Sigmoid Pharma, a privately owned specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for gastrointestinal and immunological diseases using its proprietary SmPill solid oral delivery system, has purchased Freund Pharmatec, an Irish subsidiary of Japan-based Freund Corporation and a specialist drug delivery technology company focused on proprietary mini-encapsulation and layering technologies. Through this acquisition, Sigmoid will acquire 100% ownership of the Freund Pharmatec entity and...