Many people still consider formulation development as an art and it is still termed 'Galenical' in many quarters (after Galen the 2nd century Greek physician). It is true that the choice of ingredients is often based largely on experience but nowadays it is recognised that the performance of 'drug delivery systems' is based on sound physico-chemical principles. A logical approach to this 'Development Pharmaceutics' process is now a regulatory requirement.

Quite simply it involves the careful measurement of those parameters that control the manner and rate at which the active drug is released into the body(bioavailability). We will identify and measure the appropriate parameters for your particular product in order that they can be controlled during manufacture to provide a product of consistent quality from batch to batch.