Water for injection (WFI) is used in the pharmaceutical industry to formulate parenteral drugs and for cleaning and other manufacturing operations. Reverse osmosis followed by a polishing step can be a more efficient and cost-effective solution for WFI production.
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How to incorporate highly potent drug products into your facility
There are many benefits to adding highly potent drug products to your portfolio, including increasing demand and generating potentially higher profit margins. Making the decision to incorporate highly potent drug products into your manufacturing facility can be a challenging process.
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How biopharma facilities can use ice in a glycol chiller system
Ice storage, coupled with a glycol chiller, can provide benefits that other options can’t.
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Continuous OSD manufacturing—a technology update
Continuous oral solid dosage manufacturing is a transformational processing platform that is here today and is here to stay. Although the industry is working on harmonization and some level of standardization of the platforms, continuous manufacturing is not a one-size-fits all offering.
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When to close your pharmaceutical process
Too often, the term “closed process” is thrown around without an understanding of the salient issues. Pharmaceutical process closure can certainly provide many benefits, but there are various impacts and requirements depending on the ultimate goal and the specific process you are trying to close.
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Cybersecurity considerations for pharmaceutical companies
Who would want to hack a programmable logic controller? Is cybersecurity really that important for pharma companies?
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Continuous OSD manufacturing and patient impact
FDA approved oral solid dosage (OSD) products are improving, changing and enhancing lives, via the use of a continuous manufacturing platform.
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Solving biopharma design challenges with computational fluid dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics and cloud computing can make complex models more cost-effective and less time-consuming.
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Passing through the barrier
Over the past decade, aseptic filling isolators have improved patient safety by use of barriers to isolate the point of filling from personnel. This industry-wide movement creates opportunities to further increase patient safety by minimizing viable and nonviable risks to the aseptic fill.
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Strip the strip curtains in aseptic cleanrooms
Like most things, improvement happens naturally over time with the application of knowledge and the advancement of technology. This is particularly true for aseptic cleanrooms and even more so with respect to strip curtains. As cleanroom technology has evolved, we’ve developed a better understanding of how to—and how not to—maintain an aseptic environment.
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