Measuring the size of nanomaterials is a critical step in developing safe and effective drug products in modern nanomedicine. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is the most commonly used technique for this purpose in pharmaceutical industry due to its simplicity. 

It has, however, low resolution (if the product contains two size populations, such as 50 and 100 nm, it will wrongly detect only one population) and it may significantly overestimate the average size as larger particles scatter light with higher intensity.

Ardena has in-house an orthogonal advanced technique to overcome these limitations, the asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) coupled online to multiple detectors, including DLS. AF4 – DLS overcomes the limitations of stand-alone DLS as the sample is first separated into distinct size populations and then measured. It is a broadly applicable to various types of nanoparticles (such lipid and metal nanoparticles) and is very accurate and reproducible for sizes up to approximately 100 nm. 

To maintain accuracy when particle sizes exceed 100 nm, an advanced detection is required that overcomes artifacts of conventional online DLS.

In our latest research published in the Journal of Chromatography A, Maria Marioli and her team explored how to overcome these analytical hurdles.

The Solution: Advanced Detection in Nanomedicine

The study demonstrates that by coupling Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4) with Phase and Spatially-Resolved Dynamic Light Scattering (PhaSR-DLS), specifically the NanoFlowSizer, analytical teams can eliminate the following artifacts of conventional AF4 – DLS which mainly occur for particle sizes above 100 nm:

– Size underestimation due to the flow through the detector.

– Inconsistent data due to low particle concentrations.

The findings of this study show that AF4 – PhaSR-DLS method fundamentally avoids these artifacts, regardless of experimental conditions.

Why This Matters in drug product development

For nanomedicines, accurate nanoparticle characterization is essential for successful drug development. Inaccurate size measurements may lead to wrong conclusions regarding filterability during manufacturing, bioavailability (cellular uptake), batch-to-batch consistency and product stability. By removing these measurement biases, we provide more reliable data, helping to de-risk drug development and ensure consistency from the lab to manufacturing.

This work underscores the importance of understanding and addressing limitations in conventional and modern analytical workflows, ensuring that critical quality attributes are monitored with the highest possible precision and accuracy.

“This article reflects our dedication to developing reliable methods for nanoparticle size determination, which is critical in drug product development.”– Maria Marioli , Principal Scientist at Ardena

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Dr. Maria Marioli

Principal Scientist – Group Lead

Maria Marioli is a Principal Scientist and Group Lead in Nanomedicine at Ardena. With over 15 years of experience in analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical development, Maria specializes in the characterization of complex drug products, including nanomedicines and biologics. Her expertise spans advanced liquid-phase separation techniques, building on her foundational research in field-flow fractionation coupled to light scattering detectors (DLS, MALS) for the characterization of macromolecules and nanoparticles, and the development of robust analytical methodologies essential for drug product development.ment. Throughout her career, Maria has held key scientific roles at Roche and Teva Pharmaceuticals before joining Ardena, where she now leads research efforts in nanomedicine. She is a member of the NANO working party of EDQM and in this role she is supporting the development of relevant chapters and monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia. Maria holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Amsterdam and continues to drive innovation in the field, with recent work focusing on advancements in AF4 – DLS detection for pharmaceutical applications. Recent Publications Resolving measurement artifacts of field-flow fractionation coupled to conventional dynamic light scattering detection by using phase and spatially-resolved dynamic light scattering to improve size accuracy (Full article published in: Journal of Chromatography A (2026) Deciphering the complex characteristics of nanomedicines (Published in: La Vague magazine by A3P (2025)) Analytical characterization of liposomes and other lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery (Published in: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis (2020))

In the complex world of nanomedicine, staying ahead of analytical challenges is a core focus of our work at Ardena. We are looking forward to taking this conversation further at our upcoming ‘Nanomedicine & Bioconjugation Symposium 2026’ this September.

As an organization, our guiding principle is “We Know Nano™,” reflecting our deep-rooted expertise in navigating the intricate challenges of nanomedicine development. Ardena’s first nanomedicine symposium brings together leading scientists, clinicians, and industry experts to discuss the latest advances in nanomedicine.

Over two days in Oss, The Netherlands, you will have the opportunity to hear from and engage directly with international key opinion leaders, industry innovators, and our own team of experts. 

We are proud to feature speakers such as Dr. Christian Schröter (COO & Managing Director, Topas Therapeutics GmbH), who shares our vision for the event:

“I am looking forward to engaging with industry innovators and international leaders on the future of nanomedicine. It is a pleasure to contribute to these discussions. Thanks to the entire team at Ardena for organizing such a significant event that addresses our shared scientific challenges.”

The symposium is designed for C-level executives, CMC experts, and senior scientists from biotech, pharma, and academia who are navigating the evolving landscape of complex drug development. Our speaker panel focuses on four critical pillars of modern nanomedicine:

• Nanomedicines in clinical development
• Bioconjugation
• mRNA / LNP formulation strategies
• Analytical characterization of complex modalities

Whether your work involves navigating regulatory hurdles, refining formulation strategies, or mastering advanced analytical characterization, this symposium offers a unique platform to exchange knowledge and gain practical insights.

Beyond the sessions, attendees will also have the exclusive opportunity to tour Ardena’s specialized nanomedicine facility, providing a first-hand look at the integrated workflows that drive successful development.

Join us in Oss on 15-16 September 2026.

Register for the ‘Nanomedicine & Bioconjugation Symposium 2026’ here

Developing complex nanomedicines like lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and polymeric micelles introduces unique challenges for traditional bioanalytical validation. In conventional small-molecule formulations, quantifying drug concentrations is a straightforward process of extraction and chromatographic resolution. However, within a nanomedicine matrix, the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) exists in a dynamic equilibrium, partitioned between an encapsulated core and an unbound, free fraction in the surrounding continuous phase.

This dual-state environment creates significant hurdles for accurate payload quantification. Standard bioanalytical assays often fail to differentiate between the therapeutic cargo that is safely enclosed within the nanoparticle shell and the fraction that has prematurely leaked into the matrix.

If your bioanalytical characterization methods lack sufficient resolving power, the resulting data can misrepresent the drug’s true stability, leading to skewed pharmacokinetic models and unpredictable toxicity data during preclinical evaluation. To satisfy global regulatory bodies, drug innovators must implement sophisticated sample preparation and analytical workflows that can isolate and quantify these distinct payload populations without disrupting the fragile colloidal assembly.

Best Practices for Physical and Chemical Characterization: Quantifying Encapsulation and Release Profiles

Accurately mapping the critical quality attributes (CQAs) of a nanomedicine requires a coordinated combination of physical particle sizing and high-resolution chemical separation. Developers must deploy validated methods to track particle behavior alongside precise payload mass balance calculations.

Determining the true encapsulation efficiency depends entirely on the speed and gentleness of the initial separation step. If the separation process exerts excessive mechanical pressure or shear stress, the nanoparticle shell can rupture, causing artificial payload leakage and underestimating the true encapsulation efficiency.

Similarly, performing reliable DLS analysis requires precise sample dilution protocols. If a suspension is overly concentrated, multiple scattering events will distort the light signal, leading to inaccurate polydispersity index (PDI) readouts and masking small populations of aggregated particles.

At our nanomedicine and bioanalytical CRO center in Oss, The Netherlands, we resolve these challenges by combining non-destructive separation tools, such as Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AF4), with high-sensitivity mass spectrometry. This allows us to separate free and bound fractions under low-shear conditions, delivering highly reproducible quantification data.

Maximizing Data Integrity: Ardena’s Unified Bioanalytical and Nanomedicine Formulation Platform

Sourcing your nanoparticle manufacturing from one contract vendor and shipping samples to an isolated bioanalytical CRO for stability and payload testing introduces significant risk. Nanomedicine samples are highly sensitive to temperature shifts, vibration, and storage duration. The time elapsed during cross-border transit can trigger premature lipid oxidation, cargo leakage, or structural degradation, resulting in analytical data that no longer reflects the true state of the manufactured batch.

Ardena eliminates these operational risks by integrating process development, cGMP manufacturing, and advanced bioanalytical characterization under a single quality management system. Based entirely at our specialized nanomedicine facility in Oss, our bioanalytical teams work alongside our formulation engineers in real time. We analyze your critical samples immediately after processing, eliminating transit-induced artifacts and securing your proprietary intellectual property.

Our laboratories are equipped with high-containment infrastructure designed to safely handle high-potency APIs (HPAPIs) and complex injectables. By maintaining a direct data loop between our DLS analysis suites, continuous flow manufacturing lines, and validated UPLC-MS/MS systems, we rapidly track release kinetics and encapsulation efficiency throughout the scale-up process. This integrated approach ensures a completely traceable history for your molecule, generating the robust data packages required to confidently advance through Phase I clinical trials.

The global validation of mRNA technology during the COVID-19 pandemic established lipid-encapsulated nucleic acids as a viable class of modern biopharmaceuticals. However, the molecular requirements for prophylactic vaccines represent only a fraction of the broader capabilities of mRNA therapeutics. In a vaccine application, the target payload simply needs to induce a brief, localized immune response against an expressed viral antigen.

In contrast, expanding this modality into chronic diseases, genetic disorders, and oncology requires a fundamental shift in drug delivery engineering. To achieve meaningful clinical efficacy in protein replacement therapies or gene editing applications, non-viral vectors must navigate much harsher biological environments. These advanced vectors must achieve precise tissue-specific targeting, cross restrictive biological barriers like the blood-brain barrier, and deliver a sustained, highly controlled intracellular payload without triggering an unwanted innate immune response.

As the biopharmaceutical pipeline pivots toward treating complex inherited conditions, the industry faces a critical need for next-generation delivery vehicles. The current generation of standard, off-the-shelf lipid formulations is often insufficient for these complex applications. Overcoming these challenges requires highly customized, structurally precise nanoparticle architectures capable of ferrying delicate, high-molecular-weight gene-editing machinery to specific cellular destinations.

Engineering Non-Viral Vectors: Optimizing Nanoparticles for Protein Replacement and CRISPR Machinery

Transitioning from short-lived antigen expression to precise genetic modification or sustained protein replacement requires distinct changes in nanoparticle design and physical chemistry. The structural design of the delivery vehicle must be tailored to the specific size, charge, and intracellular destination of the modern nucleic acid payload.

Encapsulating large-scale gene therapy delivery systems like CRISPR machinery requires tight control over the internal structure of the particle core. Because guide RNAs and large Cas9-encoding transcripts possess distinct charge densities and steric profiles, standard formulation techniques can result in incomplete encapsulation or fragile, irregular particles.

To overcome this, chemists must optimize the nitrogen-to-phosphate (N/P) ratio. This is achieved by synthesizing novel ionizable lipids with specialized multi-branched tail architectures and highly sensitive amine headgroups that fully condense the diverse payload sizes without introducing toxic, highly positive surface charges at physiological pH.

At our dedicated nanomedicine facility in Oss, The Netherlands, we analyze these intricate internal structures and verify payload distribution using high-resolution analytical equipment. We leverage Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) to map the internal liquid-crystalline phase structure of the lipid core, alongside Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation coupled with Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering (AF4-MALLS) to confirm absolute molecular weight distribution and ensure the cargo remains structurally intact inside the particle matrix.

De-Risking Complex Therapeutics: Ardena’s Integrated Synthesis and Nanomedicine Platform

Developing next-generation mRNA therapeutics and complex non-viral vectors introduces significant chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) challenges. Sourcing highly specialized custom lipids from one chemical vendor, obtaining therapeutic-grade mRNA from another, and executing LNP assembly at a third contract facility introduces significant risk. This fragmented approach often leads to critical data gaps, batch-to-batch variability, and extended technology-transfer timelines that can delay clinical timelines.

Ardena eliminates these development bottlenecks through our unified “Molecule to Patient” CDMO infrastructure. Operating directly from our integrated nanomedicine center in Oss, our teams combine deep expert small molecule synthesis with scalable formulation engineering under a single quality management system. We specialize in the custom cGMP synthesis of novel ionizable lipids, targeted helper lipids, and tailored polymeric systems engineered for high-potency APIs (HPAPIs) and complex injectables.

By utilizing automated microfluidics and continuous flow manufacturing platforms, our process development labs transition early-stage discoveries into robust, scalable clinical batches. Our integrated model allows the analytical characterization teams to feed raw stability and impurity data directly into the formulation line. This immediate feedback loop accelerates process optimization, safeguards your proprietary intellectual property, and ensures that your complex gene therapy candidates are manufactured with the rigorous purity and reproducibility required for global regulatory approval.

The successful transition of a complex nanomedicine from a laboratory process to a scalable, cGMP-compliant drug product requires overcoming severe fluid-dynamics and engineering constraints during downstream processing. While establishing absolute sterility is a non-negotiable mandate for all parenteral injectables, the physical properties of nano-sized drug products complicate standard industry protocols. Traditional sterilization methods, such as terminal autoclaving or gamma irradiation, are fundamentally incompatible with delicate macromolecular architectures; the intense thermal energy and ionizing radiation rapidly degrade protective PEG shells, hydrolyze fragile lipid components, and trigger catastrophic particle aggregation.

Consequently, developers must rely on sterile manufacturing lines where the product undergoes aseptic fill-finish. The baseline industry standard for achieving sterility in this workflow relies on passing the liquid suspension through a 0.22 μm membrane filter. However, for complex nanomedicines like lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), polymeric micelles, and nanoemulsions, this routine filtration step represents a significant point of process failure.

Because many optimized nanoparticles possess hydrodynamic diameters that span broad distribution curves, or demonstrate variable surface charges, they interact destructively with the filter media. The resulting process yields frequently suffer from severe nanoparticle loss, filter fouling, structural deformation, and altered drug-to-lipid ratios, threatening the viability of the entire clinical batch.

Overcoming Sterile Filtration Hurdles: Mechanical and Electrostatic Mechanisms of Particle Loss

Preventing significant mass loss and structural changes during aseptic processing requires a thorough understanding of the physical and chemical interactions occurring at the membrane interface. When a complex colloidal suspension is driven through a porous polymeric matrix under pressure, particle loss occurs via two distinct pathways: mechanical entrapment and electrostatic adsorption.

To manage these sterile filtration hurdles, process engineers must precisely tune both fluid hydraulics and material compatibility. Utilizing low-binding membrane chemistries—such as hydrophilically modified polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or polyethersulfone (PES)—is critical to neutralizing unwanted surface adsorption.

Furthermore, controlling the transmembrane pressure profile prevents structural deformation. If the driving pressure is too high, flexible lipid structures can deform and squeeze through the pores, altering their core morphology, or they can rupture completely.

At our specialized nanomedicine facility in Oss, The Netherlands, we mitigate these risks by developing custom, low-shear product pathways. We systematically evaluate membrane surface chemistry, effective filtration surface area, and flow velocities using automated, small-scale process simulation tools. This data-driven formulation screening guarantees that the critical quality attributes of the nanomedicine remain unchanged before and after the critical sterile filtration step.

Securing Product Yield: Ardena’s Integrated Process Development and Sterile Manufacturing Workflow

Splitting process development, analytical characterization, and final aseptic fill-finish across separate contract vendors introduces critical operational risks. A formulation that performs predictably in a small-scale development lab can fail completely when subjected to the prolonged line-hold times, stainless-steel filling pumps, and tubing configurations of an isolated sterile manufacturing site. The lack of real-time analytical feedback during a tech-transfer failure can lead to discarded clinical batches and extended project delays.

Ardena eliminates these scale-up vulnerabilities through our fully integrated “Molecule to Patient” infrastructure. Operating out of our advanced nanomedicine center in Oss, our process engineering teams collaborate directly with our in-house cGMP sterile manufacturing specialists. We deliberately design the downstream fill-finish process early in development, selecting low-shear peristaltic pumping systems and optimized fluid paths that match the exact physical-chemical requirements of your specific lipid or polymeric nanoparticle.

By linking continuous flow manufacturing platforms with real-time characterization capabilities—including Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and high-resolution Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC)—we continuously monitor the suspension’s stability throughout the filling run. This close coordination protects your proprietary intellectual property, eliminates traditional technology-transfer friction, and ensures that sensitive, high-potency complex injectables move from formulation directly into sterile vials with maximum yield and zero compromise in particle consistency.

Protect Your Clinical Milestones: Consult with Our Fill-Finish Specialists and Download Our Technical Checklist

Successfully navigating the technical hurdles of sterile nanomedicine manufacturing requires proactive process control and specialized analytical validation. To help your technical team evaluate potential vulnerabilities in your downstream processing and filling workflows, our senior manufacturing engineers have summarized our internal best practices into an accessible planning guide.

Download our CMC Regulatory Checklist to compare your current formulation parameters against established benchmarks for successful cGMP sterile filtration and clinical supply production.

Translating a nanomedicine candidate from successful preclinical proof-of-concept into a compliant clinical drug product requires early alignment with evolving regulatory expectations. Unlike conventional small molecules, nano-sized drug products present distinct biological and structural complexity. Their safety and therapeutic performance are governed not just by chemical composition, but by the physical architecture of the structured particle matrix.

Both global regulatory frameworks, specifically the FDA nanomedicine guidance documents and the EMA nanotechnology reflection papers, emphasize a comprehensive “Quality by Design” (QbD) approach. The central regulatory challenge stems from structural heterogeneity. Minute deviations in particle geometry, surface chemistry, or coating uniformity can profoundly alter blood circulation half-life, systemic toxicity, and tissue-specific biodistribution.

Consequently, health authorities do not view the nano-formulation as a simple inert excipient carrier. Instead, they evaluate the complete macromolecular assembly as an integrated drug system. To survive regulatory scrutiny during Investigational New Drug (IND) or Clinical Trial Applications (CTA), developers must establish rigid control frameworks that explicitly bridge manufacturing parameters directly to reproducible biological performance.

Deconstructing Characterization Mandates: Quantifying Critical Quality Attributes for Regulatory Filing

To satisfy global documentation expectations, specialized characterization protocols must be integrated directly into your early-stage chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) program. Regulators require innovators to comprehensively map and monitor specific critical quality attributes (CQAs) that affect the safety and efficacy profile of the vehicle.

Fulfilling these requirements is a major technical bottleneck during early tech transfer. Standard chromatographic techniques frequently fail when applied to complex colloidal systems, as standard column matrices can induce structural shear stress or alter equilibrium dynamics, resulting in skewed data.

At our dedicated nanomedicine facility in Oss, The Netherlands, we address these analytical challenges by employing non-destructive high-resolution fractionation platforms like AF4-MALLS. This setup separates complex nanoparticle populations based on their hydrodynamic volume without structural destruction, providing reliable particle sizing, molecular weight distribution calculations, and shape-factor confirmation.

Furthermore, validating the free-versus-encapsulated payload ratio requires validated sample-preparation protocols that rapidly freeze or isolate the external phase without triggering premature nanoparticle leakiness or dissociation.

Streamlining the Module 3 CTD: Ardena’s Integrated Nanomedicine and CMC Regulatory Platform

The major point of operational failure for many emerging biotech firms occurs during the compilation of the Module 3 Quality section of the Common Technical Document (CTD). When characterization data is decoupled from the underlying process development history, data gaps emerge. If a regulator questions a specific dissolution profile or impurity threshold, resolving it across disconnected contract research laboratories can add months of interactive delays.

Ardena de-risks this regulatory pathway through our unified, data-centric development infrastructure. Based directly at our specialized nanomedicine facility in Oss, our multi-disciplinary teams seamlessly combine advanced analytical chemistry, process scale-up engineering, and in-house CMC writing expertise. This integrated approach ensures that every change in microfluidics or flow-chemistry parameter is instantly documented alongside its corresponding particle characterization profile.

Our regulatory CMC specialists work directly alongside the process development scientists to author and format registration files from day one. This continuous loop means that your final regulatory dossier contains a fully traceable, scientifically rigorous explanation of your critical quality attributes and control strategies. By handling the payload synthesis, complex lipid or polymer manufacturing, fill-finish, and bioanalysis under one quality ecosystem, we ensure a seamless flow of data that accelerates regulatory approval and protects your intellectual property.

Bridge the Gap to Clinical Supply: Consult with Our Dossier Specialists and Download Our CMC Regulatory Checklist

Navigating the nuances of the FDA nanomedicine guidance framework requires proactive planning before entering clinical manufacturing. To help your team mitigate development risks and structure an unassailable dossier for global health authorities, our internal regulatory experts have formalized our technical processes into a practical planning reference.

The therapeutic potential of genetic medicine hinges entirely on the efficiency of intracellular delivery. While mRNA therapeutics have revolutionized fields ranging from oncology immunotherapy to rare disease interventions, their clinical translation is restricted by the biological fragility of nucleic acids. Unprotected mRNA molecules face immediate enzymatic degradation by extracellular RNases and possess a highly negative charge density that prevents spontaneous diffusion across the anionic cellular membrane.

To overcome these physiological barriers, advanced drug delivery systems rely on engineered lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). At the core of every high-performing LNP is a specialized multi-component matrix consisting of structural helper lipids, cholesterol, PEGylated lipids, and functionalized cationic molecules. However, standard, off-the-shelf lipids frequently fall short when attempting to target specific cell types, minimize systemic toxicity, or optimize endosomal escape.

This challenge has driven the biopharmaceutical industry toward tailored chemical alternatives. Through precise molecular modifications, custom lipid synthesis allows scientists to manipulate the structural properties of these molecules, ensuring that modern precision therapeutics reach their target intracellular compartments with high fidelity.

The Chemistry of Intracellular Transport: Designing Ionizable Lipids for High-Efficiency Endosomal Escape

Designing a functional lipid vehicle requires an intricate understanding of physical chemistry and molecular dynamics. Within an LNP assembly, different lipid species serve specific structural or functional roles to maintain stable encapsulation and facilitate targeted delivery.

The exact architecture of ionizable lipids dictates the overall performance of the delivery system. By engineering the chemical structure of the amine headgroup, chemists can fine-tune the acid dissociation constant (pKa​) of the molecule. Under acidic manufacturing conditions (pH≈4.0), the amine headgroup undergoes protonation to carry a positive charge, allowing it to electrostatically bind and condense the negatively charged phosphate backbone of the mRNA payload.

Once formulated, the LNP maintains a neutral surface charge at a physiological pH of 7.4, preventing nonspecific interactions with blood components and reducing systemic toxicity. Following cellular uptake via receptor-mediated endocytosis, the declining pH inside the maturing endosome (pH≈5.0–6.0) re-protonates the ionizable lipid headgroups. This localized transition triggers a conformational shift into a non-bilayer hexagonal phase (HII​), disrupting the host endosomal membrane and safely releasing the mRNA into the cytosol for ribosome translation.

To guarantee that these precise interactions occur as intended, rigorous physical and chemical characterization is required. At our dedicated nanomedicine facility in Oss, The Netherlands, we employ advanced analytical techniques to verify particle integrity and batch consistency:

• Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation coupled with Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering (AF4-MALLS): Used to determine absolute molecular weight and size distribution without the shear stress associated with traditional column-based chromatography.
• Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) & Zeta Potential Measurements: Monitors hydrodynamic diameter, polydispersity index (PDI), and surface charge transitions across different pH environments.
• Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS): Evaluates the internal liquid-crystalline structure and morphology of the lipid core.
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography / Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC/UPLC):Quantifies individual lipid components, assesses encapsulation efficiency, and monitors for potential lipid degradation or impurity profiles.

Accelerating Nanomedicine Scale-Up: Ardena’s Integrated Custom Synthesis and LNP Formulation Services

Navigating the transition from initial lipid discovery to full-scale clinical production requires an integrated development strategy. Fragmented supply chains often force innovators to source custom lipids from one vendor, ship them to a separate formulation house, and use a third provider for analytical characterization. This siloed approach introduces technical risk, creates critical data gaps, and extends tech-transfer timelines by weeks or months.

Ardena eliminates these bottlenecks by offering a unified “Molecule to Patient” development ecosystem. Operating directly out of our specialized nanomedicine and API facility in Oss, our teams combine deep expertise in complex small molecule synthesis with scalable formulation engineering. We specialize in the custom synthesis of novel ionizable lipids and tailored polymeric systems under strict cGMP conditions, ensuring high chemical purity and structural reproducibility from milligrams to multi-liter volumes.

By utilizing advanced microfluidics and continuous flow manufacturing platforms, our scientists transition custom lipid designs directly into optimized LNP formulations. This integrated approach allows our process development laboratories to feed raw analytical data directly into the drug product stream. The seamless continuity protects proprietary intellectual property, minimizes material waste, and ensures that critical parameters for high-potency APIs (HPAPIs) and complex injectables are tightly controlled throughout the scale-up process.

De-Risk Your Phase I Timeline: Consult with Our Nanomedicine Experts and Download Our Complete CMC Regulatory Checklist

Successfully scaling a nanomedicine requires proactive risk management and early alignment with global regulatory standards. To help streamline your development timeline and prevent common chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) pitfalls, our regulatory specialists have compiled a comprehensive reference guide.