Purpose: According to the development in the last decade of industrial processes using high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) for preservation of several commercial food products, novel sterilization or decontamination processes for pharmaceutical products could be conceivable. The aim of this work is to evaluate the effects of HHP on the integrity of insulin and heparin solutions, suspension of monoclonal antibodies and Spherulites.
Methods: High performance liquid chromatography, thin layer chromatography, capillary electrophoresis assays, ELISA tests, laser granulometry and spectrophotometry analyses have been performed to compare HHP treated drugs (in a domain of pressure and temperature ranging respectively from 20 up to 500 MPa and from 20 degrees C up to 37 degrees C) vs. untreated ones.
Results: No difference has been detected except for monoclonal antibodies that are altered above 500 MPa.
Conclusions: The structure integrity of sensitive molecule due to the small energy involved by HHP and the development of industrial plants (intended for the decontamination of food products) confer to this technology the potential of a new method for sterilization of fragile drugs and an original alternative to aseptic processes and sterilizing filtration.
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