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  • Oral Absorption of Peptides and Proteins and Their Role in Drug Pharmacokinetics

    Oral bioavailability denotes the fraction of a drug taken orally that arrives in the systemic circulation as an unaltered, active form, and is capable of providing its therapeutic benefit. It is typically presented as a percentage of the amount that enters the bloodstream compared to the administered dose. 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

  • Aligning Environmental Monitoring Expectations with Scientific Realities

    Considering the advances in aseptic processing and their effectiveness in eliminating the primary sources of contamination (i.e., human activity), it is not our intent to entirely disparage the value of monitoring. Environmental monitoring has some value in trend analysis within an overall contamination control strategy. However, it is not a control mechanism. 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