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Pharm Tech
July 2018
Volume 42, No. 7
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| COVER STORY |

Maintaining GMPs Requires Continued Vigilance

Susan Haigney

Maintaining good quality control practices throughout the entire manufacturing process requires robust development, a drive toward product and process understanding, and pre-established, comprehensive written procedures that are consistently reviewed and updated.
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|CONTROLLED-RELEASE EXCIPIENTS|

Selecting Excipients for Controlled Release

Cynthia A. Challener

With the right excipients, formulators can control when, where, and how an API is released.
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| EXPRESSION SYSTEMS |

The Search for Next-Gen Expression Systems

Cynthia A. Challener

Biopharma seeks alternatives that meet the needs for next-gen biologic drug production.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Oral Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs

Ronak Savla, Olga Hartwig, William Wei Lim Chin, Brigitta Loretz, Claus-Michael Lehr

Macromolecular drugs are typically injected, but oral dosage forms are being developed to improve the treatment of gastrointestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.
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| PROCESS CONTROL |

Moving Toward Unified Process Control for Biopharma

Agnes Shanley

Traditional barriers between upstream and downstream bioprocessing are slowly starting to break down, as biopharma embraces more advanced analytics and process control.
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| PACKAGING|

Selecting Primary Packaging for Parenterals

Hallie Forcinio

Traditional glass and polymeric materials compete for market share in primary packaging for parenteral drug products.
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| SUPPLY CHAIN |

Serialization: Scaling Down for the Final Stretch

Agnes Shanley

Vendors are offering template-based models and direct data-filing services to help smaller companies meet imminent deadlines.
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| FROM THE EDITOR |

Be Quick, But Don't Hurry

Rita C. Peters

After 30 years of biologic-drug advances, the industry and patients still have a lot to learn.
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| OUTSOURCING OUTLOOK |

Fifteen Years of Progress: Biopharmaceutical Industry Survey Results

Ronald A. Rader, Eric Langer

This article highlights 15 years of changes in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
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| US REGULATORY WATCH |

Biosimilars Raise Manufacturing and Regulatory Challenges

Jill Wechsler

FDA seeks more efficient testing to spur development of less costly biotech therapies.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

Seeking Regulatory Advice

Siegfried Schmitt

Knowing and addressing regulatory expectations early on can avoid unexpected delays later, says Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Building a Faster, More Flexible Biologic Development Process for Targeted Therapies
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 10am EDT | 3pm BST | 4pm CEST
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How Well Should You Understand Your Crystallization Process (and Solid-State Properties)?
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 11 am EDT | 8 am PDT | 4 pm BST | 5 pm CEST
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A Short Journey to Bio/Pharmaceutical UHPLC Method Transfer Success
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Best Practices for Highly Potent API (HPAPI) Development and Manufacturing
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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ON DEMAND WEBCASTS

Multiparticulate Formulation Strategies for Pediatric Drugs
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Engineering and Manufacture of Second Generation ADCs: Tools and Techniques
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A Rational Approach to Excipient Selection
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E&L and Beyond: Qualifying Plastic Materials for Contaminants and Failure
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Continuous Processing in Biomanufacturing Considerations for Adoption and Case Studies in Biologic Development and Manufacturing
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| Events |

MES 2018:13th Annual Global Forum on Manufacturing Execution Systems

August 13–14, 2018

4th Annual Data Integrity Validation

August 15–16, 2018

Cleaning Validation

August 21–23, 2018


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