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Pharma Horizons: leading-edge formulation
This report addresses the key factors shaping pharmaceutical formulation, including regulation, QC and analysis.
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Aqueous solubility-enhancing excipient technologies: a review of recent developments
At least some degree of solubility in water is necessary for active ingredients in pharmaceutical products to be effective in vivo. However, as efforts to discover and synthesise new active ingredients are pursued by industrial and academic medicinal chemists, achieving sufficient aqueous solubility can often be a significant limitation to…
Hot melt extrusion technology for continuous manufacturing
Hot melt extrusion (HME), a manufacturing technique traditionally used in the plastic and food industries, is now attracting significant interest from the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. This is primarily because HME enables the continuous manufacture of a wide variety of dosage formulations, including solid dose form, which is of particular importance…
Pharma patent challenges for 2018
Christof Hohne, partner at patent law firm EIP, discusses second medical use claims and compulsory licences...
21st Anniversary Supplement
European Pharmaceutical Review has brought you the most up-to-date and relevant pharmaceutical science for the past 21 years. This anniversary supplement brings you a selection of topical views from across the industry, reviewing progress over that time, as well as looking to the future.
Formulation, Development & Delivery In-Depth Focus 2017
This In-Depth Focus examines water solubility for active ingredients, hot melt extrusion and designing appropriate non-clinical safety studies.
The impact of Brexit on life sciences
On 30 March 2019 the UK is set to leave the European Union (EU), a process that has become popularly known as Brexit. One little talked-about aspect of this move in the mainstream media is the impact it will have on the British life science community. Researchers and industry leaders…
Raman In-Depth Focus 2017
This In-Depth Focus looks at photobleaching profile of Raman peaks and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic sensing of glucose.
What do we need from PAT?
Pharmaceutical manufacturing in the modern era is facing unprecedented demands, including in-depth scrutiny of production methodology, and inefficiencies in current practices with respect to waste, energy usage and time management. Coupling this with increased complexity in the manufacture of newer products and the decline of blockbuster drugs, results in an…
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic sensing of glucose
The small normal Raman cross-section of glucose is a major challenge in its detection by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for medical applications, such as blood glucose level monitoring of diabetic patients and evaluation of patients with other medical conditions, since glucose is a marker for many human diseases. Here…
Photobleaching profile of Raman peaks and fluorescence background
Laser-induced fluorescence is the most common source of interfering baseline signal encountered in Raman measurements. It shows itself as a slowly changing background in a spectrum. One of the challenges in the successful use of Raman spectroscopy is to extract Raman signatures from this, orders of magnitude stronger, broadband fluorescence…
The importance of critical quality attributes in Quality by Design for rapid bioprocess development strategies
QbD and PAT could revolutionise the way biopharma industries operate by cutting down their attrition rates, which could drastically change their business model. This article considers the issues involved.
Non-clinical dose formulation considerations
Designing appropriate non-clinical safety studies requires thoughtful, and sometimes experimental, consideration of the delivery methodology for the therapeutic. The choice of formulation affects drug release and absorption and has a direct impact on the pharmacokinetic profile and associated response of the model system. The formulation should be compatible with the…
Issue #6 2017 – Digital Version
This issue celebrates European Pharmaceutical Review's 21st birthday through 21 interviews with leading lights from across the pharmaceutical industry...
Developing a shared passion surrounded by great minds
As part of EPR’s Women in Pharma series, Andrea Miller, Head of Global R&D and Regulatory Affairs for Mylan, talks to Science Editor Dr Zara Kassam about the importance of being 'team smart', being open to new ideas and listening to other people’s perspectives and learning from them...
Meeting access challenges with adaptive trial designs
With access challenges even after successful but costly development programmes, the industry is under pressure to speed up the clinical development process and produce more for less. Adaptive trial designs, more collaborative working and data sharing could provide a solution in the area of cancer immunotherapy, says Jacqueline Karmel, principal…
