Manufacturing Clinical Supplies: The Early Phase Clinical Manufacture Timeline

Early Phase Timeline Formulation Development Excipient Compatibility Clinical Manufacture FAQs An Overview of Early Phase Clinical Manufacture Clinical trials are a critical step in pharmaceutical development, ensuring the safety and efficacy of new treatments before they reach patients. They involve a series of rigorously designed phases with specific objectives and regulatory requirements. Small pharma companies … Read more

Manufacturing Clinical Supplies: Planning a First-in-Human Study

What are Clinical Trials? What is a First in Human Study? Proof of Concept FIH Studies Commercial Robust Method FAQs What are Clinical Trials? 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 … Read more

Key Considerations when Choosing a Device for Dry Powder Nasal Delivery

Nasal Delivery The Nasal Cavity Nasal Devices Patient Profile Target Dose FAQs 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 … Read more

Considerations when Developing Dry Powder Formulations for Nasal Locally Delivered Drugs

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

Nasal Delivery: An Alternative Route

Nasal Delivery Nasal Cavity Delivery to the Brain Fast Acting Absorption FAQs 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 … Read more

A Tablet Development Journey at Upperton

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

Upperton Invest £500K in their Tablet Formulation and Manufacturing Capabilities

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 Development: Compression Equipment Overview

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

Formulating Spray Dried Dispersions into Tablets

What is Spray Drying? The Spray Drying Process Spray Drying Expertise Resources  FAQs 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 … Read more

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