Manufacturing

FDA issues draft guidance on dissolution testing for immediate-release solid oral dosage forms.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

Process maps and risk assessments are among the valuable tools operators can apply to reduce the risk of microbial contamination.

A thorough cell-bank testing plan is necessary to certify the safety and purity of a resulting biopharmaceutical product.

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.

FDA and industry support global framework and collaborations to secure the supply chain.

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

Industry experts discuss challenges, trends, and innovations in fluid handling.

The new service offering includes feasibility studies, process and analytical development, and scale-up from milligram to gram quantities required for pilot and subsequent commercial scale.

CMC Biologics and River Vision Development announce manufacturing agreement for RV001, a monoclonal antibody to treat Grave’s orbitopathy.

Cytovance Biologics Inc. announces development and manufacturing deal with NeuroFx for stem-cell-derived cell-free therapy for strokes.

Financial expectations for Baxter’s biopharma solutions arm will drop 10% as the result of a client’s decision to move its manufacturing in house.

A broad indication for GSK’s investigational mAb mepolizumab, coupled with an upcoming FDA decision date, could give the manufacturer a competitive advantage in the biologic asthma market.

The contract is a memorandum of understanding for the manufacturing by MaSTherCell of clinical batches of TxCell’s Ovasave.

Will AbbVie stave off biosimilar competitors by following Teva’s model for Copaxone?

Manufacturers are producing new drugs and vaccines and clinical supplies faster and more efficiently through the development of standards and common practices for single-use technology systems.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced a positive scientific opinion for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK’s) malaria candidate vaccine Mosquirix (RTS,S) for use outside of the European Union (EU) in children aged 6 weeks to 17 months.

World Courier receives pharmaceutical storage and transportation accreditation in the United Kingdom.

The $19.7 million contract will assist Emergent with the development of cGMP lots of three Ebola mAbs.

CSafe and AES will support controlled-temperature shipping through the Basel, Switzerland airport from their new service center.

Biogen will take ownership of Eisai's Research Triangle Park manufacturing campus and will manufacture both oral solid-dose and parenteral drugs for Eisai.

Baxter has initiated a voluntary recall of two lots of IV solutions due to the potential presence of particulate matter.

GSK accelerates delivery timeline for US quadrivalent flu vaccine.

The Mobius 2000-L single-use bioreactor from EMD Millipore offers configurable software, hardware, and single-use Flexware assemblies for suspension and adherent cell-culture applications.