Manufacturing
RFID in Pharma
An Asian perspective
RFID in healthcare is a small part of the global RFID market today but it is growing rapidly to become a US billion business by the end of A large part of this will be the tagging of pharmaceuticals for many purposes including RFIDenabled smart packaging that records usage data such as when each tablet was removed These patient compliance monitori...
Superdisintegrants
An economical alternative
Orally disintegrating tablets ODT are an innovative technology which disintegrates rapidly usually in a matter of seconds without the need for water providing optimal convenience to the patient Conventional tablets and capsules pose difficulty for swallowing in patient groups such as elderly children and patients mentally retarded uncooperative nau...
Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC™)
High performance liquid chromatography HPLC has proven to be the predominant analytical technology used in laboratories worldwide during the past plus years One of the primary drivers for the growth and continued use of HPLC has been the evolution of the packing materials used to effect the separation An underlying principle of HPLC dictates tha...
Micro and Nanotechnologies
From R&D to drug delivery
Micro and nanotechnologies will support pharmaceutical companies in their development strategy by providing solutions to Discover new drug candidates and therapeutic pathways Reduce new therapies development time Facilitate drugs launching with adapted delivery systems Provide better treatment performances Extend pharmaceutical products l...
BaychroMAT® CellCount
A platform for online analytical measurements
Biotechnology will continue to experience aboveaverage growth in the coming years The primary reasons for this are the increasing content of biotechnological active substances red biotechnology in drug products and regenerative fuels such as bioethanol or biodiesel white biotechnology which have become commercially attractive in light of the high p...
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Embracing Lean Six Sigma
Today pharmaceutical manufacturers are focused as never before on reducing operational costs while ensuring compliance Cost pressures are increasingly acute as many pharmaceutical manufacturers see a dwindling product pipeline as well as greater competition from generics To ensure that their bottom lines remain solid pharmaceutical manufacturers ar...
Anti-Counterfeiting Technologies
What makes them effective?
The fight against counterfeiting tampering and diversion of pharmaceuticals is a global and complex challenge No doubt the traditional definition of drug safety has acquired the additional dimension of drug securityor more precisely security of the supply chain and custody of the chain But consumers accustomed to their governments protecting them f...
The Freeze Drying of Biologicals
Recent trends
Lyophilisation or freeze drying is a process widely used in the preparation of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals Rey May because it allows greater storage stability for otherwise labile biomolecules provides a convenient storage and shippage format and following reconstitution rapidly delivers the product in its original formulation ready for us...
Developing a Process Excellence Culture
A key question for business leaders focused on improving their results What is process excellence and why is developing a process excellence PE culture important to them and their organisation This question is critical irrespective of whether the organisation is a service provider or a product manufacturer Process excellence is engaging the entire...
Identifying Counterfeit Drugs
An unexpected benefit of PAT / QbD
Counterfeit drugs cost the pharmaceutical industry billions of dollars in lost revenues every year In addition to the economic impact these counterfeit products endanger the health of patients The problem is that there is no one type of deception Counterfeiting may be as simple as an older real product relabelled and rebottled all the way to harmfu...
