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Continuously driving pharmaceutical manufacturing efficiencies

Continuous manufacturing has long been accepted by a host of manufacturing industries from food and beverage to oil and gas, where it ensures the delivery of a consistent and continuous quality of product

Health experts reveal 10 most important medicines in NHS history

Antipsychotics, breast cancer drug, oral contraceptives and MMR vaccine make the top 10

Brexit trade bill: Not yet

The UK has decided it will continue to be involved with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) after Brexit. Paul Brooks, Executive Director at the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) asks what does this mean for the pharmaceutical industry and patients after 2020?

Maintenance across borders

Here, Dave Friar, International Operations Director at Boulting, international engineering solutions provider, considers what you should do when preparing to hand over maintenance control on an overseas project

Treating chronic wounds with live biotherapeutics

Angharad Baldwin talks to Evelina Vågesjö, CEO, and Peter Frank, Drug Development Manager, of Swedish biologics company, Ilya Pharma, about using live bacteria to treat chronic wounds

Isolator sterility put to the test

Sterility testing must be carried out under strict aseptic conditions. Stacey Orley, Wickham Laboratories, describes the process to ensure products and devices are contaminant-free

A new way of buying and selling APIs, additives, vitamins and excipients

Swiss Kemiex and Atradius credit insurance launch unique commodity trading platform for the pharmaceutical and nutritional ingredients

The nanozyme that uses light to kill bacteria

Scientists at the RMIT University in Australia have created a nanozyme with antimicrobial properties with huge potential applications. Angharad Baldwin interviews Professor Vipul Bansal, lead researcher, to find out more

Six months and counting

With 6 months to go until the DSCSA serialisation enforcement deadline kicks in, <i>Manufacturing Chemist</i> caught up with some leading lights in the industry to find out how companies were shaping up ahead of November to mark the occasion

Invisible benefits

SCHOTT enhances its iQ platform with the introduction of the new syriQ BioPure glass syringe for sensitive drugs

Accelerating drug discovery

Angharad Baldwin of <i>Manufacturing Chemist</i> speaks to Dr Trevor Perrior, CSO of Domainex, about the development of a new GPCR drug discovery technology

The final countdown: CDMO focus areas before Feb 2019

Staffan Widengren will be presenting at <a href='https://www.tracelink.com/futurelink'>FutureLink Munich</a> on the <i>Final countdown: focus areas for a CDMO before February 2019</i>

How to boost the conversion rate of your e-commerce website in the manufacturing industry

Fifty three per cent of businesses spend less than 5% of their total marketing budget on boosting their conversion rates, and 35% of businesses have a conversion rate of less than 1%

Advances in medical technology

Overhauling operating models to create digital value

Tailor-made molecules for the drugs of tomorrow

Getting a drug to market is no easy feat, especially with tight regulations to comply with and the plethora of products that are already available. This is why a service that streamlines the discovery process and leads to improved outcomes during clinical trials for drug candidates is likely to be very desirable

PCI expands analytical laboratories at Tredegar site

Pharmaceutical outsourcing services provider PCI announces laboratory expansion at contained manufacturing centre

Standing strong

As regulatory pressure keeps rising, affecting every aspect of the drug manufacturing process, quality is an ongoing quest for pharma companies. Kevin Robinson spoke to Christina Rettig, Head of Communications at SCHOTT AG to find out more

Addressing glass particulates in injectable drug formulations

Glass particles are a frequent contaminant risk when producing injectable drugs on high speed filling lines. Glassmaker Corning has studied the root causes and engineered a new glass product for use on existing equipment that significantly reduces that risk

Serialisation: one year and counting

The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) introduces pan-European measures to prevent counterfeit medicines from entering the supply chain

A modern take on sterility assurance

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasingly looking for strategies to address containment risks. Christian Dunne of ChargePoint Technology sheds light on the benefit of split butterfly valve technology (SBV) in the aseptic processing of sterile active APIs and the final product

A look back at 2017 healthcare transactions

Last year, 2017, saw 2011 deals complete, with Q2 showing the strongest performance with 29.4%, followed by Q1 with 27.6%, Q3 with 24.1% and Q4 with 18.9%

Weathering the Brexit storm

The effective use of technology could facilitate regulatory compliance for pharmaceutical companies

Performance validation: HPAPI containment testing in a risk-based era

Taking a more automated approach to validation testing paves the way to capturing more repeatable and reliable data, thereby improving levels of containment performance

Gene transfer therapy approved for the treatment of ALL: part I

In August 2017, Novartis received FDA approval for its chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, Kymriah, for the treatment of children and young adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

Trending Articles

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  2. Recombinant versus synthetic peptide synthesis: the perks and drawbacks Since the introduction of novel peptide drugs into the market, the demand for polypeptide manufacturing has significantly increased, reports Dr Philipp Markolin
  3. Poolbeg granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for POLB 001 The US FDA grants orphan status to support the development of medicines for rare disorders affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US
  4. Peak identification by LC/MS: Automation versus analyst High pressure liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) is an important technique that facilitates the correct and accurate identification of impurities in pharmaceutical products and intermediates
  5. The economic advantages of continuous flow chemistry Batch production has been the traditional workhorse of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. However, economic advantages are taking continuous flow out of the realm of a niche technology for high energy, hazardous reactions to become an essential part of the small molecule manufacturing toolkit

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