Expediting early development through innovative precision capsule filling technology

The scope of this collaboration included the development of gastro retentive tablets for conducting clinical study, with a specific in-vitro dissolution release profile and for enhancement of bioavailability as the drug is found to have absorption window in upper gastro intestinal tract Challenges: Drug substance had very poor flow properties with batch to batch inconsistency in bulk density and particle size distribution Drug quantities available for development work was very minimal Look-a-like capsule formulations to be supplied for multiple doses from 5 mg – 80 mg Minimum scope for formulation development due to short delivery time lines for clinical supplies Solution: Formulation development involved few pre-formulation experiments with minimum API. Dose proportionate formulation was developed for multiple strengths and encapsulation was performed using high end precision filling encapsulation technology, Xcelodose®System.      

1. Precise filling was ensured during filling for all doses with minimum weight variation resulting good content uniformity. The % Relative Standard Deviation (%RSD) was only 0.4 % and Acceptance Value (AV) was 1.0 (Limits being AV ≤ 15.0).     
2. Formulation expertise with deep scientific understanding blended with high end automatic capsule filling machine helped in delivering the clinical supplies within a short time lines. This enable us in saving at least6 months of development cost and time for our customer.    

Above data indicates that sophisticated equipment like Xcelodose® can assist in quick development and delivery of NCE molecules especially for preclinical studies. Xcelodose® system, an automated and programmable machine for precise metering of drug substance or granules into capsule. Aurigene offers below services for expedited early phase formulation development and preclinical supplies -      

1. Formulation Development of potent and cytotoxic compounds with minimum amount of available API (50 to 100 g).     
2. Stable formulation development with or without excipients.     
3. Pre-mix development for poorly soluble drug     
4. Deliver drug product with precise low weight filling as 100 micrograms and up to 100 milligrams and beyond with look-a- like formulation strategy to enable double blinding studies.     
5. Batch manufactured with record of individual capsule fill weight.    

The optimized composition and our expertise can be offered to our customer for quick development of Gastroretentive delivery system (extended release/floating drug delivery system) to enable quick clinical supply for NCE molecules.