INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY ARTICLES
Regulating For Patient Safety And Success With Combination Products
At the AFDO/RAPS Combination Products Summit 2025, a notable focus emerged around approaches to risk assessment and human factors studies. In this article, Chief Editor Tom von Gunden offers his appreciation for the biopharma industry’s consideration of patient usability and safety in the development and regulation of combination products and other drug delivery devices.
INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY RESOURCES
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Explore the evolution of the wearable drug delivery market, including the route to commercialization and the challenges faced.
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Developing g-DDCPs is a complex and time-consuming process. By using a risk-based approach, manufacturers can streamline the development process and bring g-DDCPs to market more quickly.
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Microphysiological systems (MPS) use human cells to model tissue function, offering faster, more predictive insights for drug discovery, safety testing, and personalized medicine—bridging gaps left by animal and 2D models.
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Early stage formulation studies, which should support the emerging target product profile, will often yield important experimental results to aid subsequent development of clinically relevant dosage forms.
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The revision to Annex 1 will become effective in August 2023. Explore the major changes and considerations along with the next steps to achieve Annex 1 Regulatory compliance.
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Explore the rationale behind opting for a contract development organization (CDO) to fulfill organizational requirements and underscore vital considerations for evaluating CDOs to ensure alignment with your project objectives.
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Examine the results of two, two-year studies that indicate good container closure integrity performance that can be achieved with stoppers of a given elastomer, independent of configuration.
INJECTABLE DRUG DELIVERY SOLUTIONS
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As part of Stevanato Group’s commitment to R&D, our analytical testing sites focus on investigating the physico-chemical properties and interactions of primary packaging materials and drug products.
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Battelle, a leading nonprofit in applied science and technology, drives innovation in national security, healthcare, environment, and education while managing research labs and advancing critical discoveries.
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Accelerate sterile injectable development with expert support, advanced facilities, and tailored solutions for complex APIs — from formulation through commercialization across small molecules and biologics.
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A new six-phase assessment process simplifies regulatory approval for generic drug-device combination products, reducing costs and timelines while maintaining safety, effectiveness, and substitutability with reference-listed drugs.
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Ascendia specializes in the development of market suitable formulations for poorly water soluble drug substances. Based on the pre-formulation data package and the delivery requirements for the product, we recommend a comprehensive formulation development strategy. We understand that each formulation is unique and must address the specific challenges associated with poor solubility, inadequate bioavailability, and/or unacceptable physical/chemical stability. We also understand the urgency companies have for progressing their pipeline, and our approach maximizes the probability of success by exploring multiple formulation options in parallel if necessary.
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ASEPTiCell is integrated with isolator-barrier technologies to fully enclose and tightly control the aseptic environment for ideal conditions for processing sterile drug products. The system can be configured with a Restricted Access Barrier System (RABS) or an aseptic isolator to provide uninterrupted aseptic conditions during production. With isolator integrated systems, the ASEPTiCell is completely compatible with repeated in-situ bio-decontamination using hydrogen peroxide to further enhance the sterility assurance of the system.
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Capabilities that improve efficiency and accelerate development.
B. Braun's OEM Division offers a variety of in-house molding capabilities including injection molding, insert molding and over molding. They own a primary 400,000-square-foot U.S. plant that includes a 16,500-square-foot ISO Class 8 molding facility housing some of B. Braun’s 80 injection molding presses, which range from 55-330 tons.
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Rotary filler for clinical and early-stage pharma production specialized for fill finish advanced aseptic manufacturing for pharmaceutical and biologics injectables. Designed to be used in an isolator.
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VFM automatic filling and stoppering machines are designed for injectable solutions in vials.
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Ascendia’s team of scientists have decades of combined experience in sterile supplies for clinical trials, making them expert at solving the most difficult formulation challenges. In short, we consistently make the insoluble soluble.