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Pharm Tech
April 2019
Volume 43, No. 4
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|COVER STORY|

Patient-Centric Drug Development Comes of Age

Felicity Thomas

Easier access to information, targeting smaller patient populations, and increased regulatory focus on patient outcomes are driving patient-centric drug development.
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|DRUG DELIVERY|

Advanced Cell Penetrating Peptide Systems for Gene Therapy

Lyndsey Johnson, James E. Dixon, Kevin M. Shakesheff

Intracellular strategies offer an effective alternative approach to deliver a range of therapeutic proteins.
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|API SYNTHESIS & MANUFACTURING|

Select Suppliers with Demonstrated Expertise to Avoid Sourcing "Bad" APIs

Cynthia A. Challener

Confidence in the quality systems and scientific competence of the API manufacturing team is essential.
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|CLEANING PROCESSES|

Cleaning Chromatography Resin Residues from Surfaces

Elizabeth Rivera, Dijana Hadziselimovic

Laboratory test methods evaluate cleaning agents and cleaning process design for removing resin residues from the surfaces of non-dedicated chromatography columns systems.
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|CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING|

OSD Continuous Manufacturing Strategies

Jennifer Markarian

Flexible batch sizes can optimize supply, but equipment and processing challenges are still being addressed.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Degradation Pathways: A Case Study with Pegylated L-Asparaginase

Chintan Patel, Sanjay Bandyopadhyay, Gayatri C. Patel

It is important to address manufacturing problems associated with the shorter shelf-life of pegylated L-asparaginase (pegaspargase) upon long-term storage in the form of a solution.
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| ANALYTICS |

Particles on Best Behavior

Felicity Thomas

Characterizing particles and understanding bulk powder behavior is critical to get the best pharma product.
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|OPERATIONS|

Technology Transfer: Best Practices in Operational Development

Derek Gallo, Sanjay Konagurthu

Successful technology transfer depends on the ability to anticipate risks and plan ahead.
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|SUPPLY CHAIN: RAW MATERIALS|

Locking Fraudulent Materials Out of the Supply Chain

Rita C. Peters

Supplier vetting and monitoring—plus comprehensive testing—ensure quality of raw materials.
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|QUALITY|

Digitizing to Modernize Manufacturing

Agnes Shanley

Moving from paper-based to digitalized processes is the first step to enabling quality management and manufacturing to work in sync.
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|FROM THE EDITOR|

Designing for Patient and Public Health

Rita C. Peters

Better drug design and patient education may promote improved personal and public health.
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|US REGULATORY WATCH|

Continuous Manufacturing Gains Major Push from FDA

Jill Wechsler

FDA is moving to shift industry away from step-wise batch production.
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|ASK THE EXPERT|

Channeling Customer Complaints into Quality

Susan J. Schniepp

A robust customer complaint handling system is an integral part of a quality management system, says Susan Schniepp, executive vice-president of post-approval pharma and distinguished fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates.
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UPCOMING WEBCASTS

Requirements for Fully-Integrated Service Offerings in a HPAPI and Cytotoxic Environment
Two Live Events: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 10am JST | 9pm EDT | 6pm PDT
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 5pm JST | 10am CEST
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Patient-Focused Drug Design – A View from the R&D Front Lines
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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Approaches to Analyze and Understand 1–100 µm Particles/Aggregates in Biotherapeutics
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 11am EDT | 8am PDT | 4pm BST | 5pm CEST
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ON DEMAND WEBCASTS

Formulation Development for Scalability: Manufacturing Strategies for Bioavailability-Enhancing Technologies
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Capsugel® Vcaps® Plus: The New Standard in HPMC Capsules
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Ensuring Integrity of Drug Formulation from Development to QC
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Benefits of Using High-Functionality Excipients in a Continuous Process
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| Events |

World Vaccine Congress

April 14–17, 2019

2019 PDA Visual Inspection Forum

April 23–24, 2019

CPhI North America

April 30–May 2, 2019


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Supplements

Solid Dosage 2019 Supplement Issue

Check out this month’s special issue, Solid Dosage Drug Development and Manufacturing, for articles on tableting, controlled release, powder handling, and more! The issue also includes our CPhI North America 2019 Planning Guide.
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