Quality/GMPs

Myriad Genetics reports that the US Supreme Court has granted certiorari agreeing to hear the company's gene patentability case.

A UC Berkeley survey provides insight into biopharma's risk concerns and strategies.

White House and Congress likely to struggle over funding for bio/pharmaceutical regulation.

An introduction to a new series on manufacturing within global markets.

The authors describe the development of an ultra scale-down anion exchange membrane adsorber, and demonstrate scalability to larger-scale devices.

This month, Sharon Strause, an industry consultant, provides a look back at "Computer System Validation Part I: Testing and Verification of Applications Software" by Leonard J. Goren.

The European Commission (EC) is seeking to introduce a black symbol to identify medicines that are subject to additional monitoring.

An operation spanning 16 African countries and conducted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in partnership with the Institute of Research against Counterfeit Medicines (IRACM) led to the seizure of more than 82 million doses of counterfeit medicines.

USP revises labeling requirements for Heparin.

This case study describes the process used to transition from a multi-use system to single-use tangential flow filtration for performing final buffer exchange steps.

Insights on single-use systems implementation and exploitation in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and processing, based on a QbD approach.

Is process-centered organization in biopharmaceutical manufacturing a stepping stone or a stumbling block?

NIBRT's Jayne Telford provides an overview of biopharmaceutical analytics and their accompanying qualification and validation steps.

A 10-step systematic approach to analytical method development and validation can improve the quality of drug development.

A disciplined approach to changing behavior can achieve change agility.

Manufacturing and in-depth characterization provide basis for demonstrating product equivalence.

The European Medicines Agency has added granularity to its biosimilars approval pathway by releasing a guideline on mAbs.

Patrick Jackson of Vindon Scientific offers key considerations for choosing an outsourced sample storage facility.

Understanding overall supplier capability versus the critical-to-quality attributes of your product can reduce both risk and cost.

New US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) standards provide a universal approach to organizing labels for prescription containers dispensed by US pharmacists in an effort to improve patient understanding.

User fees aim to speed approvals and support inspections.

Glenn Thorpe of West Pharmaceutical Services gives an update on packaging and delivery methods for vaccines.

Packaging vaccines using prefilled syringes can increase dosing efficiency, reduce costs, and improve patient safety. This article is part of a special section on vaccines.

The complex structure of ADCs necessitates different analytical strategies than those for either small molecules or unconjugated monoclonal antibodies.

USP optimizes identification tests and impurities procedures.