Newsletter | December 5, 2025

12.05.25 -- FDA PreCheck Implementation Recommendations

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Breaking Barriers: Enhancing The Bioavailability Of Orally Delivered TPDs

The large, bulky structure of TPDs limits solubility and permeability. Enabling technologies like spray drying, hot melt extrusion, and nanomilling are key to formulating these challenging molecules.

Accelerating IND-Enabling Studies With Automated Bioanalysis Workflows

Reimagined as an automation-first discipline, bioanalysis shifts from an Investigational New Drug (IND) bottleneck to a catalyst for innovation — helping move therapies forward.

Target Product Profiles And Phase 1 Clinical Plans: Laying The Groundwork

By integrating scientific rigor, regulatory foresight, and market awareness into early-stage planning, companies can leverage a robust TPP to optimize decision-making and development.

FEATURED EDITORIAL

FDA PreCheck Implementation Recommendations

Enthusiasm for the FDA’s PreCheck (documented in part one) is a positive sign. We’re always looking for good ideas from regulatory agencies. But implementation and strategic initiatives to take advantage of this facility-approval regulatory reform will take efforts. Dhaval Rathod, Pharmaceutical Sciences group at Shionogi Inc. (USA), has a prescription for working with the FDA to ensure drug sponsors and CDMOs fully utilize the PreCheck program.

Lessons In Quality From Sanofi's Plai.qa

Human/ai cooperation is at the heart of Sanofi’s Plai.qa platform, which sits within the broader Plai infrastructure. The platform orchestrates data to evaluate site maturity and performance and provide recommendations for improvement.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS CONTINUED

Is Lipinski's Rule Of 5 Still Relevant In Drug Development?

Some drugs violate multiple Ro5 elements but remain developable, while some molecules adhere strictly to the Ro5, but their properties are not conducive to development.

Quality Metrics: How To Add Value And Meet The FDA's Expectations

Establishing and utilizing quality metrics is essential for the pharma industry's future success. Learn how to identify meaningful metrics and appropriately measure quality to make better business decisions.

Biologically Expressed vs. Synthetic GLP-1 Peptides

Selecting the right GLP-1 peptide manufacturing route determines the specific impurity profile and regulatory strategy. Robust analytical methods are essential for ensuring efficacy and patient safety.

3D Screen Printing: Enabling A New Generation Of Complex Formulations

Screen-Printed Innovative Drug Technology can produce oral, transdermal, and implantable dosage forms while ensuring heterogeneous distribution of active ingredients.

Identify And Mitigate Absorption Risks With PBPK Modeling

See how PBPK models combined with custom and off-the-shelf in vitro tools and solubility enhancement expertise can reduce the need for drug product reformulation or repeated preclinical or clinical studies.

Inspiring A New Era Of Patient-Centric Medicines

Thanks to patient-centric technology, patients are more empowered, making it essential to promote better adherence, improve medical benefits, and bolster market perception.

Improve Solubility And Spray Drying Throughput For Brick Dust Compounds

This paper presents three approaches to address poor solubility in organic solvents for spray drying as well as case studies outlining their successful application during development.

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