Pharma Excipients
Excipient for Inhalation
FlowLac® – MEGGLE’s spray-dried lactose grades for direct compression
FlowLac by MEGGLE is directly compressible lactose having a spherical agglomerate shape, consisting of small alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals bound by amorphous lactose. It is produced by spray-drying a suspension of fine milled alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals in a solution of lactose. When…
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RetaLac® – MEGGLE’s co-processed hypromellose lactose excipient for direct compression
RetaLac® by MEGGLE is a co-processed excipient comprising of equal parts of milled alpha-lactose monohydrate and hypromellose (USP substitution type 2208) with a nominal viscosity of 4000 cps. A specialized spray-agglomeration process generates textured, highly structured particles with d50 in…
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Elucidation of lactose fine size and drug shape on rheological properties and aerodynamic behavior…
Pulmonary drug delivery has gained great attention in local or systemic diseases therapy, however it is still difficult to scale-up DPI production due to the complexity of interactions taking place in DPI systems and limited understanding between flowability and inter-particle interactions in DPI…
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Anhydrous Lactose Family by Kerry
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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Recent developments in lactose blend formulations for carrier-based dry powder inhalation
Lactose is the most commonly used excipient in carrier-based dry powder inhalation (DPI) formulations. Numerous inhalation therapies have been developed using lactose as a carrier material. Several theories have described the role of carriers in DPI formulations. Although these theories are…
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DuraLac® H – MEGGLE’s anhydrous lactose grade for direct compression
General information
Direct compression (DC) tablet manufacture is a popular choice because it provides the least complex, most cost effective process to produce tablets compared to other tablet manufacturing approaches. Manufacturers can blend APIs with excipients and compress, making dosage…
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Lactose Spray Dried Monohydrate by Kerry
Excipients for direct tabletting, granulation, capsules, sachet filling and inhalation
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…
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StarLac – MEGGLE’s co-processed lactose grades for direct compression
General Information
Direct compression (DC) tablet manufacture is a popular choice because it provides the least complex, most cost effective process to produce tablets compared to other tablet manufacturing approaches. Manufacturers can blend APIs with excipients and compress, making dosage…
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Elucidation of lactose fine size and drug shape on rheological properties and aerodynamic behavior…
Pulmonary drug delivery has gained great attention in local or systemic diseases therapy, however it is still difficult to scale-up DPI production due to the complexity of interactions taking place in DPI systems and limited understanding between flowability and inter-particle interactions in DPI…
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Aero Flo®by Kerry – Inhalation Grade Lactose
Dry Powder Inhalers (DPI) and Lactose
Using a dry powder inhaler (DPI) for drug delivery can provide many advantages over traditional oral delivery of pharmaceuticals. DPI’s also offer advantages over older respiratory delivery methods such as those using nebulizers or pressurized CFC containing…
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