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name: J-STAR Research, Inc.
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summary: Contract process R&D and cGMP manufacturing for small molecule pharmaceuticals, specializing in high-potent compounds, controlled substances, crystallization development, and analytical services across Phase 1–3 clinical programs.
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# J-STAR Research, Inc.

Contract process R&D and cGMP manufacturing for small molecule pharmaceuticals.

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## Summary

Contract process R&D and cGMP manufacturing for small molecule pharmaceuticals, specializing in high-potent compounds, controlled substances, crystallization development, and analytical services across Phase 1–3 clinical programs.

## At a glance

- Founded: 1996

## Services

- Process Development
- CMC Analytical Development
- Stability Testing & Storage
- Formulation Development
- HPAPI Manufacturing (High-Potency)
- Controlled Substance Manufacturing
- Flow Chemistry & Continuous Manufacturing
- ADC Payload & Linker Synthesis
- Quality Control Testing
- Solid-State Chemistry & Polymorph Screening

## Modalities

- Small Molecule
- Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC)

## Locations

- Headquarters

## Long description

## Overview

J-STAR Research, Inc., founded in 1996 and a subsidiary of Porton Pharma Solutions Ltd., is a contract process R&D and cGMP manufacturing organization serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients across all phases of small molecule drug development.

## Core Capabilities

### Drug Substance (DS) Development & Manufacturing
- **Process R&D:** Synthetic route design, high-throughput experimentation (HTE), high-pressure chemistry, continuous flow chemistry, design of experiments (DoE), and process analytic technologies (PAT) with reaction kinetics support.
- **High-Potent & Controlled Substances:** DEA Schedule II–V controlled substance manufacturing, potent and HPAPI compound development, and ADC payload and linker synthesis.
- **Crystallization R&D:** Solid form screening and selection, crystallization process development, and single crystal structure elucidation.

### Drug Product (DP) Development & Manufacturing
- Pre-formulation evaluations, Phase 1 clinical supply and support services, and Phase 2 & 3 drug product development.

### Analytical R&D & Quality Control
- ICH stability studies, genotoxic impurity assessment, impurity isolation and structural elucidation, reference standard certification, method validation and verification, method development with forced degradation studies.

### Technology Solutions
- Particle engineering and co-processing, computational chemistry and data science for molecular property prediction, and catalysis and enabling technology platforms.

## Regulatory & Quality
The organization operates under cGMP standards and supports clients from early development through commercial manufacturing phases.

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