Pharmaceuticals
Recognised as the most R&D intensive industrial sector, pharmaceuticals take a natural place as an important business area to YKI. Surface and colloid sciences are important enabling sciences in the development of pharmaceutical drug products and medical devices, as support competences or as integral parts of the product development.
Classical challenges in the pharmaceutical area for colloid and surface sciences involve drug delivery and controlled release technologies, and these topics naturally have a strong tradition at YKI. Examples of topics that are seeing an increasing need of S&T developments to which YKI will contribute are early formulation challenges with poorly soluble drugs and labile biomolecules.
Prioritised Research within Pharmaceuticals
Among prioritised research themes at YKI, dedicated to pharmaceuticals, or of direct relevance to this industrial segment, should be mentioned:
- Complex liquid formulations
- Solid and powder formulations
- Formulation of labile biomolecules
- Biosurfaces
- Rational formulation
In recent years YKI activities in the pharmaceutical area have ranged from traditional CRO development projects, to trouble-shooting challenges, and collaborative research projects. Important fundamental research are on-going on topics as novel drug delivery carriers and imaging techniques for solid pharmaceutical drug products.