BioPharm International, March 2009

Cover

By Desmond Fitzgerald , Ken Bradley

A close-up look at Pfizer's biotherapeutics plant in Shanbally, Ireland.

Features

By Nitin Rathore , Wei Qi , Cylia Chen , Wenchang Ji

A method to evaluate the relative cleanability of new products.

By Herb Lutz , Mark Blanchard , Ian Abbott , Ananth Parampalli , George Setiabudi , Vijay Chiruvolu , Megumi Noguchi

Data on the performance and variability of different formats.

By Javier O. Tapia , Carlos Escobar , James Weidner

Robust packing procedures can improve process performance and increase resin lifetime.

Columns and Departments

By Jill Wechsler

Broader transparency in product prices and payments to researchers aim to curb conflicts of interest and rationalize drug expenditures.

Tanks for the Memories

By James M. Robinson

Single-use systems have greatly improved and simplified common manufacturing issues.

By Eric S. Langer

What will it take for the industry to embrace new hosts?

Where We'll Be in 10 Years

By Laura Bush

At some point, will heavy investments in large, stainless-steel based facilities become a burden to US companies?