How Drugs Are Formulated and Tested, with Amanda Plunze

Facetime with Scientists · Sep 12, 2026 · 1h 7m

This FaceTime With Scientists episode covers everything you might not know about how drug molecules are formulated into the final products you get from your local pharmacy. You'll learn why formulation is critical to how well a drug works.Dive into a fascinating discussion about how pharmaceutical drugs are formulated into dissolvable tablets, time-release pills, inhalers, and more, with research scientist Amanda Plunze. Amanda works for an organization (a CDMO) that partners with pharma companies to formulate and test drug molecules across stages from early discovery to commercial…