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ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2015

Advanced protein formulations.

Wei Wang

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Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Regulatory Guidelines for the Analysis of Therapeutic Peptides and Proteins.Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2025
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  11. Advanced Formulation Approaches for Proteins.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Wei WangBioTherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pfizer Inc, 700 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO, 63017.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well recognized that protein product development is far more challenging than that for small-molecule drugs. The major challenges include inherent sensitivity to different types of stresses during the drug product manufacturing process, high rate of physical and chemical degradation during long-term storage, and enhanced aggregation and/or viscosity at high protein concentrations. In the past decade, many novel formulation concepts and technologies have been or are being developed to address these product development challenges for proteins. These concepts and technologies include use of uncommon/combination of formulation stabilizers, conjugation or fusion with potential stabilizers, site-specific mutagenesis, and preparation of nontraditional types of dosage forms-semiaqueous solutions, nonfreeze-dried solid formulations, suspensions, and other emerging concepts. No one technology appears to be mature, ideal, and/or adequate to address all the challenges. These gaps will likely remain in the foreseeable future and need significant efforts for ultimate resolution.

Indexed as

AnimalsChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug StabilityExcipientsHumansMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProteinsProtein StabilityExcipientsProteinsconjugationstabilitystabilizerssuspensionviscosity

Identifiers

PMID25858529
PMCPMC4500304

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