A fully integrated, animal-free, end-to-end modelling approach to oral drug product development

Project Information

InPharma

Grant agreement ID: 955756

DOI 10.3030/955756

Project closed

EC signature date 7 September 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 464 964,00

EU contribution € 3 464 964,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
Ireland

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

International Conference at end of project
InPharma ‘Shark tank'

InPharma ‘Shark tank’

InPharma Science Slam videos published on website
Ask Me Anything (AMA) InPharma

Ask Me Anything AMA InPharma

InPharma website established

Documents, reports (4)

Public Engagement & Dissemination (PED) Plan published

Public Engagement Dissemination PED Plan published

Peer Reviewed Scientific Publications and Patents
InPharma-in-schools outreach activities report
Gap analysis on in vitro methods for enabling formulations

Other (2)

Research publications from WP2 (min. 10)
Research publications from WP1 (min 10)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (30)

Understanding the conditions under which drugs are transferred from the stomach through the upper small intestine after the standard high-calorie, high-fat meal

Author(s): Shirin Dietrich, Jens Ceulemans, Eline Hermans, Maria Vertzoni, Christos Reppas
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.01.001

Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (HDES) as oil phase in lipid-based drug formulations

Author(s): Shaida Panbachi, Josef Beranek, Martin Kuentz
Published in: International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Issue 661, 2024, Page(s) 124418, ISSN 0378-5173
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124418

Exploring the Cocrystal Landscape of Posaconazole by Combining High-Throughput Screening Experimentation with Computational Chemistry

Author(s): Matteo Guidetti, Rolf Hilfiker, Martin Kuentz, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Fritz Blatter
Published in: Crystal Growth & Design, Issue 23, 2, 2022, Page(s) 842-852, ISSN 1528-7483
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01072

Abiraterone acetate fixed-dosed combinations with ibuprofen-based therapeutic eutectic and deep eutectic solvents

Author(s): Shaida Panbachi, Josef Beranek, Martin Kuentz
Published in: International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Issue 671, 2025, Page(s) 125279, ISSN 0378-5173
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125279

Polymer-embedded deep eutectic solvents (PEDES) as a novel bio-enabling formulation approach

Author(s): Shaida Panbachi , Josef Beranek, Martin Kuentz
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue Volume 186, 1 July 2023, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106463

Digestion is a critical element for absorption of cinnarizine from supersaturated lipid-based type I formulations

Author(s): Felix Paulus, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Jef Stappaerts, Rene Holm
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106634

A comparison of USP 2 and µDISS Profiler™ apparatus for studying dissolution phenomena of ibuprofen and its salts

Author(s): Laurin Zöller, Alex Avdeef, Eva Karlsson, Anders Borde, Sara Carlert, Christoph Saal, Jennifer Dressman
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106684

A study of hydrophobic domain formation of polymeric drug precipitation inhibitors in aqueous solution

Author(s): Egis Zeneli, Justus Johann Lange, Martin Kuentz, René Holm, Justus Lange
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106791

Combining in vitro dissolution/permeation with microdialysis sampling: Capabilities and limitations for biopharmaceutical assessments of supersaturating drug formulations

Author(s): Florentin Lukas Holzem, Iben Højgaard Jensen, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Cordula Stillhart, Martin Brandl, Annette Bauer-Brandl
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106533

Mechanistic Investigation into the Phase Separation Behavior of Soluplus in the Presence of Biorelevant Media

Author(s): Justus Johann Lange, Malte Bøgh Senniksen, Nicole Wyttenbach, Susanne Page, Lorraine M. Bateman, Patrick J. O’Dwyer, Wiebke Saal, Martin Kuentz, Brendan T. Griffin
Published in: Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2025, ISSN 1543-8384
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c01140

Using the refined Developability Classification System (rDCS) to guide the design of oral formulations

Author(s): Kristian Beran, Eline Hermans, René Holm, Kia Sepassi, Jennifer Dressman
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.09.022

Oral Absorption from Surfactant-Based Drug Formulations: The Impact of Molecularly Dissolved Drug on Bioavailability

Author(s): Florentin Lukas Holzem, Neil Parrott, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Martin Brandl, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Cordula Stillhart
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 113, 2024, Page(s) 3054-3064, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.07.017

Projection of Target Drug Particle Size in Oral Formulations Using the Refined Developability Classification System (rDCS)

Author(s): Kristian Beran; Eline Hermans; René Holm; Kia Sepassi; Jennifer Dressman
Published in: Pharmaceutics; Volume 15; Issue 7; Pages: 1909, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1999-4923
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15071909

Developing an in vitro lipolysis model for real-time analysis of drug concentrations during digestion of lipid-based formulations

Author(s): Lotte Ejskjær, Patrick O’Dwyer, Rene Holm, Martin Kuentz, Karl Box, Brendan Griffin
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106681

On the processes limiting oral drug absorption when amorphous solid dispersions are adminstred after a high-calorie. high-fat meal: Sporanox®pellets

Author(s): Shirin Dietrich, Jens Ceulemans, Eline Hermans, Maria Vertzoni, Christos Reppas
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106798

Microdialysis and nanofiltration allow to distinguish molecularly dissolved from colloid-associated drug concentrations during biomimetic dissolution testing of supersaturating formulations

Author(s): Florentin Lukas Holzem, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Martin Brandl, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Cordula Stillhart
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue Volume 174, 1 July 2022, 2022, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106166

Leveraging the use of in vitro and computational methods to support the development of enabling oral drug products: An InPharma commentary

Author(s): Christos Reppas, Martin Kuentz, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Sara Carlert, André Dallmann, Shirin Dietrich, Jennifer Dressman, Lotte Ejskjaer, Sebastian Frechen, Matteo Guidetti, Rene Holm, Florentin Lukas Holzem, Εva Karlsson, Edmund Kostewicz, Shaida Panbachi, Felix Paulus, Malte Senniksen, Cordula Stillhart, David B. Turner, Maria Vertzoni, Paul Vrenken, Laurin Zoller, Brendan T. Griffin, Patrick J
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106505

Biopredictive capability assessment of two dissolution/permeation assays, µFLUXTM and PermeaLoopTM, using supersaturating formulations of Posaconazole

Author(s): Florentin Lukas Holzem, Anika Weck, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Cordula Stillhart, Sandra Klein, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Martin Brandl
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 176, 2022, Page(s) 106260, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106260

Biowaiver monographs for immediate-release solid oral dosage forms: Voriconazole

Author(s): Kristian Beran, Bertil Abrahamsson, Naseem Charoo, Rodrigo Cristofoletti, René Holm, Atsushi Kambayashi, Peter Langguth, Alan Parr, James E. Polli, Vinod P. Shah, Jennifer Dressman
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 114, 2025, Page(s) 660-680, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.10.055

Water-mediated phase transformations of posaconazole: An intricate jungle of crystal forms

Author(s): Matteo Guidetti, Fritz Blatter, Rolf Hilfiker, Annette Bauer-Brandl, Martin Kuentz
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106722

Comparative Analysis of Chemical Descriptors by Machine Learning Reveals Atomistic Insights into Solute–Lipid Interactions

Author(s): Justus Johann Lange, Andrea Anelli, Jochem Alsenz, Martin Kuentz, Patrick J. O’Dwyer, Wiebke Saal, Nicole Wyttenbach, Brendan T. Griffin
Published in: Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2024, ISSN 1543-8384
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c00080?urlappend=%3fref%3dpdf&jav=vor&rel=cite-as

Predictive computational tools to analyse effects of Co-milling with PVP on drug dissolution

Author(s): Nicolas Pätzmann, Patrick J. O'Dwyer, Josef Beránek, Martin Kuentz, Brendan T. Griffin
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106780

Using molecularly dissolved drug concentrations in PBBMs improves the prediction of oral absorption from supersaturating formulations

Author(s): Florentin Holzem, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Cordula Stillhart, Martin Brandl, Annette-Bauer Brandl
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106703

Biowaiver monographs for immediate-release solid oral dosage forms: Lemborexant

Author(s): Kristian Beran, Bertil Abrahamsson, Naseem Charoo, Rodrigo Cristofoletti, René Holm, Atsushi Kambayashi, Peter Langguth, Mehul Mehta, Alan Parr, James E. Polli, Vinod P. Shah, Jennifer Dressman
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 114, 2025, Page(s) 644-659, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.10.030

A high-throughput micro-scale workflow to quantify molecularly dissolved drug concentrations under solubilizing conditions

Author(s): Florentin Lukas Holzem, Rasmus Lind Mikkelsen, Jeannine Petrig Schaffland, Cordula Stillhart, Martin Brandl, Annette Bauer-Brandl
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 114, 2025, Page(s) 1485-1494, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.027

A Stratified Analysis of Supersaturation and Precipitation Effects Based on the Refined Developability Classification System (rDCS)

Author(s): Kristian Beran, Eline Hermans, René Holm, Kia Sepassi, Jennifer Dressman
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 113, 2024, Page(s) 2940-2946, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.06.014

Exploration of solubilisation effects facilitated by the combination of Soluplus® with ionic surfactants

Author(s): Justus Johann Lange, Lukas Enzner, Martin Kuentz, Patrick J. O’Dwyer, Wiebke Saal, Brendan T. Griffin, Nicole Wyttenbach
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, Page(s) 106957, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106957

Predictions of biorelevant solubility change during dispersion and digestion of lipid-based formulations

Author(s): Lotte Ejskjær, René Holm, Martin Kuentz, Karl J. Box, Brendan T. Griffin, Patrick J. O'Dwyer
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 200, 2024, Page(s) 106833, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106833

Advancing Algorithmic Drug Development: Recommendation for Machine Learning Approaches in Drug Formulation

Author(s): Jack Murray, Justus Lange, Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Rene Holm, Martin Kuentz, Patrick O’Dwyer, Brendan Griffin
Published in: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, ISSN 0928-0987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106562

Advantages of the refined developability classification system in early discovery

Author(s): Kristian Beran, Jennifer Dressman, Eline Hermans, René Holm, Kia Sepassi
Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Issue 114, 2025, Page(s) 1444-1454, ISSN 0022-3549
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.12.021