Featured Articles

  1. Choosing A CMO: Find The Best Match By Asking The Right Questions 11/8/2018

    When selecting a CMO, it’s important to look at organizational alignment, senior leadership engagement, program management, commitment to projects large and small, and processes in place to manage risk. 

  2. Insights Into Drug Delivery Device Manufacturing From Development Through Commercialization 4/5/2018

    Biologics and other targeted therapy techniques are creating opportunities for innovative device solutions that meet the needs of specific patient groups. As these therapies often require low annual volumes, the associated device manufacturing strategy must also fit commercial expectations, even at those volumes. 

  3. Keys To Driving Consistent Quality In Contract Manufacturing 1/30/2019

    Complex products and supply chains present plenty of opportunities for failure, especially when new products are being developed and launched. This article discusses key ingredients to robust and advanced quality planning that are essential to quality in contract manufacturing.

  4. How To Design Autoinjectors For Highly Viscous Formulations 2/18/2020

    The design of autoinjectors for increasingly viscous, high-volume drug requirements presents challenges in today’s pharma market. New materials offer opportunities to overcome these challenges. 

  5. 'Smart Devices' vs. 'Smart Design' In User-Centric Autoinjector Design 2/18/2020

    Oval Medical has developed a novel Prefilled Primary Drug Container that resolves many drug compatibility and functionality issues associated with the use of traditional glass syringe and rubber plunger technologies.

  6. Improved Autoinjector Design Integrates Cyclic Olefin Syringe 2/18/2020

    Oval Medical has developed a novel Prefilled Primary Drug Container that resolves many compatibility and functionality issues associated with traditional glass syringe and rubber plunger technologies.

  7. Drug Characterization: Key To Autoinjector Design For Challenging Formulations 2/18/2020

    This article discusses the process used for the delivery of challenging formulations through understanding their properties and the challenges they pose at the very earliest stage in the design process.

  8. Using Polymeric PDC Technology To Improve Auto-Injector Design 2/18/2020

    The limitations of using glass-based auto-injectors, such as contamination, and the need for delivering complex, viscous preparations, have led to a new approach that uses polymeric PDC technology instead. This article takes a look at what polymeric PDCs can offer in making auto-injectors truly patient-centric.

  9. Combining Human Needs With High Viscosity Formulations 2/18/2020

    Explore the requirements of designing an autoinjector capable of handling the high pressures necessary for the delivery of highly viscous drug formulations with minimal impact on the patient.