Liquid Dose Featured Articles

  1. Scaling Personalized Medicines For Flexible Aseptic Filling 2/14/2024

    Traditional aseptic filling solutions can introduce contamination and variability. Learn about Cytiva's commitment to finding innovative solutions and improving patient outcomes in the field of medicine.

  2. Assessing Cross Contamination Using Layers Of Protection Analysis For Facility And Product Safety 2/14/2024

    Layers of protection analysis (LOPA) is a risk tool that focuses on the strength of controls that are currently in place and enables a cross-functional team to dive into the ways that the controls may fail. The article outlines the application of LOPA to drug product and facility cross contamination.

  3. FDA Issues Final Guidance: Reformulating Drug Products That Contain Carbomers Manufactured With Benzene 2/6/2024

    Benzene contamination in pharmaceuticals has led to product recalls and increased scrutiny in recent years. Recently, the FDA has asked the USP to remove a few monographs from the compendium due to safety concerns related to benzene's carcinogenic properties, and the agency has issued a new guidance to help industry navigate the reformulation of such drug products.

  4. Decoding The FDA's Draft Guidance On Computer Software Assurance For Medical Devices & Bio/Pharma 2/6/2024

    In 2022, the FDA released a draft guidance on computer software assurance that promises to reshape the validation of automated data processing system and quality system software in the pharma/medical device industry and to enhance the quality, availability, and safety of medical devices. This article walks through the key elements of the guidance.

  5. When In The Product's Life Cycle Does Continuous Manufacturing Make Sense? 2/1/2024

    This overview article takes a look at each product development stage for bio/pharmaceuticals to illuminate when continuous manufacturing can satisfy important business drivers.

  6. Driving Pharma/Biotech Capacity With Smart Manufacturing 1/24/2024

    It is time for pharma/biotech manufacturers to consider a new approach to capacity management, one that can not only resolve today’s challenges but also position the enterprise to drive innovation and resilience in the future. You can leverage a smart manufacturing approach in three vital ways.

  7. Are Single-Use Technologies Always The Answer? 1/9/2024

    It is clear that single-use technologies (SUTs) have won the war over reusable stainless steel. However, beneath the surface, there is a web of considerations that challenge the belief that SUTs are unequivocally cost-effective. Let's look at cost considerations as well as risk considerations.

  8. Developing Injectable Drug Placebo Formulations For Clinical Trials 1/9/2024

    Developing a placebo for an injectable drug requires consideration of the formulation’s impact in trials, chemistry and physical details, ethical concerns, and regulatory compliance.

  9. Drug Delivery Systems: Measurement System Analysis Using Continuous Gage R&R Studies, Part 3 12/20/2023

    This is the third article in a series of three articles. It continues the discussion of measurement system analysis using continuous gage R&D studies by sharing a generic example using Minitab. Study setup, the role of the study director, analysis, and case studies are examined.

  10. WHO's 6 Principles For An AI Regulatory Framework For Medical Product Development 12/14/2023

    In mid-Oct. 2023, the WHO published a paper titled Regulatory Considerations on Artificial Intelligence for Health, identifying the key principles that international regulatory frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI) should address and are, in fact, starting to coalesce around. The paper was developed in consultation with a WHO Working Group whose members include regulatory authorities, policy makers, and more.