This month, I managed to catch up on some of the industry articles I’ve been waiting to read which were relevant to APIs and pharma manufacturing generally. Here are a few you might find interesting:
What Does the Future Hold for the API Industry?
Patricia Van Arnum at DCAT tackled APIs and what the market holds in a DCAT Value Chain Insights piece:
The market for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is approximately $140 billion and is projected to reach nearly $190 billion by 2020. Read it at DCAT.
Growing Focus on Raw Materials Compliance
Mark Hoffman’s piece at PharmaManufacturing.com (Critical Success Factors in Raw Material Storage & Conveyance) took a look at the growing importance of raw material supply chain compliance:
“Increasingly, this environment also has become integral to the rigorous regulatory requirements for tracking and tracing products throughout the supply chain.”
We touched on this in our last post – accurate, comprehensive documentation is a must!
There were many interesting pieces in PharmTech’s 40th Anniversary section (you can see their complete coverage here: PharmTech Reflects on Four Decades of Bio/Pharma Innovation), but I’ll share a few that caught my eye:
Perspective: Big Pharma No Longer the Center of Innovation
Chris Moreton takes a look at the shifting role of Big Pharma over the years, and the positive effects of drug regulations.
Perspective: Drug Costs and Pharma’s Future
AAPS President Binodh Desilva discusses how drug costs, biosimilars, and cloud-based technologies will impact the pharma industry, and what the future holds for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).
Process Validation Evolution: The Lifecycle Approach
Paul Pluta shares the history behind the FDA’s process validation guidance, discusses its evolution and the lifecycle approach.
Braille and Not-So-Common Drug Packaging Standards
Lastly – though unrelated to Neuland or APIs, I thought this piece on the use of Braille to label drugs for visually impaired patients in Pharmaceutical Processing magazine was interesting. There has been a shift towards common and comparable cross-border regulatory requirements for years, but there are still differences between the various rules & regulations. This article points out the different requirements for Braille between Europe and the U.S.
Enjoy!
