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Issue #5 2016 – Digital edition

20 October 2016 | By European Pharmaceutical Review

In this issue: Biosimilars, Informatics, Ingredients, PAT, HPLC, Microbiology, Product Showcase, Regulation, and much more...

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Biosimilars: litigation outlook

20 October 2016 | By

In the Foreword article contributed by Consultant David P. Elder in Issue 3, 2016 of European Pharmaceutical Review, entitled ‘Biosimilars: future prospects’, Dr Elder concluded that it is likely that biosimilars will become increasingly established in both Europe and the United States and that in addition to proteins and peptides,…

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Roche’s cancer immunotherapy drug has longer OS vs. chemotherapy

1 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Roche’s study for tecentriq (atezolizumab) met its co-primary endpoints and showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival (OS) compared with docetaxel chemotherapy in people with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease progressed on or after treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. Adverse events…

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Approaches in subcutaneous delivery of monoclonal antibodies

24 August 2016 | By , , ,

Currently, subcutaneous delivery of therapeutic proteins is a fast-growing field, especially for such established modalities as monoclonal antibodies, which require large quantities of drug to be administrated. Different approaches, including high protein concentration, speciality formulations and drug delivery matrices, as well as devices enabling a more rapid administration of larger…

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Current activities of the USP general chapters

24 August 2016 | By

From a microbiological perspective, pharmaceutical products fall into two categories – nonsterile and sterile. For both categories manufacturers must eliminate, or minimise, potential health risks to patients related to microorganisms and the toxins they produce, whilst maintaining product quality. Many contributing factors may affect the quality of a medicine or…