Pharmaceutical Suspension Formulations – Part 1: An Overview of Key Advantages and Desirable Properties

What are Pharmaceutical Suspensions Liquid oral dosage forms such as solutions and suspensions are often preferred for pediatric or geriatric patients that find it difficult to swallow tablets or capsules.  Most pharmaceutical suspensions are coarse dispersions of solid insoluble drug particles dispersed in a liquid vehicle.  Besides oral administration, suspensions are also prepared for other […]

Buccal Delivery Systems (Part 3) – Improving Bioavailability through Buccal Route

Poor bioavailability is a common problem for a majority of new drugs in the pipeline of pharmaceutical companies.  This can be due to a variety of reasons including poor solubility, permeability, susceptibility to low pH environment, enzymatic degradation or hepatic first pass metabolism.  An estimated 70-80 % of pipeline drugs under development fall under BCS […]

Vici offers phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3 clinical supplies manufacturing services

Through strong partnerships with our sister manufacturing company, Vici is now able to provide Phase 3 clinical manufacturing services to support NDA programs. With this offering, Vici is able to offer a full range of integrated CDMO services starting from early phase cGMP API synthesis to support nonclinical toxicology and proof-of-concept studies, first-in-human formulation development […]

Buccal Delivery Systems | Part 2: Applications and Dosage Forms

Why Buccal Delivery  Buccal cavity in the mouth is an attractive route for administration of drugs that offers numerous benefits such as rapid product development timelines, reduced cost of therapy, ease of administration and improved adherence to therapy. It is especially useful for administration of drugs that undergo extensive first pass metabolism. Increased bioavailability can […]

Buccal Delivery Systems | Part 1: Opportunities and Challenges

The buccal region is the mouth cavity offers unique benefits for delivery of drugs over conventional more popular routes of administration such as oral, parenteral and topical.  Buccal mucosa is highly perfused with blood vessels which enables rapid absorption and improved bioavailability of many drugs for both local and systemic treatments.  It combines the beneficial […]

The science of pharmaceutical taste masking

Taste masking is often used in the pharmaceutical industry to make bitter or unpleasant-tasting drugs more palatable. This is especially important for pediatric populations or geriatric populations.  Taste masking can be achieved through a variety of methods, including: Adding sweeteners and flavors: Sweeteners and flavors can be added to mask the taste of a drug. […]

Vici Health exhibiting at the CPHI North America Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 25-27, 2023

Vici Health, a world class pharmaceutical product development company, announced that it will be exhibiting at the CPHI North America Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 25-27, 2023. Based in Maryland, USA, Vici provides CDMO services that include API synthesis, formulation development, analytical development and testing, phase 1 and 2 cGMP clinical supplies manufacturing, and Regulatory/CMC […]

Will the US FDA accept foreign clinical trials?

In the past, the FDA only accepted clinical studies that were conducted in the United States. However, in recent years, the FDA has begun to accept clinical studies that were conducted in other countries. This is because the FDA recognizes that high-quality clinical studies can be conducted in other countries, and that accepting such data […]

FDA approval pathways: the 505b2

Pharmaceutical innovation stems from a variety of sources. Practicing doctors and healthcare providers generate concepts and collect observational data for new and improved treatments using existing approved medication. Alternatively, university researchers study existing molecules for different disease models in vitro or in vivo. Pharmaceutical companies license these assets and undertake preclinical and clinical development with […]