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Product Name: Drug Delivery

Product Description

Delivering therapeutic compounds safely and effectively into the body is a significant challenge, particularly in light of the wide range of different physical, chemical, pharmacological, and pharmacokinetic characteristics of drugs today. For example, many drugs cannot be delivered orally if their gastrointestinal absorption is impaired or if they are metabolized in the digestive process. However, many injectible medications are absorbed by the body so rapidly that the duration of action is short, requiring the patient to take more frequent doses. Many of these issues can be addressed by incorporating drugs into an implantable, absorbable delivery system.

Tepha's technology presents an opportunity to develop a new class of drug delivery devices with many options to tailor the properties as needed. Such variables include controlling different drug release profiles and absorption rates, and developing a range of processing and formulation methods. Furthermore, drug delivery technology can be combined with medical devices to develop products such as drug-coated stents.

Company Details

Regenerative medicine – the use of products to restore, maintain, or improve tissue function – is still a relatively new industry. When Tepha was formed, relatively few major companies had programs in this field. Recently, the... more