Can Drug Release Rate from Implants Be Tailored Using Poly(urethane) Mixtures?
Hydrophobic and hydrophilic thermoplastic poly(urethane) (TPU) mixtures offer the opportunity to tune water swelling capacity and diffusion rate for drugs exhibiting broadly different properties. We sought to (1) assess the range of drug diffusion rates achieved by varying hydrophilic-to-hydrophobic TPU ratio relative to varying ethylene vinyl…
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Four Dow USA sites receive EXCiPACT GMP certification as pharmaceutical excipient suppliers
EXCiPACT asbl is pleased to announce that four Dow USA sites have each been awarded an EXCiPACT Certificate from SGS, one of EXCIPACT’s internationally-recognised Certification Bodies. The Certificates demonstrate that
Dow Midland Ethocel Operations site in Midland, Michigan, USA, manufactures…
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„Pharmaceutical excipients are substances other than the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) that have been appropriately evaluated for safety and are intentionally included in a drug delivery system.”
Excipients for Direct Compression
There is a wide range of excipients for direct compression with different functions available in the market.We put together an initial overview as a list of products available for download and commenting.
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Stearoyl-Chitosan Coated Nanoparticles Obtained by Microemulsion Cold Dilution Technique
Abstract: Chitosan is an excipient which has been studied thoroughly in research works thanks to its positive characteristics such as muco-adhesiveness and ability to open epithelial-tight-junctions. In this article, lipophilic stearoyl chitosan (ST-CS) was synthetized in order to anchor this…
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