Featured Articles

  1. Prefillable Syringe Plungers: A Solution For Low Temperature Storage

    Review a study with 1 mL long glass and polymer-based syringes and with 2.25 mL glass syringes. Explore the impacts on plunger movement, container closure integrity, and break loose and extrusion force.

  2. 4031 Ready Methods Reduce E&L Timelines

    An established approach for executing extractables and leachables evaluations for individual drug products comprises understanding risks, developing and validating targeted leachables studies, and supporting drug products through stability testing.

  3. Guidelines For Selecting A Medical Device Contract Manufacturer

    Consider these guidelines when evaluating potential device contract manufacturers to choose one that will be the best fit for your company.

  4. Have You Selected The Right Stopper For Your Lyophilized Drug Product?

    Component selection is a complex process. Packaging considerations should occur concurrent with drug development to mitigate risk at every step of the drug development process.

  5. How Subcutaneous Delivery Can Help Patients Manage Chronic Conditions

    Read more about how to improve your patients’ outcomes, avoid costly delays to launch, and provide a better return on investment.

  6. Your Approach To USP <382> For Your Drug Product Packaging

    The USP requirements for elastomeric components of container closure systems used for parenteral products are changing. Explore the implications for vial, syringe, and cartridge container closure systems.

  7. NovaPure Stoppers - The Right Choice For Oncology Drugs

    Vial containment systems with NovaPure® elastomer stoppers offer substantial performance benefits with their enhanced dimension control, reduced particle levels, inspection of every stopper, and use of FluroTec® film. Explore the performance of the film and why NovaPure stoppers should be the choice for sensitive drug products.

  8. Why Connect An Auto-Injector To A Smartphone?

    Why would a person with diabetes want to link their auto-injector to the Internet? Given that smartphones are so central to our everyday lives, it could be argued that the better question is: Why not? 

  9. Evaluation And Identification Of Subvisible Particulate Matter In Injections

    Review the scopes of USP chapters <787> and <788>. Both chapters address injections and have the same regulatory requirements according to their nominal volumes for subvisible PM.

  10. USP <382>: Think Systems, Not Components

    This blog focuses on the application of USP <382> prescribed testing to cartridges and syringes from a mechanical testing perspective.