Meranda Parascandola

January 19, 2022

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Manufacturing to China

Trust is important when selecting a contract manufacturing organization (CMO), particularly when offshoring. With more biopharmaceutical companies looking to China-based CMOs, companies need to understand both the opportunities and the challenges the market presents.
February 17, 2022

DSI Welcomes a New Director of Business Development

DESIGN SPACE INPHARMATICS (DSI) ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF BEN LUTS AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (Harleysville, PA; February 1, 2022) – Design Space InPharmatics (DSI), a full-service CMC consulting firm focused on providing pharmaceutical attributes, regulatory affairs, and drug discovery and development consulting services, is delighted to announce today the appointment […]
March 23, 2022

API PROCESS VALIDATIONS: A Broadway Analogy by Jim Mencel, PhD

Before the stage is set and the curtain rises for a debut performance, the time-consuming process of putting together a Broadway show is the perfect analogy used by Jim Mencel, Senior Drug Substance Consultant at Design Space InPharmatics, to describe process validation for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) when preparing for filing with the FDA.
April 6, 2022

Nitrosamine Assessment

The FDA has been investigating the presence of nitrosamine impurities in certain drug products. Since 2018, several drug products including ARBs, ranitidine, nizatidine, and metformin have been found to contain unacceptable levels of nitrosamines. Nitrosamines are classified as probable human carcinogens based on animal studies and there has been a pressing need to remove the risk to patients.