Formulation and Delivery
Karolina Dziemidowicz, PhD, MPharm (she/her/hers)
Lecturer in Pharmaceutics
UCL School of Pharmacy
London, England, United Kingdom
Aiva Simaite, PhD
Project Manager
InnoCore Pharmaceuticals
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Puneet Tyagi, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Drug Delivery,
Dosage Form Design and Development,
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Description: With a continuously expanding market for protein therapeutics, there is a strong need for long-acting injectable (LAI) dosage forms compatible with biologics. Formulating biologics into LAI drug products presents challenges since proteins are prone to degradation. Speakers will examine the industry challenges faced when developing protein LAI, discuss the emerging sustained-release technologies compatible with sensitive biologics, and demonstrate the applications of biodegradable polymeric dosage forms in developing stable LAI protein therapeutics.