Case Study: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma achieves data-driven Quality by Design optimization with JMP

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma improves processes for bringing new drugs to market

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company, wanted to optimize formulation design and multiple quality characteristics in drug development, but its researchers found spreadsheets too limited for the statistical analysis needed. The company turned to JMP to help its labs investigate factors affecting tablet quality and improve development processes for bringing new drugs to market.

Using JMP, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma analyzed dissolution rates, isolated key variables, and applied Quality by Design methods to derive processing parameters and study design space settings. The result was more efficient and reliable pharmaceutical development, with improved dissolution rates and optimized quality characteristics for current and new drug formulations.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma

Keisuke Takagaki

Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories