For the second time in just over a week, CDMO Patheon has made an acquisition, this time for Agere Pharmaceuticals, a privately held CDMO based in Bend, Oregon, that specializes in improving the bioavailability of drugs.
Scientists in Sweden have developed a magnesium carbonate-based excipient they claim is a low-cost nanotech alternative to silica for drugmakers struggling to formulate insoluble APIs.
Dow says the acquisition of partner Bend Research is “good news” and will strengthen its developments in solving solubility and bioavailability issues in drug formulation.
Following the completion of remediation efforts to deal with an FDA warning letter, Chris Phillips, AMRI's senior director of its Burlington, Massachusetts site, discusses what he considers to be a "new bar" in enforcement activity from...
Dow has contracted Cambrex to make its solubility enhancing polymer HPMCAS, adding manufacturing clout to its bioavailability-focused collaboration with Bend Research.
PharmaForm's new EPAS particle engineering technology, launched at this year's AAPS in Atlanta, US, may help drugmakers improve the solubility of insoluble actives without some of the costly and time consuming processing steps used by traditional...
Millipore, a maker of purification systems used in drug
manufacturing, has expanded its range of hydrophilic
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes, enabling it to offer
filters for virtually all solvents, acids, and alkaline solutions.
Millipore Corporation and Caliper Life Sciences announced the
availability of three new validated protocols developed for
hands-free operation and maximum productivity for drug discovery.
Dow Chemical has renewed a collaboration with the University of
Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in the US aimed at developing a new
technology to improve the solubility and bioavailability of
candidate drugs.
Danish biotechnology company LifeCycle Pharma has won a contract
with Italy's Recordati to develop an improved formulation of
Zanidip (lercanidipine), used for the treatment of hypertension,
reports Phil Taylor.