General Info

Founded in 1977, Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences is a full-scope topical product development company. The company designs, develops and optimizes topical formulations utilizing skin penetration studies from its skin biology laboratory. The company also provides analytical method development and validation, stability testing, clinical materials manufacturing, labeling and distribution services. Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences maintains an in-house clinical staff who are well versed in the areas of regulatory affairs, clinical affairs and dermatology clinical trial sites and can conduct the regulatory planning and filings as well as the non-clinical and clinical testing needed for NDA approval. The company offers a wide variety of analysis services, including method development validation, potency and impurity assays, compendial testing, dissolution testing, photostability studies, physical and chemical measurements, in vitro release and process validation support services. Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences is headquartered in Petaluma, Calif.