CPHI Announces Exhibitors' Latest Product News and Awards Finalists Ahead of Show

CPHI has released its CPHI Pharma Awards finalists and some of the new product announcements of its exhibitors ahead of CPHI Worldwide 2013, featuring products and services ranging from nanonization of APIs to sterile water-for-injection solutions. The product announcement comes prior to the conference in Frankfurt allowing attendees to maximise on the latest innovations seen across the pharmaceutical industry before the show. In addition, attendees willl also be able to hear from the awards’ finalists during their individual sessions at the Speaker’s Corners:

Blank Canvas Offered at CPHI

In contrast to CMOs traditionally offering fixed equipment capabilities, SCM Pharma will be attending CPHI to offer pharmaceutical companies the opportunity to design their clinical and contract manufacturing projects from a ‘blank’ canvas. The CMO, which specialises in the sterile manufacturing of drug products, is offering cleanroom space at their new 26,000 sq ft site, allowing customers to design their own projects based on their specific manufacturing requirements. SCM Pharma’s new site houses cutting-edge technology for aseptic processing and terminal sterilisation capabilities, which will facilitate the handling of highly potent, flammable and toxic products, along with controlled drugs. With space for late stage and commercial-scale projects, the CPHI exhibitor can work alongside companies with more complex needs in developing novel processes within, for example, unusual drug dosage forms and smaller fill volumes.

API Technology Solves Solubility Issues

As a key formulations issue, poor API solubility has proved to be a significant challenge within the pharmaceutical industry. However, NETZSCH will be present at CPHI Worldwide, providing the latest solution with their agitator bead mill DeltaVita. The DeltaVita® features a range of models, all having been specially designed to effectively enhance API solubility and, in turn, improve efficacy. By enabling users to consistently generate particle sizes of below 100 nanometers, the technology results in APIs with increased surface area, solubility and bioavailability. Nanonization provides distinguished advantages including a more targeted delivery of genes and vaccines. The increased bioavailability also means that the amount of API required will be sufficiently reduced, bearing multiple advantages including cost-efficiency, reduced risk and fewer side effects of the finished product.  

Vetter Extends Filling Capabilities

Supported by 5 years of stability data, Vetter will be showcasing its sterile water-for-injection (sWFI) solution. The CDMO has collated substantial data and adopted a bracketing concept to offer a filling service for high-quality sWFI syringes, creating a longer shelf life for drugs, and providing high flexibility when defining the required filling volume.

Drugs are often lyophilized to reduce sensitivity to environmental factors; this process ensures that drugs maintain a longer shelf life. The drug, however, must be returned to its original state by being dissolved in a solvent to allow for treatment to a patient and it is Vetter’s intelligent filling system that facilitates safe and simple handling of this process. The company has the capability to manufacture batches of up to 120,000/140,000 pieces and is ICH compliant, with documentation already existing for the US, Europe and Japan for customers looking to break into international markets.

Grga & Melita Offering Hi-Spec Laboratory Furniture Solutions

Croatian-based company Grga & Melita will be bringing 20-years of experience in producing high-spec laboratory furniture to CPHI. Their latest GIM lab laboratory furniture has been manufactured in accordance with the highest European standards by a team of experienced designers and lab specialists.

Grga & Melita offer tailor-made solutions for products including fume hoods, laboratory sinks and work benches, whilst also offering a wide range of safety cabinets for storage of acids, lyses, poisons, flammables and compressed gas cylinders. By providing unique construction solutions and an individual approach, the GIM lab laboratory furniture is distinctive within the market.

CPHI is hosting the latest products and services offered by companies across the pharmaceutical industry from 22 to 24 October with further exhibitors announcing their latest news and innovations at the press conference taking place across the entire 3 days.

CPHI Pharma Award Finalists

Best Innovation in Process Development

•   API Corporation: A novel and practical synthesis of highly functionalised pharmaceuticals through C-H activation

•   Bachem: Pioneering breakthrough in the chemical synthesis of Interferon β-1a

•   Codexis: Enzymes for Green and Scalable Biocatalytic Oxidations

Best Innovation in Formulation

•    Bitop: Ectoin - a new natural ingredient with proven efficacy

•    Camurus: FluidCrystal Injection depot

•    EmulTech: Microfluidic platform for controlled development

Best Innovation in Packaging

•    E-Pharma Trento: E-PHARMA TRENTO SpA

•    Doctor Pack India: MAGIC CAP

•    Neutroplast: Vaginal applicator