JAPAN AND EU JOIN FORCES TO PROMOTE BLOCK-COPOLYMER-MICELLE MEDICINES
February 1st, 2013
THE JAPANESE government and the European Union (EU) have joined forces to help promote the development of nanotechnology-based block-copolymer-micelle medicines. These deliver active ingredients via coated spherical nano-structures that can deliver more punch from medical chemicals that can otherwise be unstable or have poor solubility. They can also be designed for targeted distribution within a patient and “contribute to an improved benefit-risk balance of the encapsulated product,” said a joint communiqué from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and ...
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