The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre

Crystallisation is the process of forming a solid crystal from a solution of molecules. It is an important process in the development and manufacturing of small molecule new medicines. The crystalline particles that go into "solid dosage forms" of medicines like tablets and inhalation drugs (where clinical performance is directly correlated to particle be...

The pharmaceutical industry is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with the UK healthcare sector accounting for 5% of the nation's total emissions, 20% of which are linked to medicines. Pharmaceutical emissions are 55% higher than those of the automotive industry, generating up to 100 kg of waste per kg of product. This carbon fo...

The Pharmaceutical industry is really good at employing molecular-level chemistry models to help predict likely new cures for diseases. On the flip side it is bad (vs. other industries) at applying modelling to manufacturing to predict how and when to make products most effectively. This is for a number of reasons, one of which is the lack of good quality...

Ensuring reliable access to affordable, safe, effective, sustainable, and high-quality 21st-century medicines requires 21st-century technologies and, crucially, harmonised, effective and innovative regulatory approaches. This UK regulatory science network aims to deliver the 21st-century regulatory science and innovation needed to unlock the benefits of t...

To develop and bring to market a state-of-the-art digital design platform to significantly automate, streamline and accelerate the design, development and manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical products.

New therapeutic products in the pharma industries are invariably large, complex chemical molecules -- e.g., synthetic active ingredients, amino acids, peptides etc. In the consumer goods and food industries, complex emulsions form the backbone of products such as detergents, beauty products, milk and other liquid-based foods. An essential pre-requisite fo...

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