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Pharmtech
May 2020
Volume 32, No. 5
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| COVER STORY |

Technology Advances Streamline Bioprocessing

Feliza Mirasol

Bioprocessing advances improve product yield, cut costs, and streamline integration between upstream and downstream processes.
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| DEVELOPMENT |

Formulating an ADC Development Solution

Cynthia A. Challener

Many antibody-drug conjugate therapies are in the pipeline; however, only a handful have been approved. What are the bottlenecks?
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A Welcome Change: The Benefits of Reformulation

Felicity Thomas

Reformulation strategies can provide drug developers with a head start to achieve promising options that benefit the patient.
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| PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH |

Determining the Probability of Passing USP Content Uniformity and Dissolution (Immediate and Extended) Tests with CuDAL-Excel

Lei Lei and Pramote Cholayudth

The article reports on the CuDAL-Excel program, a set of MS Excel programs transformed and extended from Bergum’s CuDAL version 2 SAS program, designed for industry practitioners to calculate the USP passing probability of content uniformity and dissolution tests for both sampling plan 1 and sampling plan 2 scenarios, and for both immediate release and extended release requirements.
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| MANUFACTURING |

Manufacturing Microneedle Array Patches for Vaccine Delivery

Jennifer Markarian

Equipment and process optimization must be considered for scaling up these developmental technologies to commercial production.
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| QUALITY/REGULATIONS |

Good Manufacturing Practices: Aseptic and Sterile Processing

Lauren Lavelle

Organizations involved in aseptic and sterile processing activities must make an effort to comply with current good manufacturing practices.
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Complying Confidently? Learning Lessons from Nitrosamine Impurities

Felicity Thomas

Industry must never become complacent about the safety of drug products and should seek to continually perform surveillance even if the drug is well-established.
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| EDITOR'S COMMENT |

Can We Teach an Old Drug New Tricks?

Felicity Thomas

In light of the hype around chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 treatments, it is important to remember that drug repurposing should never be rushed, irrespective of the urgency of the situation.
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| EUROPEAN REGULATORY WATCH |

Can EMA’s Regulatory Science Strategy Meet Medicine’s Major Challenges?

Sean Milmo

EMA’s strategy for regulatory science has divided opinion amongst various industry bodies.
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| ASK THE EXPERT |

Starting a Career in the Bio/Pharmaceutical Industry

Siegfried Schmitt

Having a better understanding about compliance will be of benefit when looking for a job or for furthering one’s career, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, Parexel Consulting.
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| EVENTS |

Bioprocessing Summit Europe

Barcelona, Spain
21–23 July 2020

SMI Group's 3rd Annual Injectable Drug Delivery Conference

London, UK
2–3 September 2020

CPhI Worldwide

Milan, Italy
13–15 October 2020

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