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Non-Biological Complex Drugs

The Science and the Regulatory Landscape

  • Discusses the challenges of developing NBCDs, recognizing the special position of these products in the regulatory landscape
  • Reviews analytical tools, pharmacology and PK/PD
  • Valuable resource for originator drug manufacturers, generic companies and regulatory agencies

Part of the book series: AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series (AAPS, volume 20)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction: Defining the Position of Non-Biological Complex Drugs

    • Daan J. A. Crommelin, Jon S. B. de Vlieger, Stefan Mühlebach
    Pages 1-8
  3. Non Biological Complex Drugs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Polymeric Micelles

      • Ethlinn V.B. van Gaal, Daan J.A. Crommelin
      Pages 11-76
    3. Liposomes: The Science and the Regulatory Landscape

      • Daan J.A. Crommelin, Josbert M. Metselaar, Gert Storm
      Pages 77-106
    4. Glatiramoids

      • Vera Weinstein, Rivka Schwartz, Iris Grossman, Benjamin Zeskind, J. Michael Nicholas
      Pages 107-148
    5. Iron Carbohydrate Complexes: Characteristics and Regulatory Challenges

      • Stefan Mühlebach, Beat Flühmann
      Pages 149-170
    6. Drug Nanocrystals

      • Gerrit Borchard
      Pages 171-189
  4. Characterization of NBCDs; Analytical Tools to Consider

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. NBCD Pharmacokinetics and Bioanalytical Methods to Measure Drug Release

      • Vishakha V. Ambardekar, Stephan T. Stern
      Pages 261-287
  5. Closely related Complex Drugs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
    2. Low Molecular Weight Heparins, Biological Drugs close to Non-Biological Complex Drugs

      • Isabel Rodrigo, Sofía Caruncho, Concepción Alonso, Antonio Gómez-Outes, Barbara Mulloy
      Pages 291-331
  6. Regulatory landscape and outlook

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 353-353
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 389-390

About this book

The rise of bio- and nano-technology in the last decades has led to the emergence of a new and unique type of medicine known as non-biological complex drugs (NBCDs). This book illustrates the challenges associated with NBCD development, as well as the complexity of assessing the effects of manufacturing changes on innovator and follow-on batches of NBCDs. It also touches upon proven marketing authorization requirements for biosimilars that could be effective in evaluating follow-on NBCDs, including a demonstration of control over the manufacturing process and a need for detailed physico-chemical characterization and (pre)clinical tests.

This book is meant to be used for years to come as a standard reference work for the development of NBCDs. Moreover, this book aims to stimulate discussions and further our thinking to ensure that decisions regarding the approval of complex drugs are made with relevant scientific data on the table.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Daan J.A. Crommelin

  • Top Institute Pharma NBCD Working Group, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Jon S. B. de Vlieger

About the editors

Prof. Daan Crommelin is emeritus-professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics at Utrecht University. Until December 2011 he was scientific director of the Dutch Top Institute Pharma in Leiden. He is adjunct professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. Crommelin is co-founder of OctoPlus, a Leiden based company specialized in the development of pharmaceutical (mainly protein based) product formulations and advanced drug delivery systems. He published extensively and is on the editorial board of 10+ peer reviewed journals in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Dr. Jon de Vlieger, obtained his doctoral degree in bio analytical chemistry from the VU University in Amsterdam. He is currently involved in the strategy department of the Dutch Top Institute Pharma, a not-for-profit organization catalyzing the development of medicines by establishing partnerships and actively managing research programs. For TI Pharma he coordinates several international public private partnerships, including the Non Biological Complex Drugs Working Group, an international network of scientific and clinical experts from academia, industry and regulatory bodies, with expertise in many aspects of the development and evaluation of NBCDs.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Non-Biological Complex Drugs

  • Book Subtitle: The Science and the Regulatory Landscape

  • Editors: Daan J.A. Crommelin, Jon S. B. de Vlieger

  • Series Title: AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16241-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16240-9Published: 09 July 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35851-2Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16241-6Published: 24 June 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2210-7371

  • Series E-ISSN: 2210-738X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 390

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 57 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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