Metrics Offers Neat API Capsule Filling

Metrics, Inc. now offers neat active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) capsule filling at its potent and cytotoxic facility. The company has added a Capsugel Xcelodose system, a precise powder micro-doser and automated encapsulator that places API directly into capsules with a high level of accuracy. Metrics also installed a custom-built isolation system for the equipment, for total containment levels approximating 30 nanograms per cubic meter of room air.
 
“This new capability means Metrics now offers clients with potent and cytotoxic drugs another avenue toward Phase I first-time-in-man (FTIM) clinical trials,” said Joe Cascone, director of potent pharmaceutical development. “Clearly there’s still a great deal of debate within the pharmaceutical industry about the value of neat API dosing and what role formulation can or should play when bringing new medicines to trial or market. At Metrics, we want to offer each client an individualized solution that works best for their specific product.”