of blending and content uniformity in the production of solid dosage forms.
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| BIOLOGICS FORMULATION |

Impurity Testing

Adeline Siew, PhD

Experts share insights on the various methods used for purity and impurity analysis of therapeutic proteins.
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| ANALYTICS: DATA INTEGRITY |

Maintaining Lab Data Integrity

Amber Lowry

This article explores lab data integrity violation trends, as well as a sampling of the latest technologies that can help avoid them.
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| SOLID DOSAGE DRUG MANUFACTURING |

Material Traceability in Continuous Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

Matthew Billups, Ravendra Singh

A systematic framework and software are needed to implement material traceability in continuous pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing.
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| EXCIPIENT QUALITY |

Managing Risk in a Complex Excipient Supply Chain

Cynthia A. Challener

Regulations and industry guidelines focus on ensuring excipient safety by specifying risk assessments and shared responsibility.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Establishing Correlation Between Aerosol and Surface Microbial Populations

F. Andreas Toba, David A. Miller, Bryan R. Campbell, Debashis Sahoo, James P. Agalloco, Daniel Py

The following study describes a methodology to establish, control, and characterize an aerosolized bioburden within a test chamber and determine the settling rate of the bioburden.
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| QUALITY: MATERIALS QUALIFICATION |

New Standards Define Single-Use Materials Qualification

Sade Mokuolu

Proposed guidance documents assist drug manufacturers in qualifying single-use systems for commercial drug production.
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| FACILITY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS |

Designing a Single-Use Biopharmaceutical Process

Jennifer Markarian

Layout and supply details must be considered when implementing a fully disposable biopharmaceutical manufacturing process.
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| ANTICOUNTERFEITING |

Anticounterfeiting: In Search of the Unhackable

Agnes Shanley

While more companies are embracing taggants, researchers are developing new technologies that will be extremely difficult to reproduce.
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| FROM THE EDITOR |

A New Business Model for Pharma?

Rita C. Peters

Hospitals form not-for-profit drug company to combat drug shortages and high prices.
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| REGULATORY WATCH |

Opportunities and Obstacles for Generic Drugs

Jill Wechsler

Manufacturers tackle regulatory and competitive issues to develop complex therapies and biosimilars.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

Applying GMPs in Stages of Development

Susan J. Schniepp

Regardless of the phase of development and the level of GMPs being applied, there should be adequate controls and knowledge to assure patient safety.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Real-Time Process Control for Healthy, High-Purity Water Systems
Live Webcast: Thursday, March 15 at 11:00am EDT
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Top Quality Trends for 2018 Pharma Quality Survey Report
Live Webcast: Wednesday, March 7 at 11:00am EST
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Assessing Product Integrity Risk Profiles and Engineering On-Dose Authentication During Drug Development Process
Live Webcast: Thursday, February 15, at 1:00pm EST
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| Events |

ISPE 2018 Facilities of the Future Conference

Feb. 20–22, 2018

Pittcon 2018

Feb. 26–Mar. 1, 2018

CBI Quality Risk Management & Change Control

Feb. 27–Mar. 1, 2018


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