Colorcon Formulation School® brings together leading experts from industry, academia and Colorcon® Technical Centers to provide valuable information on the theory and practical approach to core formulation. In most cases, In most cases, the format will be a two-day forum; one day of practical work and one day of presentations, including one or more external speakers.
The Formulation School conducts a range of classes including, Fundamentals, School for Matrices and School for Multi-Particulates.
Here are brief descriptions:
Fundamentals (F) - includes excipient selection, different manufacturing techniques, troubleshooting, and other topics such as regulatory, API characterization, scale-up considerations and new technologies.
School for Matrices (M) - includes best practices to formulate matrices, the importance of QbD, gastro-retentive systems, processing options and the influence of tablet shape and film coating on matrices.
School for Multi-Particulates (MP) - includes features and benefits of the different types of MPs, drug loading best practices, principles of extrusion spheronization, mini-tablet formulation guidelines and equipment review and more.
Here is what some recent attendees had to say about their Colorcon Formulation School experience:
"Thank you for a wonderful 2 days! This course helped me to understand the basics of formulation, which also helped to build my confidence level in process development."
"The Colorcon speakers were well prepared and fielded the topics with comfort and ease. The special guest speakers were a bonus. I found both speakers to be fascinating and inspiring."
"I was very impressed with the expertise of all the various presenters and the capabilities of Colorcon."
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