14. November 2017

Poorly water-soluble drugs are a significant and ongoing issue for the pharmaceutical industry. An overview of recent developments for the preparation of spray-dried delivery systems is presented. Examples include amorphous solid dispersions, spray dried dispersions, microparticles, nanoparticles, surfactant systems and self-emulsifying drug delivery systems.

03. November 2017

The estimated timeline for a drug product from discovery to market is 10 to 15 years. However, less than 12 percent of drug candidates that enter clinical trials will ultimately receive FDA approval. The Orphan Drugs Act of 1983 ensured that there were adequate incentives offered to drug developers working on therapies to treat fewer than 200,000 patients in U.S.