Particle Sciences has announced that it has been awarded a contract for development of an intranasal progesterone formulation for the treatment of traumatic brain injury by BHR Pharma, a subsidiary of Besins Healthcare. Besins announced in April 2013 that it had licensed the Muco (μco) intranasal system from Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories (SNBL) for nasal delivery of the BHR-310 progesterone powder.
Particle Sciences CEO Mark Mitchnick said, “Particle Sciences focuses on formulation design and manufacturing. Our clients often face challenging delivery issues so the dosage forms we work with frequently require a high level of engineering and the simplification of complex formulation challenges to commercially viable products. In this case, the challenge was achieving rapid onset under conditions of true duress, trauma. The product had to be versatile and durable. BHR are world leaders in this therapeutic approach and working with their technical team we have been able to design a dosage form that meets their needs. We look forward to helping BHR bring this very important product into the clinic and through to commercialization.”
Read the Particle Sciences press release.
