Breaking News on Pharmaceutical Technology

Aptar Pharma says its new eDevices can help companies gain quicker regulatory approval for their nasal drug products without having to re-do clinical trials.

Published: 21-Feb-2012

Excipient makers could save up to 200 man hours with a new industry-driven, third-party audit certification scheme set to launch next week.

Published: 17-Jan-2012

Taste masking plays a vital role in treatment compliance according to Cargill, which has launched a new flavour technology that it claims can make drugs more pleasant to take and help manufacturers save money.

Published: 30-Nov-2011

High potency APIs are becoming a key focus of the pharmaceutical business, with drug makers from all areas racing to establish a foothold in the market.

Published: 29-Nov-2011

Endeavour Specialty Chemicals has launched a novel range of pyridinyl thioureas designed to cater for growing pharmaceutical industry interest in the development of prion disease treatments.

Published: 16-Nov-2011

BASF says solubility and bioavailability will be key focus for its pharmaceutical excipient product development efforts in the next few years.

Published: 31-Oct-2011

April saw the publication of the second draft of Excipact, a set of certification standards for third-party auditors of excipient manufacturers.

Published: 08-Jun-2011

Pharma needs to learn from other sectors and abandon the multistage development paradigm in favour of a two-stage design and manufacturing model to cut attrition rates.

Published: 25-May-2011

Continuous manufacturing offers significant advantages for drug production in terms of quality and efficiency, but more research and regulatory input is needed to help the pharmaceutical sector reap the benefits according to ISP.

Published: 19-Apr-2011

LB Bohle says healthy level of demand for processing technology demos at its recently opened service centre is an indication of processing tech market recovery.

Published: 07-Apr-2011

The biomanufacturing industry needs to adopt an integrated approach to upstream and downstream processing to boost efficiency and productivity according to EMD Millipore.

Published: 06-Apr-2011

ATMI LifeSciences has introduced a new method of integrity testing for its range of single-use bioprocess vessels that, it claims, will take QA in the biomanufacturing sector to a new level.

Published: 04-Apr-2011

Next month the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organise a meeting to discuss ways of encouraging the production of pharmaceutical in Africa.

Published: 21-Mar-2011

Clariant International has set up a unit to help the pharma sector overcome regulatory hurdles involved with developing colour packaging

Published: 24-Feb-2011

Solvent selection and solid loading are critical to optimising the spray drying process and unlocking its solubility-enhancing properties for drug production according to a new report by ISP Pharmaceuticals.

Published: 17-Jan-2011

Last week everything from co-processed excipients to Viagra-stuffed teddies were discussed at AAPS 2010. Now, with the show having finished, we present our personal take on the event.

Published: 22-Nov-2010

Adoption of electronic submission by regulators around the world is good news for drugmakers’ efforts to access emerging markets says industry expert Kate Wilber.

Published: 04-Oct-2010

Scientists say counterfeit drug and ingredient detection using NQR could benefit both manufacturers and pharmacies.

Published: 13-Sep-2010

Tracking “non-content” metadata is an important part of any pharmaceutical submission, yet many drugmakers fail to take an integrated approach to the task according to regulatory expert Kate Wilber.

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Proposed changes to USP chapters 232 and 233 on trace impurities would increase drug industry use of automated analysis, creating “huge number” of potential new customers says Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Published: 24-Aug-2010

In the first of a series of special in-pharmatechnologist podcasts Kate Wilber, Image Solutions’ (ISI) director of regulatory Services, Europe discusses the emerging trends in BPO and talks about how it can benefit drugmakers.

Published: 04-Aug-2010

The role of the pharma industry in supporting the COE anti-counterfeiting treaty, which aims to criminalise activities, “cannot be underestimated”, according to a directorate member.

Published: 16-Jun-2010

Aluminium foil as a packaging solution is marking its centenary in 2010. Stefan Glimm, executive director of the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), reflects on how this packing mainstay continues to build on its ability to provide the highest barrier protection properties while adapting to the needs of the new millennium.

Published: 30-Mar-2010

CEO Steffen Mittwich updates in-PharmaTechnologist on Atacama Labs' pneumatic dry granulation (PDG) API processing tech, its deal with German CMO Excella and future development plans.

Published: 18-Mar-2010

Payne Security has acquired BP Secure Solutions, adding the UK firm's roster of adhesive security labelling technologies to its drug industry offering.

Published: 08-Mar-2010