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The company plans to reformulate injectable products to make them into inhaled and intranasal medications.

Use of a subspace model is a viable method to characterize process space variables and optimize process performance.

Paras Biopharmaceuticals and Novozymes will collaborate on the creation of an improved osteoporosis treatment.

Baxter expands capacity for lyophilized cytotoxic oncology therapies at its fill/finish facility in Halle, Germany.

Baxter expands capacity for lyophilized cytotoxic oncology therapies at its fill/finish facility in Halle, Germany.

A new consortium involving Arecor, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies and the Center for Process Innovation will focus on formulation innovation as a way to improve downstream processing and reduce biopharmaceutical cost.

The global supply chain for bovine and porcine heparin and regulatory considerations are examined.

The novel antibody-engineering platform works differently than most of the currently employed antibody-modifying technologies, according to UM Baltimore.

The company presented a portfolio of new products during the meeting in Madrid.

Can alternative approaches to the permitted/acceptable daily exposure be justified?

This article introduces the technology that powers automated HT–DLS and explores its practical applications in enhancing formulation stability investigations.

Rafe Swan/Getty Images; Dan WardIrreproducible preclinical research is a global, expensive, and well-recognized problem that contributes to delays a

Surface plasmon resonance is helping define bispecific antibodies, the next-generation of biopharma therapeutics.

The project seeks to index the properties of various proteins in solution and create a home for data on the performance of product excipients with their active substances.

Although the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave Blincyto a positive opinion, full approval of the drug in the EMA will rely on additional clinical studies.

The agency cited Pan Drugs Limited with improper cleaning of facilities and equipment.

Under terms of the agreement, Amgen will license Xencor’s XmAb technology platform for five Amgen programs and one Xencor program.

Abenza acquired biopharmaceutical CDMO PacificGMP and expanded the company’s San Diego facility.

The collaborative effort will be focused on fully humanized antibodies.

The author discusses the current best practices in technical qualification of single-use systems.

The Pre-Connect Congress will explore pharma industry trends, such as mergers and acquisitions, the biologics market outlook, and innovation in drug delivery among others.

The company announced plans to begin PIONEER, a Phase IIIa program comprising seven trials of approximately 8000 people with type 2 diabetes.

Merus announced new investors and the sale of $80.5 million in shares to advance its immuno-oncology programs.

Regulatory officials and industry scientists participated in a CMC Strategy Forum sponsored by CASSS in July 2015.

Licenses could potentially bring antibody R&D to areas beyond oncology, such as diabetes treatments

FDA issues draft guidance on dissolution testing for immediate-release solid oral dosage forms.

Industry experts spoke to BioPharm International about the key considerations in the development of a drug-delivery device for a biologic drug, the importance of human factors engineering, the advantages of prefilled syringes, and the challenges in the manufacture of these devices.

The authors explore the use of statistical experimental design and multivariate analysis to develop a drug substance formulation matrix.

Gene and cell therapies represent the next-generation treatments for a wide range of diseases, but one challenge in the development of these therapeutics is the controlled delivery to the targeted site to maximize expression or engraftment while limiting systemic exposure.

This article discusses cleaning validation of equipment dedicated to the production of a single API.