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Understanding the Value of Excipient Grade
In this paper, the authors introduce a method that combines ion exchange chromatography with a easier-to-perform, simpler one-step post-column derivatization that is selective to nitrite and visible spectrophotometric detection to allow high sample loading volumes without affecting resolution.…
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New Halogen-Containing Drugs Approved by FDA in 2021: An Overview on Their Syntheses and…
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This review describes the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs (in the year 2021) containing at least one halogen atom (covalently bound). The structures proposed throughout this work are grouped according to their therapeutical use. Their synthesis is presented as…
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Opportunities and Challenges: Process Raman for the Real-Time Release Testing (RTRT) of…
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The use of a process analytical technology has been demonstrated using near-infrared spectroscopy for continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical formulations and is within the scope of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's real-time release testing initiative. While effective for simple…
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Taste Masking of Dexketoprofen Trometamol Orally Disintegrating Granules by High-Shear Coating with…
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Orally disintegrating granules (ODGs) are a pharmaceutical form commonly used for the administration of NSAIDs because of their easy assumption and fast dispersion. The development of ODGs is not easy for drugs like dexketoprofen trometamol (DXKT), which have a bitter and burning taste. In…
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Advancing non-destructive analysis of 3D printed medicines
Pharmaceutical 3D printing (3DP) has attracted significant interest over the past decade for its ability to produce personalised medicines on demand. However, current quality control (QC) requirements for traditional large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing are irreconcilable with the production…
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Continuous Manufacturing of Drug Substances and Drug Products – FDA announces guidance for…
FDA issued the ICH final guidance, Q13 Continuous Manufacturing of Drug Substances and Drug Products in March 2023. The document represents, according to FDA, a proactive step the FDA is taking to facilitate the pharmaceutical industry’s adoption of these advanced manufacturing technologies. FDA has…
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FDA Concludes that Existing Regulatory Frameworks for Foods and Supplements are Not Appropriate for…
Given the growing cannabidiol (CBD) products market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration convened a high-level internal working group to explore potential regulatory pathways for CBD products. Today we are announcing that after careful review, the FDA has concluded that a new regulatory pathway…
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Excipients in pediatric dosage forms and related regulatory aspects with review to propylene glycol
Pediatric formulations often contain excipients with lack of safety and toxicity data based on a unique and daily exposure, duration of treatment and patient acceptability. In the 1980s, US set up regulatory initiatives for the development of pediatric drugs. In 2007, pediatric regulation focused on…
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BASF Pharma Solutions excipient accepted into FDA Pilot Program for novel excipients – Press…
Florham Park, New Jersey, December 5, 2022 –
BASF Pharma Solutions, a global business unit of BASF, announces today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Office of New Drugs, has accepted their excipient, Soluplus®, into the FDA’s Pilot…
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Sex-Based Differences in the Biodistribution of Nanoparticles and Their Effect on Hormonal, Immune,…
Males and females respond differently to medications due to physiologic, metabolic, and genetic factors. At times, sex-related differences cannot be mitigated by dose adjustment to body mass, and are evident from the tissue level to the single cell. The rising number of clinically approved…
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