Drug formulation and delivery – Page 4
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News
Suit of iron turns sperm cells into spermbots
Microrobots that swim under the influence of a magnetic field could one day be used to deliver drugs
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Business
How Covid-19 is changing drug manufacturing
Catalent is adapting, focusing on employee safety and supply chain security
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Business
Micropore Technologies’ model membranes make exact emulsions
Solving scalability issues to control particle size without high-shear mixing
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Research
MOF delivers cancer drug candidate straight to mitochondria
New ‘Trojan horse’ strategy could reduce drug doses needed to kill cancer cells
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News
UK researchers receive £20m to start coronavirus treatment research
Two vaccine trials among six projects that win funding
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Opinion
Fit to 3D print
Construction from the bottom up has benefits but users must proceed with caution
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Feature
Adjuvants: vaccines’ hidden helpers
Anthony King examines a crucial part of vaccines that can significantly boost their performance, but which often go unrecognised
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Research
Warning that 3D printing pills can stop drugs working
Photoreactive monomers need close scrutiny for production of polypills
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Business
Researchers call for stricter rules on drug-like medical devices
More oversight is needed over products in the grey area between medical device and medication
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Research
Compact pharmaceutical factory manufactures drugs on demand
Plant with modular design would occupy about half the area of a squash court
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Feature
Can smart biomaterials deliver?
James Mitchell Crow explores the next generation of therapeutic biomaterials, which aim to interact dynamically with the body and help to control diabetes and heal wounds
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Article
The importance of solid form science in modern drug development
A recent study suggests that around 40% of drugs with market approval exhibit poor water solubility and although this is not a new problem, solutions like those offered by Johnson Matthey are still relevant to today’s pharma market
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Article
Multidisciplinary science kick starts innovation
Nanoform scientists discuss how their diverse personalities and scientific backgrounds foster innovation, helping them tackle problems from different angles, and design better processes
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Research
Bacterial lasso gets to the heart of stem cell retention problem
A sticky bacterial protein on the surface of stem cells increases homing and retention on damaged heart tissue
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Research
Spore shell acts as sunscreen for light-sensitive antibiotics
Polymer capsule that protects and preserves antimicrobial compound could aid fight against multi-drug resistant pathogens
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Research
Laser technique watches how implants release drugs
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy continues to diversify its applications
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News
Lettuce could be used to grow drugs on Mars
Infecting plants with a bacterium that can genetically modify plants could be an answer to producing drugs on other planets
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Research
Co-crystals fish out cannabinoid from plant extract
Purifying cannabidiol from natural cannabis extract made cheap and easy thanks to amino acid partner
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Article
Small particles making a big splash in clinical development
Nanoform is investigating how to tackle clinical attrition rates through nanonisation of APIs