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Encap Drug Delivery receives patent approval for DuoCapTM capsule system
- 30 July 2010
Encap Drug Delivery, a leading provider of development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry, has received confirmation that their DuoCapTM, capsule delivery system has been granted patents for US and Europe.
DuoCapTM, is a single oral dosage unit that comprises a capsule-in-a-capsule and offers broad therapeutic applications. The inner and outer capsules may contain the same active drug providing multiple release profiles from the dosage unit. In addition to modifying the release profiles it is also possible to target the inner and outer capsule to different areas of the GI tract (small intestine or colon) using Encap's coating expertise. Alternatively the compartments may contain different actives for use with combination therapies or actives that are incompatible in a single capsule.
The inner capsule may contain liquid, semi-solid, powder or pellet formulations and the outer capsule contains liquid or semi-solid formulations. DuoCapTM offers further flexibility in that the capsule shells may be coated with either enteric systems or with Encap's colonic delivery system, ENCODETM.
Read more on the Encap Drug Delivery system.
DuoCapTM, is a single oral dosage unit that comprises a capsule-in-a-capsule and offers broad therapeutic applications. The inner and outer capsules may contain the same active drug providing multiple release profiles from the dosage unit. In addition to modifying the release profiles it is also possible to target the inner and outer capsule to different areas of the GI tract (small intestine or colon) using Encap's coating expertise. Alternatively the compartments may contain different actives for use with combination therapies or actives that are incompatible in a single capsule.
The inner capsule may contain liquid, semi-solid, powder or pellet formulations and the outer capsule contains liquid or semi-solid formulations. DuoCapTM offers further flexibility in that the capsule shells may be coated with either enteric systems or with Encap's colonic delivery system, ENCODETM.
Read more on the Encap Drug Delivery system.
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