Books in Drug manufacturing and packaging

Sustainability in the Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Dimitrios A. Lamprou
English

Sustainability in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing is a groundbreaking reference for the pharmaceutical industry. Currently lagging behind other manufacturing sectors, pharmaceutical production requires significant changes in areas such as manufacturing methods, waste management, packaging, and supply chain. This book compiles cutting-edge research from leading global experts, offering scientific insights and innovative strategies to revolutionize sustainability in pharmaceuticals. It explores the transformative potential of the circular economy, lifecycle management, and resource optimization for maximum efficiency and minimal environmental impact.The book delves into green chemistry, highlighting alternative solvents and methods for drug production. It emphasizes novel microfluidic and additive manufacturing techniques, utilizing bio-based sustainable polymers and materials. Chapters on greener drug discovery, development, and scaling processes provide the most current research at each production stage. This invaluable resource enables researchers in academia and industry to make informed choices, enhancing their manufacturing practices and shaping the future of sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector.

Oral Delivery of Insulin

2nd Edition
August 1, 2025
T.A. Sonia + 1 more
English
Hardback
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Oral delivery of Insulin, Second Edition is a complete reference on non-invasive insulin delivery systems, focusing on the prospect of oral delivery of peptides. The chapters in the revised edition present a comprehensive evaluation of the insulin therapy approaches, with an emphasis on insulin delivery strategies and current advances in engineered insulin delivery systems such as nano/microcarriers and hydrogels. Chapters provides an overview of diabetes mellitus, cover technological innovations, explore artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to manage diabetes, explore a wide range of non-invasive and alternative routes of insulin administration, and much more.Other chapters cover challenges and strategies in oral insulin delivery, the experimental techniques used to develop oral insulin carriers, the use of polymeric nano and microparticles for insulin delivery, and the use of lipids and inorganic nanoparticles in insulin delivery. The final chapter provide an overview of current clinical trials on insulin delivery and future perspectives in the area. Clinicians can benefit from this information to develop a clear understanding about the research carried out worldwide in the field of oral delivery of insulin, including those in the clinical phase.

Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery

1st Edition
November 20, 2024
Dimitrios A. Lamprou + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery provides readers with all needed information for their journey from ideation to approval of innovative drug delivery devices produced through additive manufacturing.This book provides an in-depth discussion on key factors affecting the printing process such as different printer technologies, materials selection, resolutions, temperatures and speeds. Dedicated chapters include specific drug delivery devices in the form of oral solid dosage, implants, catheters and vascular grafts, and microneedles. The prospects of 3D printing associated with personalized medicine are covered in a full chapter.Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery is the perfect reference for any researcher or professional embarking on a 3D printing process for drug delivery devices. The regulatory aspects included are of particular interest to companies entering this promising market.

Drug Discovery Stories

1st Edition
October 18, 2024
Bin Yu + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Drug Discovery Stories: From Bench to Bedside presents a collection of cases on the development of highly successful pharmaceuticals. It delves into the realm of drug discovery, exploring the structural biology and biological functions of the sought-after targets. The book covers the identification of promising compounds, their transformation from hits to leads through meticulous optimization, and the elucidation of how key compounds interact with the target (in essence, providing invaluable insights for drug design). Additionally, it covers essential information such as the pivotal biological and PK data of lead compounds, any noteworthy clinical results, and a comprehensive overview of other candidate compounds.The field of drug discovery and development has experienced rapid evolution, with numerous new drugs receiving approval each year. While several books have been published on this subject, there is a pressing need for a new book series that accurately reflects the current advancements in drug discovery. This book aims to not only cater to the drug discovery community but also engage other communities involved in chemical biology, synthetic chemistry, and pharmacology.

Artificial Intelligence for Drug Product Lifecycle Applications

1st Edition
September 6, 2024
Alberto Pais + 3 more
English
Paperback
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Artificial Intelligence for Drug Product Lifecycle Applications explains the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug discovery and development paths, including the clinical and postapproval phases. This book gives methods for each of the drug development steps, from the fundamentals to postapproval drug product. AI is a synergistic assembly of enhanced optimization strategies with particular applications in pharmaceutical development and advanced tools for promoting cost-effectiveness throughout the drug lifecycle. Specifically, AI brings together the potential to improve drug approval rates, reduce development costs, get medications to patients faster, and help patients comply with their treatments.Accelerat... pharmaceutical development and drug product approval rates will enable larger profits from patent-protected market exclusivity. This book offers the tools and knowledge to create the right AI strategy to extend the landscape of AI applications across the drug lifecycle. It is especially useful for pharmaceutical scientists, health care professionals, and regulatory scientists, as well as advanced students and postgraduates actively involved in pharmaceutical product and process development involving the use of artificial intelligence in drug delivery applications.

Biocontamination Control for Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare

2nd Edition
January 28, 2024
Tim Sandle
English
Paperback
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Biocontamination Control for Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, Second Edition outlines a biocontamination strategy that tracks bio-burden control and reduction at each transition in classified areas of a facility. The first edition of the book covers many of the aspects of the strategy, but the new official guidance signals that a roadmap is required to fully comply with its requirements. Completely updated with the newest version of the EU-GPM (EN17141), this new edition expands coverage of quality risk management and contains completely new examples to help professionals bridge the gap between regulation and implementation. This book offers professionals in pharma quality control and related areas guidance on building a complete biocontamination strategy.

Computer-Aided Applications in Pharmaceutical Technology

2nd Edition
September 7, 2023
Jelena Duris
English
Hardback
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Computer-Aided Applications in Pharmaceutical Technology: Delivery Systems, Dosage Forms, and Pharmaceutical Unit Operations, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of experimental design application and interpretation in pharmaceutical technology, chemometric methods with an emphasis on their applications in process control, neural computing, data science, computer-aided biopharmaceutical characterization, as well as the application of computational fluid dynamics in pharmaceutical technology. Completely updated, the book introduces the theory and practice of computational tools through new case studies. Chapters cover Quality by Design in pharmaceutical development, overview data mining methodologies, present computer-aided formulation development, cover experimental design applications, and much more.

Clinical Case Studies on Medication Safety

1st Edition
January 19, 2023
Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi
English
Paperback
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Clinical Case Studies on Medication Safety provides real and simulated scenarios about safety issues related to medication, including Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), medication errors, and Drug Related Problems (DRPs). The book explains real-life case management, including details about adverse drug reactions, mistakes during drug administration, drug avoidance, and drug-drug interactions with a goal of improving patient care. With over 150 case studies, including cases from alternative medicine and traditional medicine, this book will help medical and health sciences educators, students, healthcare professionals, and other readers apply their knowledge and skills to solve cases for better patient care.

How to Integrate Quality by Efficient Design (QbED) in Product Development

1st Edition
August 24, 2019
Bhavishya Mittal
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The development of a robust drug product requires juggling many competing priorities such as overcoming scientific challenges, following regulatory requirements, and managing business-related concerns. Unfortunately, despite large resources spent on R&D, multifactor productivity of pharmaceuticals is on the decline for several years now. Because of this business reality, pharmaceutical companies have seen a notable change in the traditional operating model and footprint over the past couple of decades. Outsourcing, in particular, has emerged as a successful business model for many pharmaceutical companies looking for ways to strategically increase their R&D capabilities and to augment their in-house resources. How to Integrate Quality by Efficient Design (QbED) in Product Development bridges the gap between theory and practice when it comes to strategic decision-making in a pharmaceutical research scenario. This book will introduce the concept of QbED and focus on various aspects such as patient-centric product designs, platform-based manufacturing technologies, business acuity, and regulatory strategies to balance the challenges in outsourcing with the need for strategic and statistically sound experiments rooted in good science. Detailed discussions will cover pharmaceutical business models, regulatory approval process, quality by design (QbD), business analytics, and manufacturing excellence specifically for small molecules and solid oral dosage forms. With the addition of case studies, flowcharts, diagrams, and data visualizations, How to Integrate Quality by Efficient Design (QbED) in Product Development will be a practical reference to help professionals working in the area of pharmaceutical drug development, strategy, and outsourcing management.

High-Throughput Formulation Development of Biopharmaceuticals

1st Edition
September 28, 2016
Vladimir I. Razinkov + 1 more
English
Hardback
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High Throughput Formulation Development of Biopharmaceuticals: Practical Guide to Methods and Applications provides the latest developments and information on the science of stable and safe drug product formulations, presenting a comprehensive review and detailed description of modern methodologies in the field of formulation development, a process starting with candidate and pre-formulation screening in its early development phase and then progressing to the refinement of robust formulations during commercialization in the later phases of development. The title covers topics such as experiment design, automation of sample preparation and measurements, high-throughput analytics, stress-inducing methods, statistical analysis of large amounts of formulation study data, emerging technologies, and the presentation of several case studies, along with a concluding summary.

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