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Quality Systems Key to Lifecycle Drug Management
Jun 01, 2015
By Jill Wechsler
BioPharm International
Volume 28, Issue 6
The submission and review of manufacturing supplements is costly and time consuming for biopharmaceutical comp…
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A Bright Future for the Plasma Fractionation Industry
There is still a very bright future for the plasma fractionation industry. That was one of the conclusions reached when the 9th Plasma Product Biotechnology (PPB) meeting ended on the beautiful isla…
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Continuous Manufacturing: A Changing Processing Paradigm
Apr 01, 2015
By Randi Hernandez
BioPharm International
Volume 28, Issue 4
Although continuous manufacturing is well established for bulk chemicals, complex automation and validation …
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Optimizing Resin Performance with Disposable Chromatography Solutions
Although the initial uptake of single-use chromatography solutions has been relatively slow, an increased need for higher-capacity resins and the demand for smaller batches has made disposable chrom…
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DoE Provides Benefits, but Preparation Is Necessary
The challenges of DoE
While there clearly are numerous advantages to using a DoE approach in the formulation development of biopharmaceuticals, it is important to bear in mind that there are also …
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Single-Domain Antibodies for Brain Targeting
With 25 mAb products on the market and more than 100 undergoing clinical trials (1-3), it is evident that engineered antibodies have come of age as biopharmaceuticals (4).
Intact antibodies (immun…
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Quality by Design—Bridging the Gap between Concept and Implementation
The drive to embed quality-by-design (QbD) principles into the pharmaceutical regulatory framework of the European Union has reached a key point 10 years after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) firs…
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Trends in BioPharma Approvals in 2013
A total of 16 approvals were recorded in Europe, while only six biopharmaceuticals came on the market in the US in that same period. This trend can partly be explained by Europe playing catch up in th…
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Q&A with Industry Leaders: Rita Peters
This week, Process Development Forum's new Q&A feature interviews Rita Peters, Editor of BioPharm International Magazine, about second quarter trends in drug development.
Q: What trends have yo…
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Best Practices in Adopting Single-Use Systems
Key considerations for implementing single-use components or platforms when moving from research to process development.
The adoption of single-use systems in biopharmaceutical production or…