MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN MANUFACTURING, FORMULATION, DELIVERY AND STABILITY OF FINAL DRUG PRODUCT

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN MANUFACTURING, FORMULATION, DELIVERY AND STABILITY OF FINAL DRUG PRODUCT

Editorial:
WOODHEAD PUBLISHING
Año de edición:
Materia
Farmacia
ISBN:
978-0-08-100296-4
Páginas:
224
N. de edición:
1
Idioma:
Inglés
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1. Introduction
• Pharmaceutical development
• Development of the API
• mAbs as protein therapeutics
• Brief review of mAb structure
2. Analytical tools used in the formulation and assessment of stability of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• Analytical methods for evaluation of monoclonal antibody stability
3. Stability of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• Degradation routes in monoclonal antibodies
• Chemical degradation
• Mechanisms of oxidation
• Nonenzymatic peptide fragmentation
• Nonreducible cross-linking in mAbs
• Physical degradation
• Exposure to air/water interfaces due to agitation
• Use of large-scale pumps in DP unit operations
• Filtration
• Filling
• Adsorption to surfaces
4. Formulation of proteins and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• Formulation of monoclonal antibodies
• Buffers for pH control
• Ionic strength and tonicity modifiers
• Surfactants and surface-active agents
• Antioxidants
• Protein Stabilizers
5. Challenges in the intravenous (IV) administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• Extractables and leachables from IV bags and impact on protein/mAb stability
6. Challenges in the subcutaneous (SC) administration of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• The challenge of formulating at high concentration
• Impact on delivery due to high viscosity at high mAb concentrations
• Impact on manufacturing of high-concentration SC formulations due to high viscosity
• Bioavailability of a high-concentration mAb formulation for SC delivery
• Development of analytical tools for high-concentration formulation development
7. Strategies to deal with challenges of developing high-concentration subcutaneous (SC) formulations for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)
• Using existing manufacturing technologies through redesign of equipment or modification of process variables to produce high-concentration formulations
• Development of alternative processes/formulations for manufacturing of high-concentration dosage forms
• Using formulation excipients to reduce viscosity
8. Development of delivery device technology to deal with the challenges of highly viscous mAb formulations at high concentration
• Using delivery devices to deliver large volume mAb formulations by the subcutaneous route
• Delivery of viscous solutions using a prefilled syringe
• The technical challenges for device and formulation development
• Primary container/closure systems for devices to be used with mAbs
• Silicone oil interactions with proteins and mAbs in prefilled syringes
• Impact of leachables from prefilled syringe components
• Potential interactions with stainless steel needles
• Potential problems with tungsten in prefilled syringes
• Filling of highly concentrated mAbs into prefilled syringes
9. The molecular basis of high viscosity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) at high concentration
• What is viscosity?
• How is viscosity measured experimentally?
• Other methods for determination of viscosity
• The dependence of viscosity on attractive protein–protein interactions
• Specific interactions in mAb1 that result in increase of viscosity
• Impact of net charge versus localized surface charge distribution on protein–protein interactions and viscosity as a function of mAb concentration
• Linking amino acid sequence to self-association and viscoelastic behavior of mAb1 and mAb2
• Coarse-grained molecular dynamics computations
10. The future of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) as therapeutics and concluding remarks
• Index

• Discusses the challenges to develop MAbs for intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous delivery (SC)
• Presents strategies to meet the challenges in development of MAbs for SC and IV administration
• Discusses the use of biophysical analytical tools coupled with MAb engineering to understand what governs MAb properties at high concentration

Author
Steven Shire , Adjunct faculty member, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and University of Connecticut School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USA