Articles in this Issue

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  Regulatory Compliance: Mutual Recognition Agreements and Other FDA Activities for Monitoring...

  October 12, 2018
  The FDA Safety and Innovation Act was passed by congress in 2012, and the FDA has been working to implement this act ever since. The act authorizes the FDA to establish mutual recognition agreements (MRAs), which are agreements between two or more ... read more
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  Blister Packaging: Benefits, Trends, and Innovations

  October 12, 2018
  Invented in the early 1960s and heralded for its convenience and security, the blister pack was designed to improve medication compliance. Indeed, for the birth-control pill, which became the first pharmaceutical product to leverage the blister-pack ... read more
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  Tablet and Capsule Marking: Direct UV Laser Marking of Tablets and Capsules

  October 12, 2018
  In 2016, the global market for laser marking machines was estimated at $2.21 billion, yet only a handful of lasers are currently used for direct identification of pharmaceuticals. For decades, every major component required for direct laser marking ... read more
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  Capsules: The Go-To Dietary Supplement Dosage Form

  October 12, 2018
  The nutraceutical market has grown swiftly in recent years as the public’s awareness of the nutritional benefits of dietary supplements has increased. Dietary supplements are available across all retail and online channels in a variety of dosage ... read more
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  DNA Molecular Taggants: A Hidden Key to Pharmaceutical Patient Safety

  October 12, 2018
  The pharmaceutical industry has always been at the forefront of safety practices given the potentially dire consequences of a breach in product purity. Still, counterfeit drug products remain a growing problem [1]. Technologies that enable drug ... read more
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  Feeders: Using Trending Capabilities to Troubleshoot Continuous Feeder Performance Problems

  October 12, 2018
  The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from batch to continuous processes, including direct compression, blending, wet and dry granulation, coating, and hot-melt extrusion. At the heart of these processes is the loss-in-weight (... read more
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  Eye on Excipients: Using GMP Programs to Ensure Suppliers Deliver Quality Products

  October 12, 2018
  Historically, in order to meet pharmaceutical GMP expectations, excipient manufacturers have relied on the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC) and Pharmaceutical Quality Group’s (PQG’s) Joint IPEC-PQG Good Manufacturing Practices ... read more
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  Raising the Bar for Quality

  October 12, 2018
  Complying with cGMP standards can help pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies meet basic quality requirements, but to really cultivate a reputation for quality, a company needs to challenge itself to go beyond compliance. read more