Technologies

Validated platform of drug delivery technologies

Alkermes Contract Pharma Services has a unique platform of validated drug delivery technologies to offer our partners - from oral controlled release, delayed release and pulsatile release drug delivery systems as well as solutions for poorly water soluble compounds.

We have a complete range of capabilities from formulation development through to commercial scale manufacture in modern facilities. Our drug delivery technologies are supported by robust patent estate of almost 1,500 patents and pending applications worldwide.

Platform Technologies

Bioavailability Enhancement Technology Platform - The insoluble solved

It is estimated that in excess of 40% of compounds in development suffer from poor solubility, making them difficult to develop and resulting in a significant  number of potentially beneficial compounds being discarded in development each year.  Alkermes Contract Pharma Services bioavailability enhancement technology platform helps address this key problem for the pharmaceutical industry.

Improved bioavailability can bring one or more of the following benefits for a fast, elegant solution for poorly water soluble compounds:

  • Increased rate of absorption
  • Reduction in required dose
  • Reduction in fed/fasted variability
  • Improved dose proportionality
  • Smaller dosage forms
  • More convenient dosage forms
  • Rapid formulation development
  • Applicable to all routes of administration any dosage form.

More Bioavailability Enhancement Technology information

To find out if your drug candidate would benefit from our expertise in bioavailability enhancement please contact us.

Oral Controlled Release (OCR) Drug Delivery Platform

oral control release Alkermes Contract Pharma Services has developed a range and depth of solid oral dosage technologies unrivaled in drug product development. We have been applying our range of technology approaches to help overcome many of the technical difficulties that have been encountered by pharmaceutical companies.

The OCR technology platform can bring one or more of the following benefits for new and existing drug products:

  • Highly flexible release profiles 
  • Reduced gastrointestinal irritancy 
  • Tableting technology within a capsule 
  • Hydrophilic matrix-controlled diffusion and erosion  
  • Bilayer technology. 

More Oral Control Release Technology information

To find out if your drug candidate would benefit from our expertise in oral controlled release please contact us.