Oxford Pharmascience completes next step in Safestat programme
Oxford Pharmascience, a speciality pharmaceutical company, has successfully completed the formulation development for its Safestat drugs, Atorvastatin and Simvastatin.
Oxford Pharmascience, a speciality pharmaceutical company, has successfully completed the formulation development for its Safestat drugs, Atorvastatin and Simvastatin.
The developments continue the company's Safestat programme, which aims to re-formulate the widely used molecules of atorvastatin and simvastatin into doses up to four times lower than the original dose, but with the same lipid-lowering properties as the original higher dose.
Marcelo Bravo, Chief Technology Officer of Oxford Pharmascience said: "Completion of formulation development is a first important milestone in the Safestat programme and we are now ready to proceed to manufacture of GMP products for use in proof of concept clinical trials during 2013."
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The company said it has now developed and optimised formulations of both atorvastatin and simvastatin and proven in-vitro release under simulated human conditions.
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