Topical Patch Systems. Your total, local partner for topical drug delivery

Topical Patch Systems (TOPS) from LTS is a flexible, ready to use platform designed to deliver a wide range of topical medicines including corticosteroids, antibiotics, antiseptics, and anti-fungal.

Therapies include pain medication with analgesics such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), like diclofenac and ibuprofen, local anesthetics for example, lidocaine and specific treatments like neuropathic pain.

Built on our market leading transdermal therapeutic systems platform and a deep insight into both OTC and Rx markets, we are always on hand to energise your topical therapies from bench to market, and beyond. And with a manufacturing footprint spanning the globe, including a significant presence in the US, you can be assured of security of supply as well as effectiveness of delivery.

Pain management is incredibly complex. Leveraging our decades of experience in Rx and our drug delivery systems expertise, we have developed a hotmelt technology platform designed to deliver a range of topical therapies effectively and efficiently at the point of application.

Growing consumer preference for topical formulations drives market growth of global market for pain relief patches. They have several advantages over oral medications due to ease of use, fewer side effects, and direct targeting of pain areas.

Still, current products often have shortcomings such as poor adhesion, skin irritation and limited efficacy.