At this year’s AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Pharmaceutical Technology editors conducted video interviews with industry leaders recorded live at PharmTech’s booth on the exhibit floor. Click on the titles below to watch the vidcasts.

Videos from November 17, 2008

THE FUTURE OF INHALABLE MACROMOLECULES
Dr. Igor Gonda, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aradigm
Interviewed by Michelle Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief, Pharmaceutical Technology
The future for all inhalable macromolecular drugs, following the market withdrawal of Pfizer’s inhaled insulin product, Exubera.

ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR QbD
Dr. Moheb Nasr, Director, Office of New Drug Quality Assessment, The US Food and Drug Administration
Interviewed by Maribel Rios, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical Technology
The current state of FDA’s quality by design initiative as it applies to analytical methods.
>>Read Maribel’s related post here.

AN EDUCATION AGENDA FOR ASPIRING PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
Dr. Karen Habucky, President, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
Interviewed by Michelle Hoffman, Editor-in-Chief, Pharmaceutical Technology
How to encourage students to go into the pharmaceutical sciences and what to teach them.

Videos from November 18, 2008

NANOTECHNOLOGY IN PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS
Dr. Lee Jia, Project Officer, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Interviewed by Patricia Van Arnum, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical Technology
The potential roles for polymer-based, lipid-based, and metal-based nanostructures in drug design and delivery.
>>Read Patricia’s related post here.

STRATEGIES FOR POORLY WATER SOLUBLE DRUGS
Dr. Albert W. Brzeczko, Vice President of Global Pharmaceutical Research and Development and Pharmaceutical Technologies, ISP Pharma Systems
Interviewed by Patricia Van Arnum, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical Technology
How to improve the dissolution rate and in vivo exposure of poorly water soluble drugs using high-energy solids and polymer matrices.
>>Read Patricia’s related post here.

LIQUID-FILLED HARD CAPSULE TECHNOLOGY
Brian Jones, Qualicaps, Europe
David Fulper, Patheon
Moderated by: Dr. Panayiotis Constantinides, Biopharmaceutical & Drug Delivery Consulting
The benefits and challenges of developing this dosage form, including shell systems, and how they can be used in early clinical studies as a quick-to-market option.

FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF PARTICLES AND POWDERS
Ulf Willen, Malvern Instruments
Reg Freeman, Freeman Technology
Moderated by Maribel Rios, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical Technology
Small variations in flowabiity, morphology, and performance under pressure of small particles can mean the difference between success and failure during tableting, compression, and compaction of solid-dose products.

OUTSOURCING TO INDIA AND CHINA
Timothy Tyson, Executive Chairman and Acting CEO, Aptuit
Dr. Wouter Huizinga, Senior Director, Sales and Business Development, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Moderated by Jim Miller, President, PharmSource
The advantages and challenges of outsourcing across borders.

QUALITY BY DESIGN, PAT, AND EXCIPIENTS
Dr. Brian A. C. Carlin, Global Manager of Pharmaceutical R&D, FMC BioPolymer
Dr. Stuart C. Porter, Senior Science Fellow, Film Coating Technology, ISP
Moderated by Patricia Van Arnum, Senior Editor, Pharmaceutical Technology
Insights into statistical design of experiments and other approaches to understanding formulation and process variables essential to designing a quality dosage form.
>>Read Patricia’s related post here.