Pharmaceutical consulting
Complex Medicines, Clarified
Independent pharmaceutical consulting in nanomedicines, long-acting injectables and complex drug delivery systems.
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Services
I help drug developers make confident decisions about complex medicines.
Drug product & biopharmaceutics consulting
Strategic input on formulation and drug product development, with deep specialism in nanomedicines, long-acting injectables and other complex delivery systems. I support development strategy, troubleshoot technical problems, and assess programme and technology feasibility, helping you build the strongest possible case and improve your chances of success.
Scientific content & thought leadership
I author whitepapers, technical articles, book chapters, presentations and website copy for pharma and biotech companies, turning complex science into something clear and accessible. My background includes scientific communications experience in industry, plus a peer-reviewed publication record in biopharmaceutics, nanomedicine and formulation science, including invited conference panels (see full publications).
About
About Thalassa Clara
Thalassa is the divine personification of the primordial sea. Clara is Latin for clear, and a translation of my own name. I’m also a keen open water swimmer: no lane ropes, just water you can’t see the bottom of. I’ve learned to sight the clearest line through it and trust my own judgement, often in water I haven’t swum before. That’s the image behind the company: cutting through the weeds of complex drug development, into open, clearer water.
About
I’m Claire Patterson (MPharm Hons PhD), a pharmaceutical scientist with nineteen years in complex drug product development, most recently as a director leading formulation and CMC work at a CDMO. I’ve spent my career on the medicines that are hardest to formulate, manufacture and characterise, and set up Thalassa Clara to offer that experience flexibly.
Working together
Support ranges from a focused review of a specific technical question, to ongoing advisory support across a programme, to fractional CPO or embedded technical leadership. I work independently, or draw on a trusted network of consultants when a project calls for expertise outside my own. Whatever the shape of the engagement, you’re working with me directly.
Who I work with
Formulation and CMC leads, project leaders, and founders at pharma, biotech and CDMO companies who need experienced input without a permanent hire. My work spans small molecules, peptides, proteins and nucleic acids, with depth in subcutaneous biopharmaceutics, long acting injectables and nanomedicines. Bridging sits at the core, linking in vitro data to in vivo performance and regulatory defence.
Claire has deep expertise in complex formulations and biopharmaceutics and an amazing breadth of small, medium, big pharma experience across the whole R&D value stream.
Joe de Sousa, Founder, Melhor Consulting
Contact
Let’s talk
If you’ve got a complex drug product question and want an experienced, independent view, I’d be delighted to hear from you.
Email me at claire@thalassaclara.com
