SoluLeaves™ / WaferTab™
SoluLeaves™ films
SoluLeaves™
Overview
SoluLeaves™: an edible film strip based on non-animal derived materials.
SoluLeaves™ technology is used to produce a range of oral delivery films that can incorporate active ingredients, colours and flavours. Films are developed in our laboratories in Cambridge and we offer a project management capability to locate and manufacture films through third party subcontractors. Many formulations have been developed using a whole range of polymers including cellulose derived polymers. All are GMO-free and non-animal derived.
SoluLeaves™ films have been designed to dissolve rapidly on contact with saliva, quickly releasing the active ingredients and flavours. These qualities make edible films an excellent delivery method for a large range of products requiring fast release in the mouth. For pharmaceutical uses this method of administration is particularly appropriate for paediatric or elderly patients, who may have difficulty swallowing traditional tablets or capsules. The delivery system can be used for low dosage applications such as the cough/cold, gastrointestinal and pain therapeutic areas, as well as delivering nutritional products. SoluLeaves™ films can also be designed to adhere to mucous membranes and to release the active ingredient slowly over 15 minutes. Similarly, the films can be used as a means of adding flavours to beverages either as a product or as a processing aid in manufacture.
Features of Soluleaves™:
- A vegetable based polymer film that carries low levels of active ingredients and flavouring
- Fast dissolution in the mouth
- Enhanced taste masking
- Enhanced convenience, portability and discreet format
- GMO and gelatin free (suitable for vegetarians, vegans and those with religious dietary restrictions)
- Sugar free variant suitable for diabetics
- Aqueous based and solvent free
- Application in a range of vitamins, flavourings, and pharmaceutical actives
- Suitable for paediatric and geriatric patients
- The SoluLeaves™ system is patented
WaferTab™
WaferTab™ samples
Overview
WaferTab™: a unique, innovative, highly stable edible film dose form.
WaferTab™ is a drug delivery system that incorporates pharmaceutical actives into an ingestible film strip. The system provides rapid dissolution and release of actives when the strip comes into contact with saliva in the mouth.
The WaferTab™ film strip can be flavoured for additionally improved taste-masking. The active ingredient is integrated into the body of a fused XGel™ film, potentially enhancing product stability. The XGel™ film may be coloured or printed during manufacture for branding and coding; a useful mechanism to enhance product identification. The WaferTab™ system lends itself to many possibilities for innovative product design, enabling multiple films with different actives to be combined together. WaferTab™ can be prepared in a variety of shapes and sizes and is an ideal method for delivery of medicines which require fast release or for use by patients who have difficulty swallowing.
Features of WaferTab™:
- Very stable format, fast dissolving oral film
- Enhanced taste masking
- Enhanced convenience, portability and discreet format
- GMO and gelatin free (suitable for vegetarians, vegans and those with religious dietary restrictions)
- Sugar free variant suitable for diabetics
- Aqueous based and solvent free
- Applications in unstable pharmaceutical forms, particularly salt forms.
- The WaferTab™ system is uniquely patented
