Colorcon launches worldwide education platform

Colorcon has launched Colorcon Academy, a platform that will enable the company to offer its educational programmes at worldwide locations.

“Under the new Colorcon Academy platform, we will offer the different programmes at our 20 technical services facilities worldwide, in addition to events designed specifically for our customers, which are held at their site,” reported Dr Ali Rajabi-Siahboomi, VP/chief scientific officer at Colorcon. “Academy attendees have the opportunity to progress their skills in pharmaceutical sciences and become leaders in their own organisations at locations convenient to them.”

The company started providing continuing education to customers in the 1980s, with its first Colorcon Coating School. Its current programme includes topic areas such as film coating, core formulation, excipient selection and controlled release of solid oral dosage forms.

“The thousands of course attendees have ranged from senior research scientists, to technology transfer scientists and process engineers,” concluded Rajabi-Siahboomi. “We receive very positive feedback from attendees and their managers, and continue to update and extend the content of the courses in line with changing industry needs.”

Colorcon develops, supplies and technically supports speciality excipients: formulated film coating systems, modified release technologies and functional excipients for the pharmaceutical industry.