Oral and Solution Product Development

Scientists at Cirrus have the expertise to characterize, formulate, and develop water-soluble and water-insoluble drugs and have experience with a wide variety of formulations including liquids (syrups and suspensions), capsules, and tablets. Services include feasibility studies to assist in dosage form selection and compatibility studies of excipients, active ingredients and delivery components. Formulation selection and optimization are aided by the extensive use of statistical experimental design.

A variety of tests and services are offered to help our clients characterize and select the drug candidate, such as:

• Solubility profile
• Partition coefficient
• Thermal analysis
• Hygroscopicity
• Chemical stability evaluation
• Salt selection
• Impurity degradation pathway identification