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Sustainability Case Studies

Sustainability Case Studies

CATCH – derived from continuous biocatalysed chemical

The Challenge The pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry continues to innovate and as new chemical identities (NCEs) are selected, contract and development manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) like Almac need to have an armoury of technologies at their disposal to...

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Small Molecule Case Studies

Small Molecule Case Studies

Crystalline Drug Substances for Improved Medicines

Our research is aimed at the design and study of new solid-state forms of APIs. We are particularly interested in the application of sublimation as a solvent-free (i.e. green) method to control the polymorphism and crystal morphology and to obtain new cocrystals. We...

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CATCH – derived from continuous biocatalysed chemical

The Challenge The pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry continues to innovate and as new chemical identities (NCEs) are selected, contract and development manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) like Almac need to have an armoury of technologies at their disposal to...

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Biologics Case Studies

Biologics Case Studies

Long Acting Medicines for Complex Therapeutics Needed Now

LongActNow is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) led by a consortium of international academic and industrial centres at: University of Limerick (UL), SSPC, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), TU Dortmund University (TUD) & The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of...

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Scale-up Systems working with SSPC

The purpose of the project To investigate the hydrodynamics of commonly used lab-scale reactor systems under typical operating conditions. Predictions of mixing using traditional chemical engineering relationships become more difficult as the scale of operation...

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Health

Health

Advanced Characterisation of Hydrogels – Selio Medical

Lung cancer is leading cause of cancer death worldwide and lung biopsy is the gold standard method of diagnosis. Approximately, 1 in 3 patients undergoing a lung biopsy suffer from a collapsed lung, known as pneumothorax. Irish start-up Selio Medical has developed a...

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Crystalline Drug Substances for Improved Medicines

Our research is aimed at the design and study of new solid-state forms of APIs. We are particularly interested in the application of sublimation as a solvent-free (i.e. green) method to control the polymorphism and crystal morphology and to obtain new cocrystals. We...

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Education & Public Engagement

Education & Public Engagement