Dosage Form Development

Capsugel is ready to help you identify the appropriate dosage form based on your specific needs, formulation considerations, market dynamics and regulatory requirements.

A Legacy of Leadership

Capsugel was started over 100 years ago and is now recognized as a world leader in solid oral dosage forms with a diverse product line that includes hard gelatin, softgel and non-animal capsules.

Our experienced scientists and technical experts can help you select a dosage form that can get your product to market faster – whether you’re a dietary supplement maker looking for an acid-resistant polymer with delayed release properties or a pharmaceutical company seeking a capsule with a low risk of cross-linking, we have a solution for you.

We Transform Your Product with Dosage Form Innovation

Combining global reach and innovation, Capsugel caters to all aspects of the development and commercialization of products in capsules with an end-to-end approach to meeting customer needs.

Whether you are looking to enhance your ideas, extend product lifecycles or simply need to ensure potential dosage form issues are averted early in the process, we help you identify the right dosage form to meet your specific needs.

As your extended team partner we can help you:

• Improve the bioavailability of your products
• Improve patient compliance with the right dosage form
• Create novel new trade dress or fast release option
• Identify new product opportunities

The Capsule Advantage

• Fewer processing steps and excipients get products to market faster
• Preferred by patients over tablets
• Helps improve patient compliance
• Builds recognizable brands with color and printing
• Helps improve the stability of sensitive drug compounds
• Helps address the issue of poorly water soluble compounds
• Enables the combination of multiple drugs in one dose
• Better suited for cytotoxic and high potency drugs than tablets
• Capsules cannot be split, enhancing patient compliance and preventing possible revenue loss