In July, Capsulution started to expand its laboratory facilities to adapt to growing customer demand. The company’s aim is to develop nanotechnology-based delivery systems for cytotoxic substances, such as those employed in modern cancer therapy. Such active compounds require both special laboratory and occupational health and safety conditions. Therefore, a high development quality and safety standard will be secured by a new, separate working area at Capsulution.

The new laboratory equipment will also be employed in cooperation with AcriTec AG and Schering AG, as has been previously announced. The companies will concentrate on the development of special hydro-gels that on the one hand have the quality for best possible usage and transport and on the other hand are capable for the controlled release of embedded nanoparticles. These nanoparticles contain active substances and the release of them can take place in a controlled time frame. The combination of functional hytro-gels and embedded nanoparticles enables a targetted release of active substances, which reduces the dosage frequency of the application and increases the therapy safety.

“The extension of the laboratory technology is a vital key to success for our customers and staff alike and at the same time motivates us to further our product development more effectively under the most modern conditions,” states Lutz Kröhne, project director at Capsulution. The handling of highly effective new active components (NCEs) will soon be possible too with the help of our new laboratory technology.

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