Pharmaceutical development and dosage form optimization for a wide range of product types, including those that have poor solubility or bioavailability.
Effective formulation provides the best chance of clinical success during the development of any new drug product. We provide a wide range of services tailored to your requirements and the objectives of your active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Our services can support drug product development activities including:
We enable you to:
We investigate the fundamental properties of a drug and prepare a formulation development strategy to allow a focused and efficient pathway to clinical evaluation.
With a first-principles approach to drug product development, we aim to understand the physicochemical properties of your API and the challenges associated with the disease state intended for treatment. We work with you to establish clear target product profiles (TPP’s) at project concept.
Each project is tailored specifically to your exact needs, including service schedule, agreed risk and target timelines. A typical project outline may include:
We have provided dosage form design and development services since 2002 to support the development of over 350 formulated drug products through the many stages of clinical development. This includes supporting a number of products to successful marketing authorization.
Our experience spans the delivery of small molecules, large molecules (such as oral domain antibodies), live biotherapeutics (including anaerobic bacterial strains, phage and extracellular vesicles) and controlled drugs. Some of the disease states our formulations have targeted include: oncology, dementia, diabetes, heart disease and immunological and various pediatric conditions.
Our work is carried out on a purely fee-for-service basis, without the use of ‘platform technologies’ to ensure the best formulation development and the best chance of clinical success. Our capabilities enable us to use the following technologies/processes to establish the most suitable formulations for delivery:
Wherever you operate in the world, we support you at every step of your product’s development with expert formulation development support that ensures you deliver safe, effective and compliant products to global markets.
To discuss your drug formulation development requirements, contact us today.

Our development capabilities for oral dosage forms include:
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