The October issue of @EPM_magazine is available for download with all the regulars and features on granulation & milling, mixing & blending, mega trends in pharma, image analysis, APIs/excipients, CPhI preview, start up, serialisation, labelling, drug delivery and lab innovations preview.
EPM Oct 2017
In this issue:
- Editor's desk — looking at what makes Frankfurt a great place for pharma.
- Analysis — discussing the future of biosimilars in the UK and the shocking results of a survey into the failure of pharma businesses to report data breaches.
- Opinion — revealing some of the key challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the digital space and the top five reasons why quality management should be moved to the cloud.
- Regulatory affairs — looking at the practicalities of mastering IDMP compliance, the challenges the industry will be facing to meet forthcoming regulatory changes and the history and necessity of pharmacovigilance.
- Cover story — SCHOTT makes the point that small and flexible means fast and profitable in pharma packaging and demonstrates how this shift will affect the industry and consumers.
- Granulation & milling, mixing & blending — explaining how comprehensive, process relevant characterisation of wet granules can lead to tablet CQAs and help with design space definition.
- Mega trends in pharma — in this roundtable, four industry leaders reveal their thoughts on what the ‘mega trends’ are in the current pharma landscape.
- Image analysis — describing a co-extrusion technique and how Raman imaging microscopy can be used to measure aspects of the outer shell of the extruded material.
- APIs/excipients — highlighting the challenges in prefillable syringes and discussing a new method to tackle excipient selection challenges.
- CPhI preview — previewing the CPhI Worldwide event and briefly looking at some of the innovations to expect on the show floor.
- Start up — revealing what life science start ups should bear in mind when looking for funding.
- Serialisation — overviewing how to best use the US DSCSA enforcement postponement and how a CDMO can help companies be serialisation compliant globally.
- Labelling — looking at the accessories that are available to meet various labelling needs.
- Drug delivery — detailing some important design considerations in self-administered therapy solutions.
- Lab Innovations preview — running through what to look out for at the Lab Innovations event.
- Lab diary — evaluating data safety and cloud computing.
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