Clinical trials are one of the most important components of any drug development project; requiring careful planning and extensive funding. Clinical trials are conducted to improve the efficacy and quality of a drug, to determine the dose and dose escalation, and investigate toxicity. With approximately only 9% of new chemical entities garnering a commercial status, … Read more
One aspect of clinical trial manufacturing that often slips under the radar when designing, planning, and budgeting a clinical study is placebo manufacture. A placebo is defined as a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine: either to make that person feel as if they are getting better or … Read more
Nasal delivery overview Drug administration via the nasal route can be used as an efficient method of administration for both local and systemic acting drugs. The nasal route offers a range of advantages including its relative ease of use as compared to injectable administration, patient acceptability and compliance. It also provides a suitable route for … Read more
By 2020, 58% of all therapeutics in development are injectable, 29% oral and 4% inhaled including nasal delivery, and while nasal delivery may not be one of the most explored routes, it has the potential to offer an alternative delivery method for therapeutics with some specific advantages. Nasal delivery of drugs has traditionally been via … Read more
Overview of nasal delivery 58% of all therapeutics in development are injectable, 29% oral and 4% inhaled including nasal delivery, and while nasal delivery may not be one of the most explored routes, it holds the potential to offer an alternative delivery method for therapeutics with specific advantages. The nasal cavity presents a large area … Read more
With the continued expansion of our tablet formulation development services, Upperton currently have a number of tablet dosage form development projects completed or in progress. Theses tablet / solid dosage form projects have encompassed a wide range of development activities from Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) characterisation and feasibility studies through the application of enabling technologies, … Read more
29th April 2020 – Press Release Upperton Pharma Solutions, a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) have invested £500K in significantly expanding their tablet manufacturing capabilities with the addition of tablet processing equipment for wet granulation, roller compaction, tablet compression, hardness testing, dedusting, weight sorting and tablet coating throughout 2019 and 2020. This investment … Read more
Stages of Tablet Compression Equipment Used During Formulation and Process Development Tablets are one of the most popular dosage forms used in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and veterinary industries due to their ease of handling and administration, stability, convenient packing options and well-established cost-effective manufacturing processes which produce consistent quality products. Developing a tablet formulation from … Read more
In this article, Upperton interviewed Dr Ian Lafferty, our Chief Technical Officer on the topic of developing spray dried dispersions (SDDs) into tablets. Ian has 25 years of technical and operational experience in early-phase pharmaceutical development encompassing the formulation design, development, process optimisation and manufacture of a wide range of dosage forms including oral solids … Read more
Granulation has been widely used in the pharmaceutical industry since the 1950s. Whilst the science remains largely identical to that developed over 70 years ago, granulation techniques and equipment have improved to allow for a greater number of applications in both R&D and manufacture. Granulation is a process where primary powder particles are blended and … Read more
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