Imagine if the global analytical instrumentation industry was a person who walked among us. Would they be a man or a woman, and what kind of person would they be?
By MARK A. DESORBO
Several approaches have been proposed to retain the dosage form in the stomach.
By Sanjay S. Patel, Jayvadan K. Patel, Girish N. Patel, Praful D. Bharadia, Madhabhai M. Patel
A recently developed optical technology called “instantaneous microbial detection” (IMD) can determine the quantity and size of very small particles in liquid or air, and simultaneously determine whether each particle is inert or biologic, all in real time.
By Chuck Bolotin
Departments
FORMULATION
Drug Delivery
- Delivery is Only Skin Deep:
Transdermal Drug Delivery: Today and Tomorrow
By Vitthal S. Kulkarni and Charles J. Shaw
Injectables
- Process Challenges and Solutions:
Development of sophisticated medications for unmet medical needs has created a whole new breed of challenges for the pharmaceutical industry
By Joerg Zimmerman
Excipients
- Algae’s Functional Excipient Side:
Sodium Alginate, a natural polysaccharide has the stability, solubility, viscosity and safety needed in a pharmaceutical excipient
By Girish Patel
QUALITY CONTROL
Hazardous Environments
- Hopping on the Fieldbus:
Expanded fieldbus process control in hazardous environments comes to the pharmaceutical industry
By David Rizzo
GMP Notebook
- FDA Exempts Phase 1:
Investigational Drugs from GMPs New provisions cover formal evaluation of the production environment as well as training, components and production
By Efrem H. Zaret, Ph.D.
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS
Quality Systems
- Minding the Cs and Qs:
Both contamination control and quality management indicate the need for structured planning and consideration of customer requirements, as well as statutory and regulatory needs
By Derick O. Edwards AND Grant Merrill
PHARMA IT
Compliance Management
- Conquering Compliance Management: Achieving enterprise quality and compliance means utilizing a centralized software platform
By Steve Cagle
