Ever look at a pill? I mean really look at it? Sure there are a lot of factors that went in to creating the active ingredients that make any given medication work. Even the ones that were discovered by accident still have a complex history in the research and development lab.

I bet however that you have never thought about the other half of the equation; how that pill physically got to market. Companies like IriSys are responsible for the dosage form development that actually makes your pills possible.

Dosage form development is actually far more complex than it sounds. It is not simply packaging whatever powder or liquid the pharmaceutical company makes in to a gel tab; but rather a highly complex process of figuring out the best way to deliver the drug to the body in a useful way.   dosage form development can take the form of creating custom delivery agents or even custom gel coatings to protect the drug from sunlight or air.

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