Oils have been used by the pharmaceutical industry for decades. From parenteral nutrition to soft gel formulations, oils play a key role in a wide range of pharmaceutical products. With an ever increasing number of new drug candidates with poor aqueous solubility and poor oral bioavailability, oils are very attractive candidates to solve real challenges for the formulators.
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Optimizing Softgel Fill Formulation: Key Considerations
Softgel capsules are a popular dosage form for pharmaceuticals and supplements, offering benefits like improved bioavailability and ease of swallowing. However, creating effective softgel formulations, especially for suspensions (pastes), involves complex considerations. This article explores these…
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Unlocking the Potential of Softgel Capsules: Types and Formulations
Softgel capsules are a popular choice for delivering a wide range of compounds, from pharmaceuticals to nutritional supplements. Their versatility and efficacy hinge on the type of fill material used. Let's explore the three primary types of fills for softgel capsules: Single Oil or Oil Mixtures,…
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Transformative solidification techniques for self-emulsifying drug delivery and its foresight in…
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Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDSs) represent a significant breakthrough in addressing bioavailability
challenges by enhancing the solubilization of poorly water-soluble drugs, ensuring consistent formulation properties,
and facilitating easy industrial scale-up. Despite…
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Labrafac MC60 is an efficacious intestinal permeation enhancer for macromolecules: Comparisons with…
Labrafac™ MC60 (glycerol monocaprylocaprate) is a lipid-based excipient used in oral formulations as a solubiliser. Due to the high proportions of established permeability enhancers, caprylate (C8) and caprate (C10), in Labrafac™ MC60, we hypothesised that it might behave as an intestinal permeation…
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Improvement of lidocaine skin permeation by using passive and active enhancer methods
Lidocaine is generally recognized and preferred for local anaesthesia, but in addition, studies have described additional benefits of lidocaine in cancer therapy, inflammation reduction, and wound healing. These properties contribute to its increasing importance in dermatological applications, and…
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Formulation Development and Evaluation of Cannabidiol Hot-Melt Extruded Solid Self-Emulsifying Drug…
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a highly lipophilic compound with poor oral bioavailability, due to poor aqueous solubility and extensive pre-systemic metabolism. The aim of this study was to explore the potential of employing Hot Melt Extrusion (HME) technology for the continuous production of Self…
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Comparison of two self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems using different solidification…
In this study, we aimed to develop a solid self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (S-SNEDDS) and a solid self-nanoemulsifying granule system (S-SNEGS) to enhance the solubility and oral bioavailability of celecoxib. This process involved the preparation of a liquid SNEDDS (L-SNEDDS) and its…
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Predictions of biorelevant solubility change during dispersion and digestion of lipid-based…
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Computational approaches are increasingly explored in development of drug products, including the development of lipid-based formulations (LBFs), to assess their feasibility for achieving adequate oral absorption at an early stage. This study investigated the use of computational…
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In Vitro Predictive Model for Intestinal Lymphatic Uptake: Exploration of Additional Enhancers and…
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Drug absorption via chylomicrons holds significant implications for both pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. However, a mechanistic understanding of predicting in vivo intestinal lymphatic uptake remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to delve into the intestinal lymphatic uptake…
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How oregano essential oil can be transformed into a taste-masking controlled release solid…
Oregano essential oil (OEO) has antioxidant, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities. OEO could be administered orally for some gastrointestinal diseases, however, its oral use, is severely hampered by its irritant taste, which requires a high dilution in water before…
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