EU PROJECT DEVELOPS NOVEL MINI-SPHERE MEDICINE DELIVERY SYSTEM
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed the development by a European Union (EU)-funded research project of a novel drug delivery method based on mini-spheres in capsules. These contain active pharmaceutical ingredients that are solubilised as an emulsion, microemulsion or suspension and coated either by conventional or novel coating technologies. The idea is that they can be released slowly in the stomach and small intestine, with effects being fine-tuned by varying the make-up and size of the mini-spheres.
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