Material Handling Featured Articles

  1. Growth And Trends In Topical Drug Contract Manufacturing 2/14/2025

    Rising incidences of dermatological conditions, including acne, psoriasis, and skin cancer, are driving growth in topical drugs. Pharma companies are increasingly using contract manufacturers.

  2. Advancements In GLP-1 Analog Formulation: Overcoming Challenges 2/3/2025

    Oral GLP-1 formulations represent a groundbreaking advance in obesity treatment to offer improved patient comfort and adherence while expanding the therapeutic market.

  3. 2024 Trends In FDA Observations For Sterile Drug Manufacturers 1/30/2025

    This data-driven analysis of the 2024 trends in FDA observations for sterile drug manufacturers includes a comparison to the 2023 trends. Which 21 CFR 211 sections surprise you most?

  4. Developing And Manufacturing Drugs With HPAPIs 1/27/2025

    Learn why companies must invest in specialized expertise to develop scalable, safe, and efficient manufacturing processes for highly potent oral solid dose products.

  5. Advancing Patient-Centric Drug Delivery For Neurodegenerative Disease With Orally Dissolving Tablets 1/27/2025

    Pharmaceutical companies must prioritize patient-centric dosage forms to address challenges like dysphagia, enhance medication compliance, and improve therapeutic outcomes.

  6. 11 Key Contributing Factors For Maintaining Sterility Assurance 1/6/2025

    Containers and closures, depyrogenation, equipment, materials, personnel, and 7 more major factors all contribute to sterility assurance.

  7. Stage 3a: A Key Indicator For Process Validation Maturity 12/9/2024

    Process validation's stage 3a serves to reconfirm the assumptions made during design space development and is particularly pronounced for new modalities and emerging processes.

  8. Oral Solid Dosage Formulation And Process Development: A Case Study 12/4/2024

    This case study involves a drug substance currently in the preclinical phase. Discussion includes API physical chemical characteristics, enabling technologies, formulation assessment, and more.

  9. 2024 Survey Findings: How Is The "Lab Of The Future" Becoming Reality? 12/3/2024

    The Pistoia Alliance conducted a survey as a pulse check on which technologies the pharma/biotech industry is investing in and companies' progress integrating new tech into the lab.

  10. Enteric Coatings For Oral Solid Dosages: A Short Guide 11/19/2024

    Enteric coatings play a pivotal role for drugs/APIs that need to withstand the harsh conditions of the stomach in order to dissolve in the intestine. This article shares an overview, commonly used excipients, and more.