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Transcutol® V, your ally for formulating veterinary medicines

  • Animal Health

This excipient is a must when it comes to the formulation of veterinary medicines, as it can be used for oral, topical, and parenteral dosage forms.

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The basics of intestinal permeation

  • Intestinal permeation enhancers

Improving the oral bioavailability of pharmaceuticals is a challenging task, heavily influenced by the solubility and permeability of the active pharmaceutical ingredient. Intestinal permeation enhancers, such as medium chain fatty acid esters, play a crucial role in this context by facilitating the passage of drugs through the intestinal barrier, thus improving their absorption and therapeutic efficacy.

Harnessing lipids as plasticizers in hot-melt extrusion: a gateway to innovation

  • Hot melt extrusion

Unlocking a new opportunity to use lipid excipients

Women's medicines

  • Patient focus

Every woman faces a gynecological disorder at some point in her life, during puberty, maternity, menopause or post menopause. These age periods structure the women’s health market with treatments for menopause related disorders, postmenopausal osteoporosis, infertility, endometriosis, gynecological cancer and birth control.

Pediatric medicines

  • Patient focus

Pediatric patients have specific needs we have to take into account when developing formulations:
- need for dose flexibility to adapt to the body weight
- difficulty to swallow pills
- very sensitive to bitterness
- delicate skin

Focus on some solutions adapted to these specific challenges.

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Formulating cannabinoids with lipid excipients

  • Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids are challenging drugs to formulate

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Formulating cannabinoids for the topical route of administration

  • Cannabinoids

Discover Gattefossé solutions to develop topical dosage forms of cannabinoids.

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Formulating cannabinoids for the oral route of administration

  • Cannabinoids

Discover how enhancing oral bioavailability of cannabinoids with lipid-based formulations and Gattefossé solutions for oral delivery of cannabinoids.

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