2021 Respiratory Drug Development eBook – The Three Cs Driving Respiratory Drug Delivery June 29, 2021

In this third annual Drug Development & Delivery Respiratory eBook, several companies discuss what they are currently working on to propel the respiratory sector.

WEARABLE DEVICES - Wearable Drug Delivery Applications: Considerations for Adhesive Material Selection & Wear Testing October 1, 2019

Neal Carty, PhD, MBA, and Deepak Prakash, MS, MBA, discuss the broader healthcare and digital health landscape behind wearable device developments and provide a brief overview of two types of wearable applications — insulin pump therapy/continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems and wearable drug injectors.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Injection Devices: As Self-Injection Grows, Drug Delivery Gets Smarter August 28, 2018

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin reviews some of the innovative and novel technologies developers are deploying to make self-injection easier and improve patient adherence.

NANOSCALE COMPLEXES - A Novel Nanotechnology-Based Platform to Optimize Combination Cancer Therapies: Rational Development & Improved Delivery Using CombiPlex® January 7, 2016

Barry D. Liboiron, PhD; Arthur C. Louie, MD; et al describe how CombiPlex addresses the challenges facing the traditional development path of many contemporary drug combinations and provide clinical proof-of-principle evidence that this approach can yield marked improvements in efficacy and patient outcomes.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Transdermal, Topical & Subcutaneous Drug Delivery: Extending Pipelines & Improving Self-Administration July 20, 2013

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin explores how the movement of home care and self- administration is pushing the development of this growing sector in drug delivery.

ADVANCED DELIVERY DEVICES - Important Considerations in the Delivery of Large-Volume & Viscous Drugs April 30, 2013

Kevin Cancelliere, MS, believes that as the trend toward self-administration continues, the need for careful consideration of primary container design, interaction with the drug product, method of administration, and end-user needs becomes even more critical.

DELIVERY DEVICES - The New Industry Paradigm for Prefilled Success March 12, 2013

Alan Shortall indicates that following a period of relative industry stability defined by peripheral innovation, a converging series of external and internal forces are set to reshape the prefilled syringe industry so that it will better serve the emerging needs of pharmaceutical companies, patients, and other stakeholders across the continuum of care.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Excipients: Advanced Biologics Require Innovative Excipient Science March 29, 2024

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several leading companies to discuss novel and functional excipients being developed, the role they will play in reformulations and new formulations, and their versatility in drug delivery.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Improving Bioavailability & Solubility: The Never-Ending Quest February 29, 2024

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin speaks with several companies to review their innovative technologies in this annual report on bioavailability and solubility.

DRUG DISCOVERY - Benefits of Acoustic Liquid Handling in Drug Discovery February 29, 2024

John Fuller, PhD, believes automated acoustic liquid dispensing technology is a game changer – whether deployed as a stand-alone instrument, in a scaled-up workstation, or as part of fully integrated systems – when it comes to handling complexity in efficient and cost-effective ways.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Outsourcing Analytical Testing: AI Could Transform Analytical Labs January 29, 2024

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin presents how today’s leading analytical testing service providers are taking advantage of AI and other types of automation and innovative technologies.

2023 Analytical Testing eBook – Analytical Testing Evolves With the Pharma Industry August 14, 2023

In this fourth annual Analytical Testing e-book, learn more about Alcami, Stevanati Group, and West and their current contributions and offerings in the outsourcing analytical testing market, as it continues to be a time and money saver for bio/pharma companies.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Solubility & Bioavailability: Difficult Beasts to Tame March 1, 2023

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin highlights the services many of these outsourced providers offer to enhance solubility and bioavailability and get their clients’ projects to market faster and cost effectively – while maintaining critical quality attributes.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Solubility & Bioavailability: Utilizing Enabling Technologies March 1, 2022

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin interviews several leading companies on how they are using innovative technologies, such as lipid nanoparticles to achieve a high drug loading, combining anti-solvent continuous crystallization with micro-mixing technology to control crystallization and reduce crystal size, and how a robotic capsule can improve bioavailability in the range of 47% to 78%.

2020 Respiratory Drug Development eBook – Inhaled Medications for Treating Unconventional Respiratory Diseases June 30, 2020

This second annual Drug Development & Delivery Respiratory eBook focuses on a few companies that are taking inhalation devices to a new level in drug delivery.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Outsourcing Formulation Development & Manufacturing: Specialized Capabilities for Small & Large Molecules June 4, 2020

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin interviews key players in the CDMO market who present case studies about how they are helping pharmaceutical and biopharma companies overcome a variety of formulation and manufacturing challenges.

SPECIAL FEATURE - Improving Bioavailability & Solubility: Understand Your Molecule March 3, 2020

Contributor Cindy H. Dubin asked several leading companies about how they are currently overcoming today’s most pressing bioavailability and solubility challenges for their pharma clients.

MODIFIED RELEASE - Alternative Strategies for Development of Modified-Release Dosage Forms October 1, 2019

Andy Lewis, PhD, discusses a range of available formulation technologies, the challenges in MR formulation development, and the use of a design-space approach with on-demand manufacturing.

AMORPHOUS SOLID DISPERSIONS - Increasing Solubility From API to Tablets April 1, 2019

Paulo Lino, PhD, and João Henriques discuss the main development goals and present a framework for a streamlined development of amorphous solid dispersion formulations by spray drying.

GENE-EDITING TECHNOLOGY - How CRISPR-Cas9 Technology Will Play a Vital Role in the Future of Human Therapeutics & Drug Discovery January 8, 2018

Kevin Holden, PhD, explores how this technology can be utilized in research efforts toward the development of new therapies and how it will play a vital role in the future of biopharma and drug discovery.

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