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Handling HPAPIs safely – what does it take?
Here, Veranova's Global Head of Analytical Research & Development, Dr Kishore Hotha, outlines safety considerations when manufacturing and handling highly potent APIs (HPAPIs).
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New working party to address excipients in Ph. Eur. monographs
The European Pharmacopoeia Commission’s new Excipients Strategy Working Party will address specificities of excipients in European Pharmacopoeia monographs.
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EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) meeting highlights – February 2023
In its latest meeting, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended eight new medicines for approval, including an enzyme replacement therapy for a rare disease.
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Press release: Biopharmaceutical testing capabilities increasing in Switzerland
SGS have relocated their biopharmaceutical testing laboratory in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
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Product hub: GMP ready: Ultrapure water, passcode access, validation support and TOC verification
Reliable, intuitive and simple to use. Bringing ELGA's ultrapure water purification to GxP Quality Control Laboratories.
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NITROSAMINES: Where now?
While determining active intakes and control strategies for short chain alkyl N-nitrosamines was relatively easy to establish, nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities continue to present challenges. Here, Dave Elder reflects on the three main instances of nitrosamine contamination in drug products.
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Brochure: The Caliber Manufacturing Suite – CaliberBRM
CaliberBRM is a manufacturing product suite that digitalises and automates pharmaceutical manufacturing processes for a paperless, future-ready lab.
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Collaboration to support quality production of biologics
US Pharmacopeia (USP) and American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) will collaborate to better support the biologics sector in R&D, process development and release of high-quality biologics.
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Article: The importance of real-time nanoparticle size analysis
The NanoFlowSizer, unique inline nanoparticle size analyser, is able to monitor nanoparticle suspensions and enable real time monitoring of processes.
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Challenges in pharmaceutical microbiology: looking to the future
Here, Edward C Tidswell, Executive Director Quality Assurance at Merck & Co, Inc., discusses the microbiology challenges for industry, pharmaceutical companies and microbiologists themselves.
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Shining a light on Raman for microbiological analysis
The detection and identification of bacteria is essential for biopharmaceutical production, the assessment of new antimicrobials and assessing contamination control measures. Developing methods for complex environments is challenging due to interference from the various molecules present. Here, pharmaceutical microbiologist and contamination control expert Dr Tim Sandle explains how Raman spectroscopy…
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Developing terminal sterilisation processes for oligonucleotide drugs
A report reviewing the state of sterile oligonucleotide drug processing has recommended ways to aid development of terminal sterilisation processes.
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PDA releases contamination control strategy report
Technical Report 90: Contamination Control Strategy Development has been released by the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA).
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Endotoxin trends: sustainability, automation and beyond
In this Q&A Miriam Guest, Principal Microbiologist at AstraZeneca UK, discusses trends in bacterial endotoxin testing, as well as factors to consider when looking to implement rapid methods.
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Identifying bacterial isolates to help prevent cleanroom contamination
A paper aiming to identify bacterial isolates on cleanroom operators’ garments, showed these surfaces were a major source of contamination.
