WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Amorphous drugs have become a critical component in modern medicine and in drug development pipelines. Understanding the structural basis of phase stability of these materials is critical in the design of drug products, and yet remains a challenge due to the limited availability of high-resolution analytical tools. In Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb Starting Monday, October 23rd at 12:30 PM, Dr. Susan-Bogdanowich-Knipp, President of Ravine Pharmaceuticals and Consultant with Improved Pharma, will present "Physical Evaluation of Late Appearing Polymorph of Ritonavir Form III." The physico-chemical characterization of the recently-prepared Ritonavir, Form III will be described. The full poster can be accessed Read more
DSC is a powerful method for the analysis of a range of materials. A typical DSC experiment measures the heat changes that occur within the sample when the temperature is changed. For the analysis, a small sample, usually around 5 mg, is placed in a sample holder (a DSC “pan”) and heated at a Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ Improved Pharma is pleased to announce it has recently purchased a Malvern PANalytical Empyrean Multi-Purpose X-ray Diffractometer. This instrument is housed in their new laboratory expansion area and supports their growing research and development business. CSO Stephen Byrn explains "X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) stands as the cornerstone of solid-state form analysis, Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Improved Pharma is pleased to announce it has recently expanded into adjacent laboratory space in the Purdue Kurz Technology Center. This expansion is the second since first acquiring laboratory space in 2020. The lab was also expanded in 2021. Business has increased more than 800% since 2019, driving the lab expansion. Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. (PRWEB) JUNE 14, 2023 On board the rocket launch for the Transporter-8 Mission sat Varda’s satellite “W-Series 1”. Within the capsule sits the drug ritonavir, created by scientists at Improved Pharma and housed in engineering designed and built by Varda to conduct controlled experiments in microgravity. A little over an hour after launch, the satellite was Read more
Improved Pharma is pleased to announce that their ritonavir research with Varda Space Industries that was published earlier this year has been selected by Organic Process Research & Development as one of the top “remarkable accomplishments from the scientific literature that are expected to be relevant and important with future practical applications”. A brief summary of the work, along with other highlighted Read more
Pharmaceutical materials can exist in a crystalline or amorphous state. Figure 1 illustrates the crystalline state as a perfectly ordered solid with molecules (circles) packed in an orderly array. Figure 1 also illustrates an amorphous material as a disordered material with only short-range order. Crystalline materials give an X-ray diffraction pattern because Bragg planes Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. (PRWEB) APRIL 04, 2023 Improved Pharma is pleased to announce the return of this popular and informative workshop. Registration and additional information can be found here: SPS-XRPD Workshop Over 20 guest lecturers have been gathered to present on the following topics: Regulatory aspects Role of polymorphism in intellectual property rights Synchrotron advanced instrumentation and applications in Read more
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. (PRWEB) MARCH 21, 2023 Improved Pharma will be at the ACS Spring 2023 National Meeting to be held in Indianapolis March 26 – 30, 2023. There are two opportunities to interact with Improved Pharma at this event. On Monday March 27th is the reception is for the Chemistry and Law Division of ACS, whose purpose Read more
