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System model driven selection of robust tablet manufacturing processes based on drug loading and…
Mechanistic process modeling presents an opportunity to reduce experimental burden, enabling relationships between process parameters and product attributes to be mapped out using in-silico experiments. A system model of a pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing process comparing dry granulation with…
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A Hybrid Model to Predict Formulation Dependent Granule Growth in a Bi-Component Wet Granulation…
In this study, a hybrid modeling framework was developed for predicting size distribution and content uniformity of granules in a bi-component wet granulation system with components of differing hydrophobicities. Two bi-component formulations, (1) ibuprofen-USP and micro-crystalline cellulose and…
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Blend Segregation in Tablets Manufacturing and Its Effect on Drug Content Uniformity—A Review
Content uniformity (CU) of the active pharmaceutical ingredient is a critical quality attribute of tablets as a dosage form, ensuring reproducible drug potency. Failure to meet the accepted uniformity in the final product may be caused either by suboptimal mixing and insufficient initial blend…
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Pharmaceutical Applications of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Emulsions for Micro-Nanoparticle…
Micro-/nanoparticle formulations containing drugs with or without various biocompatible excipients are widely used in the pharmaceutical field to improve the physicochemical and clinical properties of the final drug product. Among the various micro-/nanoparticle production technologies,…
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Impact of Simulated Intestinal Fluids on Dissolution, Solution Chemistry, and Membrane Transport of…
The solution behavior and membrane transport of multidrug formulations were herein investigated in a biorelevant medium simulating fasted conditions. Amorphous multidrug formulations were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. Combinations of atazanavir (ATV) and ritonavir (RTV) and felodipine…
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F-CAD Cloud brings formulation design to your desktop
F-CAD Cloud is a web software platform for in silico pharmaceutical formulation design based on the latest GPU-powered massively parallel computing paradigm. F-CAD Cloud reduces the laboratory work needed to design a new solid dosage medicinal product, such as a tablet or a capsule, replacing…
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A Guide to Drug Development for Biologics: Overcoming Formulation and Manufacturing Challenges
What are Biologics?
A biopharmaceutical product (commonly referred to as a “biologic”) is defined as a pharmaceutical drug product manufactured in, extracted from, or semi-synthesized from biological sources. Biologics include vaccines, blood and blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene…
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The effect of relative humidity and formulation variables on chewable xylitol-sorbitol tablets
Changing relative humidity levels challenge the manufacturing of chewable xylitol-sorbitol based tablets. The aim of the study is to investigate how the formulation of chewable xylitol-sorbitol tablets affects the properties of the powder blends and the tablets in an environment of different…
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Continuous twin screw granulation: Impact of microcrystalline cellulose batch-to-batch variability…
Despite significant advances in the research domain of continuous twin screw granulation, limited information is currently available on the impact of raw material properties, especially considering batch-to-batch variability. The importance of raw material variability and subsequent mitigation of…
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Current challenges and future perspectives in oral absorption research: An opinion of the UNGAP…
Although oral drug delivery is the preferred administration route and has been used for centuries, modern drug discovery and development pipelines challenge conventional formulation approaches and highlight the insufficient mechanistic understanding of processes critical to oral drug absorption.…
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