Laboratory assistant

Formulation Development and Optimization

Formulation Development and Optimization

More than 20 years of experience

Over 150 projects

98% customer satisfaction

Formulation development is an essential part of the process of developing an effective drug product (DP) in a specific dosage form while ensuring its stability, usability, and patient safety. The formulation development depends on the drug substance (DS) and the Target Product Profile (TPP) taking into account your development stage, needs, and timelines. It also assesses whether the final DP is fit for manufacturing and administration.

Formulation development is an essential part of the process of developing an effective drug product (DP) in a specific dosage form while ensuring its stability, usability, and patient safety. The formulation development depends on the drug substance (DS) and the Target Product Profile (TPP) taking into account your development stage, needs, and timelines. It also assesses whether the final DP is fit for manufacturing and administration.

>

>

Formulation Development and Optimization

The Strategic Advantage of Smart Drug Formulation


A proper formulation de-risks the clinical development of your drug substance (DS). SMART Formulation development can increase the stability of your DS and help you to bring your drug product to the clinic fast. With additional development packages SMART Formulation can strongly increase the stability of your DS, improve the route of administration, the dosing regimen, and logistics to gain competitive advantage. Even the option to create a new foreground IP and achieve longer commercial success can be achieved with an advanced formulation. Leukocare is a leading pioneer with a superior formulation approach combining expertise and data science.

Leukocare's Advanced Formulation Approach


Leukocare’s advanced formulation development of drug products is based on decades of formulation expertise and state-of-the-art Data Science. We offer flexible service modules that fit to your development stage, needs, timelines, and budget. This includes an expansive portfolio of analytical and data science services. We use state-of-the-art Design of Experiment (DoE) and work follows the Quality by Design (QbD) principles. Of course, we have customer-centric project management for every project.

"Leukocare's scientific expertise can help to de-risk your drug development."

Case Study

Adenovirus in liquid formulation

Adenovirus in liquid formulation

Viral Stability and Infectivity of Ad5

Viral Stability and Infectivity of Ad5

Uploaded
Viral stability of Ad5 maintained more than 24 months at 5° C during liquid storage

The Leukocare formulations (blue lines) of Human species C adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) maintained viral stability and infectivity during liquid storage for at least 24 months at 5° C.
Reinauer et al. (2020), J Pharm Sci

Case Study

High concentration

High concentration
Improved stability at almost 2x the antibody concentration


Up-concentrating an antibody using a standard formulation does not always result in a stable drug product. The up-concentrated commercially available formulation (red) is significantly less stable as it results in a drastically increased rate of aggregation. In comparison, Leukocare’s HighCon antibody formulation (blue) achieved a 2-fold higher concentration while stably preventing any increase in aggregate formation over time.
Kemter et al. (2018), Biotechnol

High Concentration Antibody Formulation – Reduced Aggregation

High Concentration Antibody Formulation – Reduced Aggregation

Uploaded
Formats
  • Liquid

  • Liquid-frozen

  • Freeze-dried

  • Spray-dried

  • Specialized for different routes of administration

  • High Concentrations

Methodologies
  • Biophysical Characterization

  • Forced Degradation Studies

  • Molecular Modeling

  • Stability-indicating Analytical methods for several modalities

  • Robustness Studies

  • Development of Final Formulation Process

Biostatistics
  • Data science based excipient selection

  • DoE for full design space exploitation

  • Shelf-life Prediction

Interested in Molecular Modeling to understand the cQAs of your product?

Laboratory assistant

Interested in Molecular Modeling to understand the cQAs of your product?

Laboratory assistant

Interested in fill and finish services for non-clinical tox studies?

Laboratory assistant

FAQ

Which molecule classes do you work with most often?
What is SMART Formulation® and how does it differ from classic screening?
How long does a typical formulation project take?
Can you supply non-GMP material for pre-clinical studies?

FAQ

Which molecule classes do you work with most often?
What is SMART Formulation® and how does it differ from classic screening?
How long does a typical formulation project take?
Can you supply non-GMP material for pre-clinical studies?

FAQ

Which molecule classes do you work with most often?
What is SMART Formulation® and how does it differ from classic screening?
How long does a typical formulation project take?
Can you supply non-GMP material for pre-clinical studies?