Hovione, a specialist integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) involved in spray drying and particle engineering, has acquired ExtremoChem Lda, a start-up focused on the synthesis, development, and commercialization of bio-inspired synthetic sugars, targeting enhanced stabilization, reduced viscosity and delivery performance of proteins and other biopharmaceuticals. ExtremoChem developed a library of proprietary sugars, synthetic analogues of natural molecules fou...