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  • From Kirk’s Conquests to Cancer Cures: Space Gets a Day Job

    Nobody wrote the script where space spends its days quietly growing protein crystals for a Merck immunotherapy drug. And yet, here we are. read more

  • Packaging Is Tough

    The lesson here isn’t that packaging is bad. It’s that packaging is where all the science, formulation work, and quality control finally meets a real person standing in a real kitchen. If the patient can’t get the product out in one piece, all of that great work ends up in crumbs on the counter. read more

  • Focused Ultrasound’s Therapeutic Potential for Blood-Brain Barrier Opening

    Neurological disease accounts for a large share of the global disease burden. CNS drug development, however, remains unusually difficult. One major reason is anatomical, not pharmacological: even a compound with strong target biology has little therapeutic value if it cannot reach the relevant brain tissue at sufficient concentration. read more

  • Typical and Representative, Part 1

    As technology in endotoxins and pyrogens testing changes, and as the basic research advances our understanding of pyrogenicity, fifty-year-old assumptions and decisions should be revisited, if not challenged. Given that it is neither typical nor representative of potential contaminants, is the current calibrant still an appropriate analyte for endotoxins and pyrogens testing? read more

  • Featured Documentary: A Solid Dosage Future

    While biopharmaceuticals continue to grab much of the limelight in the pharmaceutical industry, the fact is solid dosage products (tablets, capsules, pills, etc.) still account for the majority of medicinal products made worldwide. The reasons for this market share are abundantly clear: patients are familiar with the dosage form and are comfortable using it. In addition, the industry has many decades of experience designing, formulating, testing, manufacturing and packaging solid dosage products. The knowledge base is extensive. read more

  • Watch Video: The Clean Facility of the Future - Advanced Microbiology Techniques for Cleaner Facilities and Purer Products

    Learn about the tools, techniques, services and best practices being used to manufacture high quality products while minimizing contamination and error in the Clean Facility of the Future Documentary. read more