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Aseptic containment strategies to meet challenges of processing new highly toxic and biologically hazardous sterile medicinal products and therapies

7 March 2019 | By ,

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) have been established in the pharmaceutical industry over the course of many years. Containment technologies – ie, those strategies developed to contain the APIs – and qualification practices based on API powder containment have primarily been based on health and safety issues related to operator exposure…

Open data policies in proteomics are starting to revolutionise the field

28 February 2019 | By

High-throughput mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics approaches have developed enormously in recent years and are continuing to do so. The current trend sees proteomics being used by academia and industry to tackle intricate biological questions, often in conjunction with other high-throughput “omics” disciplines such as genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics. Within the…

Online drying process control of pharmaceutical intermediates using near-infrared spectroscopy in a bypass system

27 February 2019 | By

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…

Identification of peptides and proteins in suspected illegal medicinal products using MALDI-TOF-MS

26 February 2019 | By , ,

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…

European Pharmaceutical Review Issue 1 2019

22 February 2019 | By

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…