I read an article at PharmTech at the tail end of 2016 that I thought was quite interesting, and it reflects Neuland’s position on regulatory agencies & issues. The article…
One portion of an article at PharmTech (Five Themes That Will Drive the CMO Industry) discussing opportunities for smaller CMOs recently caught my eye. It mentioned that those aforementioned opportunities…
In today’s pharmaceutical industry, Quality by Design (QbD) has become an essential – instead of optional – tool. In fact, the phrase, “essential instead of optional” reminds me of the…
A couple of years ago, I published a post on 5 API Regulatory Challenges to Avoid, and it was interesting to look over the list and contemplate what updates I’d…
In what can best be described as a quality paradox, continuous process improvement has become something of a buzzword in the pharma manufacturing industry. But, as Epcot President & CPhI…
There have been a number of articles recently pointing to growth in the API industry, and it’s something I’ve discussed as well – most recently in a post on the…
Impurities and the ICH Limits for Impurities Impurities are unwanted chemicals produced during normal manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, or APIs. As you well know, impurities have no therapeutic value…
Genotoxic impurities were around long before humans first began boiling bark. Our attempts to quantify, understand and control GTI formation, however, is a much more recent phenomena. It’s also a…
Reducing Mutagens, Carcinogens & Other Genotoxins to Improve Safety Profiles There are a number of process modifications API manufacturers can make to improve safety profiles, reduce production costs, improve capacity…
Last week, we wrote a post on new analytical methods for the detection of impurities that our R&D group had developed for the drug Febuxostat. And we’ve done the same…