Excipient Taxonomy for the 21st Century

The performance of pharmaceutical dosage forms relies heavily on the characteristics of the excipients that are incorporated into the drug product during the manufacturing process. Therefore, it is imperative that formulators are able to accurately and completely specify the key chemical and physical properties of those excipients. Current approaches to describing excipients are outdated and inadequate for the needs of the 21^st century and in this article we highlight the benefits of a more systematic and comprehensive approach to specifying and controlling excipient properties. We hope that this will prompt the users, suppliers, and manufacturers of excipients to take a careful look at current approaches and develop tangible proposals for attaining an enhanced future state.

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Bruno C. Hancock, David J. Goldfarb,
Excipient Taxonomy for the 21st Century,
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, ISSN 0022-3549,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2022.12.003.

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