Aptar Pharma

Ophthalmic Drug Delivery118

Issue No #118 April 2021 April 21st, 2021

Issue 118 - Apr 2021

Inside the magazine

CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY AND DEVELOPMENT

CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPHTHALMIC DRUG DELIVERY AND DEVELOPMENT

Robert Lee discusses recent advances in ophthalmic dosage forms and how companies are meeting these challenges to better serve their customers.

STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTIONS FOR OPHTHALMIC STERILE DRUG PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

Rainer Glockler

STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTIONS FOR OPHTHALMIC STERILE DRUG PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

In the first in a series of two articles, Rainer Glöckler and Carole Delauney discuss how the company’s state-of-the-art filling line meets the requirements and complexities that are particular to ophthalmic drug product manufacturing. The second article, to be published in May, will explore partnerships between pharma, CDMOs and syringe manufacturers in more detail.

THE PIVOTAL ROLE PLAYED BY DEVICE DEVELOPERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT EYE CARE

THE PIVOTAL ROLE PLAYED BY DEVICE DEVELOPERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT EYE CARE

Zoë Davidson and Carolyn Rose discuss the challenges glaucoma and dry eye patients face with eye drop administration and present the Novelia^® system featuring patented PureFlow^® technology, which controls the medication flow.

DRUG DELIVERY TO THE EYE: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF INTRAVITREAL PREFILLED SYRINGES

Dr Suresh Gupta

DRUG DELIVERY TO THE EYE: OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF INTRAVITREAL PREFILLED SYRINGES

Suresh Gupta discusses the challenges of developing a PFS product for intravitreal injection, highlighting how designing for the intravitreal space, rather than the standard parenteral, imposes a number of additional requirements on the design.

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