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Abstract A threat to human health in developed and, in particular, in developing countries, counterfeit medicines represent the largest identified fraud market worldwide. 3D screen printing (3DSP), an additive manufacturing technology that enables large-scale production, offers unique opportunities…
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Coating is an essential process in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry. Earlier pharmaceutical formulation companies used to buy separate ingredients and mix them for colour coating, but nowadays many manufacturers are involved in making ready premix coating powder and this reduces the…
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Film-coating agent formulated without TiO2, aluminium and artificial colors Current solutions in tablet coating make it hard to both meet the growing demand for naturalness from consumers and to comply with stricter regulations, especially in Europe. SEPIFILM™ NATurally COLored by Seppic are…
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The objective of this work was to optimize a thermosensitive in situ gelling formulation to improve intranasal and nose-to-brain delivery of the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine (CBZ). A preliminary procedure of vehicles obtained just mixing different fractions of poloxamer 407 (P407) and poloxamer…
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Excipients for direct tabletting and  granulation Product Description Lactose Overview Lactose is a disaccharide of glucose and galactose obtained from the whey fraction of bovine milk. Depending on the temperatures used to crystallize and dry the lactose solution, it may be produced in…
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Older people represent a very heterogeneous patient population and are the major user group of medication. Age-related changes mean that this population can encounter barriers towards taking medicines orally. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of oral solid dosage forms…
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by Eccles, R. What is the Role of Over 100 Excipients in Over the Counter (OTC) Cough Medicines?. Lung (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-020-00390-x Most medicines are white bitter powders that are formulated as tablets and capsules but cough medicines are an exception where the taste and…
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The objective of these studies is to verify and validate the improvement in the inter-tablet coating uniformity for an industrially commercialized coated tablet, without involving changes in the approved registration dossier. Using the CPP (critical process parameters) determined from previous…
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Obtention of customized dosage forms is one of the main attractions of 3D printing in pharmaceuticals. In this sense, children are one of the groups within the population with a greater need for drug doses adapted to their requirements (age, weight, pathological state…), but most 3D printed oral…
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Pediatric population is a diverse group comprising of different subgroups. The use of unlicensed and off-label medicines for treating children is widespread due to the non-availability of suitable dosage forms for this age group. Although the physiological differences related to the diverse age…
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