See how our world class facilities and expertise support partner collaboration and the development of medicines manufacturing.
CMAC offers services in the following areas:
Primary Processing
Rapid process development, research and consultation services for crystallisation (batch & continuous) targeting desired particle attributes.
Process & Product
Analysis
Process monitoring technologies and off-line benchtop spectroscopy techniques.
Materials
Characterisation
Multiple labs containing a range of methods for material characterisation.
Secondary Processing
Secondary processing formulation services and consultancy on a variety of solid oral dosage platforms e.g. blending, twin screw granulation, milling, hot melt extrusion, fluid bed and spray drying, and compaction.
X-ray Services & Imaging
World-class X-ray suite that can deliver a range of services from powder characterisation, fingerprinting, variable temperature measurements, variable humidity measurements to unit cell determination and full structural solutions.
GI Bio
GI Bio addresses a major challenge in understanding the gut's complex dynamic environment by offering a way to replicate it without the limitations of animal or human studies.
Unique expertise in continuous crystallisation, process development, formulation and product analysis
Continuous processing skids for process development, analysis and materials characterisation capabilities, comprehensive suite of PAT tools
Services delivered within a state of the art manufacturing research facility
The laboratory footprint is over 900 m2, designed to deliver a fully adaptable space for multi-phase batch and continuous primary processing. There is a dedicated, specialised support team within CMAC to offer services and assistance to research activity and industrial projects. Access to to world-leading academic and industrial partners across a range of different fields can be facilitated. We also have analytical laboratories for advanced understanding of particulate formation and processing and a secondary processing suite.
In 2019, CMAC was delighted to be a finalist for the second conseutive year at CPhI's Excellence in Pharma Awards, in the Contract Services and Outsourcing category. CPhI presented CMAC with a high commendation for this category for CMAC's National Facility at the recent awards ceremony.
In 2016, TIC received an honourable mention in the FOYA awards, which was the first
time an academic institution had received such an accolade, reinforcing the class of facility offered by CMAC.
“The FOYA award is a fantastic achievement for CMAC and our partners, in particular asit recognises the unique world class facilities and high quality collaborative environment that has now been established in TIC to support our research and training activities. CMAC look forward to continuing to extend our collaborative approach and welcome new partners to come and work alongside us within the new CMAC National Facility”
