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8 September 2016 | By Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA
This webinar shows how Lonza’s Specialty Ingredients sector successfully digitised and unified their global research operations with BIOVIA solutions...
Fraudulent misrepresentation, substitution or imitation of premium products has always been a problem for both the regulatory authorities and the pharmaceutical industry. The task of finding and preventing counterfeit products is particularly challenging1,2. Several analytical techniques are available to help characterise pharmaceutical compounds: physical profile; X-ray diffraction; infrared spectroscopy; mass…
15 April 2014 | By Dennis Douroumis, Reader in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Greenwich and the Director of Centre for Innovation in Process Engineering and Research
Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) has attracted increased interest for the development of pharmaceutical dosage forms over the last decade. It is a versatile processing technology which produces extrudates in the form of solid dispersions and solid solutions. Among the various applications, HME has been adopted for the development of sustained…
15 April 2014 | By Ali Al-khattawi, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Aston University / Afzal R. Mohammed, Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, Aston University
There is an ongoing debate over the use of pharmaceutical excipients in medicines for children, triggered by the increased number of formulations suitable for this target patient population. Pharmaceutical excipients can be regarded as essential / necessary enablers in formulation development. These are materials other than the ‘active pharmaceutical ingredient’…
In Issue #1 2014: Raman Spectroscopy in-depth focus, Ingredients, LIMS, Kinase, Near Infrared in-depth focus, RNA, Microbiology...
15 December 2013 | By Christos Georgakis, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Systems Research Institute for Chemical and Biological Processes, Tufts University and Gregory M. Troup, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc
Process Systems Engineering (PSE) has had a profound impact in the chemical, petroleum and petrochemical industry in the last 30 - 40 years. Even though PSE has already started to make a significant impact on the pharmaceutical industry, there are substantial additional benefits that can be derived. The purpose of…
Read the free digital version of the June / July edition of European Pharmaceutical Review magazine...
In this Ingredients In-Depth Focus: Revisiting a mutual recognition agreement approach for GMP inspections to secure the safety of the supply chain of APIs; Solid form diversity of commonly used tableting excipients and its impact...
Inspection of incoming raw materials is an essential step in the pharmaceutical industry to verify that the correct raw material which meets the quality specifications has been received. It will not only help to ensure that the final product is of best quality and minimise wasted time, material costs and…
Starting on 1 June 2012, Beat In-Albon will join Lonza as COO of the Life Science Ingredients Sector and become a member of the Management Committee, replacing Harry Boot. Beat In-Albon brings broad industry experience to his role, having worked for Lonza already from 1983-2006, where he was Head of…
