The Interuniversity Consortium for Innovative Pharmaceutical Technologies, TEFARCO Innova, is an institution for research and advanced education in health product technologies.
Due to the critical mass, TEFARCO is the answer to company multiple needs of development pharmaceutics, from molecule to medicine, with a focus on drug delivery sciences.
TEFARCO has been partner of BioPharmaNet, network of laboratories, financed by Emilia-Romagna region (Italy), active in research and innovation for industry in Life Sciences. It brings together high specializations for the development of innovative products for human and animal health, in the areas of biotechnology, pharmacy, genomics,regenerative medicine and e-health.
TEFARCO is part of the Emilia-Romagna High Technology Network in Life Sciences Technology Platform.

TEFARCO has the structure of liason office able to create contacts between Industries and Universities by means of contract research, seminars ancd scientific communication, higher education, incubation and stimulus for università spin-off to internazionale innovative research networks.
The partner Univeristies are active on materials, products, delivery deivice, manufacturing, quality, drug formulation and regulatory.

The scientific know-how of Consortium partners allows to develop innovative projects in the fields of health products. In particolar, for pharmaceuticals, the projects includes: matrix or reservoir, for oral administration or transmucosal absorption; polymeric devices for transdermical administration; cyclodextrin inclusion compounds for nasal, pulmonary and oral administration; polymeric vectors, liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles (SNL), microemulsions for parenteral administration; drug-polymer conjugates for peptide and protein transport.