A Polish medical university is offering innovative enteral flexible films for production of gastro-resistant capsules under license agreement

A leading Polish medical university has designed an innovative enteral flexible films for production of gastro-resistant capsules. Modifying the release time of the active substance of the pharmaceutical is an important factor influencing the effectiveness and efficiency of the therapy. The use of gastro-resistant capsules allows protection of active substance against the action of gastric juice, release and absorption only in the intestines. In addition, this form of drug administration protects the gastric mucosa from the irritating action of the active substance. Gastro-resistant capsules are coated with a substance from insoluble polymer with an acidic pH, and soluble at pH greater than 6 gastric juice environment. Unlike tablets, this technology does not work in case of capsules which are technologically difficult to coat. In response to the needs of the pharmaceutical market, the univesity proposes an innovative way of obtaining gelatinous mass, from which soft gelatine capsules can be made, that are characterized in gelatine casing being not easily insoluble in the gastric juice and which can release the contents when dissolved in the gastric juice after a prolonged period of time. The technology of their production was disclosed in the patent and it is the subject of technological offer. This product is on a TRL-V level and is protected by a registered Polish and European patents. The university is offering to sell license/IP rights for the new aqueous composition for making enteric films used in manufacturing of soft capsules characterized by delayed release of active substances and the descriptions of the method of making the gelatine film for the capsule preparation to a foreign partner.