Catalent Launches Technology For Softgel Innovation

To Aid Formulation And Manufacture Of Delayed/Enteric Capsules

Catalent has announced the launch of a new technology, OptiGel DR, for the formulation and manufacture of delayed/enteric release softgels, offering advantages such as potentially enhancing bioavailability and reducing gastric reflux effects.

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Catalent’s OptiGel DR technology allows the delayed release profile to be incorporated into the softgel capsule • Source: Shutterstock

Catalent, Inc provider of advanced delivery technologies, has launched a new technology for the formulation and manufacture of delayed/enteric release softgels. The company’s OptiGel DR technology allows softgel capsules to be formed by combining naturally derived polysaccharide pectin with gelatin, eliminating the need for a separate capsule coating step.

Aris Gennadios, president of softgel and oral technologies at Catalent, said the technology “allows the delayed release profile to be...

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