Packaging In-Depth Focus 2019
This In-Depth Focus looks at safe, child resistant and sustainable packaging, and examines the supply chain of temperature controlled packaging.
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Near-infrared spectroscopy has grown up and moved from the lab to its own place
For decades, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been an invaluable tool within the laboratory and, interestingly, despite all the excellent instrumentation and technologies introduced for process control, NIR is still the most popular and mature technique available. This article will discuss the impact of NIR in pharmaceuticals from the perspective of…
Online drying process control of pharmaceutical intermediates using near-infrared spectroscopy in a bypass system
Strong regimentation and economic interests demand the development and implementation of new techniques for process control and analysis in the pharmaceutical industry. The extensive analysis of all deployed materials, intermediates and products leads to a higher degree of process stability and can contribute to a faster compensation for deviations, especially…
Pharmaceutical packaging: child-resistant, easy opening, sustainable
Child safety, and specifically protection from poisoning, is a crucial factor in medicine packaging. In this article, Stephen Wilkins, Chairman of the Child-Safe Packaging Group, discusses the standards that govern child-safe packaging, as well as the importance of ‘ease of opening’ for elderly adults...
Expert View: NIR technology in pharmaceutical environments
NIR technology has been used in the pharmaceutical industry for nearly two decades, but the major driver for its use over the last 10 years was recommendations made by the FDA and other regulating authorities.
Mass Spectrometry In-Depth Focus 2019
In this issue: identification of peptides and proteins in suspected illegal medicinal products using MALDI-TOF-MS, and open data policies in proteomics.
Identification of peptides and proteins in suspected illegal medicinal products using MALDI-TOF-MS
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) has proven to be an excellent technique for identification of illegally distributed peptides and proteins for human use. The identification of proteins is mainly based on peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) – ie, the bottom-up approach – while the small proteins and…
NIR In-Depth Focus 2019
This near-infrared spectroscopy In-Depth Focus looks at online drying process control of pharmaceutical intermediates and how NIR has moved on from the lab.
Guide to Analytical Testing 2019
In this edition of our 'Guide to' series we look at analytical testing instruments from SUEZ.
European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 1 2019
In this issue we look at the challenges of shipping temperature-controlled products, the potential use of blockchain for pharma, and using MALDI-TOF for identification of peptides in suspected illegal medicinal products. The edition also includes articles on aseptic containment, legal advice on licensing negotiations and an In-Depth Focus article from…
Key packaging trends for 2019
Consumer demands, a focus on sustainability and recycling, and political uncertainty in the UK are just a few challenges the packaging market had to overcome last year. Nikki Withers speaks to Ron Yakubison, Director of Pharmaceutical Packaging Operations at Merck Manufacturing and Sriman Banerjee, Head of Packaging at GSK, who…
Dr Penny Heaton, Bill & Melinda Gates MRI: ‘Lift while you climb’
As part of EPR’s Women in Pharma series, Dr Penny Heaton, Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, talks to Science Editor Dr Zara Kassam about the need to disrupt global health product development by applying cutting-edge science and technology to combat age-old diseases in the world’s…
Rapid microbiological methods and the regulatory environment
Rapid microbiological methods (RMM) continue to gain acceptance within our industry and a number of companies have already realised significant gains in detection sensitivity, automation, throughput, time-to-result and return on investment (ROI) when they have replaced their classical methods with these alternative technologies.
Learning the unwritten rules and dynamics of power
As part of EPR’s Women in Pharma series, Nawal Ouzren, CEO of Sensorion, talks to Science Editor Dr Zara Kassam about the diversity in drug development, creating a new growth mindset and elevating conversations beyond obvious beliefs...
The obstacle to developing an optimum placebo formulation for pharmaceutical freeze drying
Scale-up of pharmaceutical freeze-drying processes is cost and time consuming due to Quality by Design (QbD) requirements and novel compound costs or availability. The application of placebo formulations offers a promising way to improve drug development activities and save resources. Furthermore, placebos are used as a reference in clinical trials.…
