Materials science is now helping pharmaceutical companies to standardize and control areas such as drug form and manufacture to deliver new products more quickly and with greater quality.
The reality is that several manufacturability problems could be brewing that will rain down during Phase III and cause costly delays, no matter how skilled the product and process may be.
Real-time release testing can be defined as a set of in-process controls that may provide greater assurance of product quality than end-product testing.
As the pharmaceutical industry implements PAT and QbD, their symbiotic nature becomes increasingly obvious. Both are catalysts towards the longer term goals of continuous operation and real-time release — the realization of a transformed way of working. This article reviews changing practice within the pharmaceutical industry using the example of real-time particle size analysis to explore the analytical solutions needed and the benefits they deliver. By Malvern Instruments
Setting meaningful and realistic specifications is an essential element of Quality by Design (QbD). Well-defined specifications control product performance since they derive from correlations between clinical behaviour and the variables measured routinely during processing and for QC. This paper examines the process of setting specifications, taking as an example particle size, a critically important parameter for many pharmaceutical formulations. By Malvern Instruments
QbD is increasingly required in our industry, but there are still gaps in understanding how QbD applies to the biomanufacturing process.
Competition in the generics market has never been greater. At a time when many of the most successful drugs are reaching the patent cliff, opening the floodgates for generic substitutes, generic companies are rushing to target the best candidates and enter the market first.
The LyoCapsule Freeze Dryer is a lyophilization instrument that delivers results comparable to larger R&D freeze dryers enabling a Quality by Design (QbD) approach to cycle development even when materials are highly expensive or limited in quantity.
Extractable and Leachable studies are often straightforward, but they also can be some of the most analytically challenging components of a development program.
Multisorb Technologies provides leadership, innovation, and solutions utilizing active packaging components to manage moisture, oxygen and/or hydrocarbons in healthcare product packaging to improve product stability.
AMETEK Brookfield's Powder Flow Tester delivers quick and easy analysis of powder flow behavior in industrial processing equipment. The PFT is ideal for manufacturers who process powders daily and want to minimize or eliminate the downtime and expense that occur when hoppers/silos fail to discharge.
