Sugars

Sugar Coating – from conventional to continuously automated When it comes to aesthetics, shine and good insulation, traditional sugar-coated tablets are still a very popular dosage form. Among the numerous coating layers, the bad-tasting and smelling active ingredient is sufficiently masked and…
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Roll compaction/dry granulation is a widely used and cost effective dry granulation method. To save time and material in formulation development, some approaches have been made to predict the most important parameters in roll compaction (RC) like gap width, specific compaction force (SCF) and ribbon…
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This study aimed to develop a dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulation for enhanced deep lung delivery of rifampicin using dextrans of different molecular weights. Porous particles were formed by a spray-drying method, which was designed based on the Peclet number. The morphology of particles containing…
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In this video you learn more about Armor Pharma's Lactose production and solutions offered. More on Armor Pharma
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Lactose, a disaccharide is a ubiquitous excipient in many pharmaceutical formulations which exists in two anomeric forms; either as α- or β-lactose. The anomers have different properties which can affect their application. Nevertheless, batches of lactose products are widely produced by many…
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A compatibility study of drug substance with excipients is a crucial step in the drug development process in order to generate potent final drug formulations for efficient and safe therapy for various diseases. Thus, the development of new methods for compatibility studies is a great challenge. For…
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Natural compounds such as (−)-epicatechin show a variety of biological properties including anticancer activity. Nonetheless, (−)-epicatechin's therapeutic application is limited due to its low water solubility and sensitivity to oxygen and light. Additionally, previous studies have reported that…
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Ocular in situ gels are a promising alternative to overcome drawbacks of conventional eye drops because they associate the advantages of solutions such as accuracy and reproducibility of dosing, or ease of administration with prolonged contact time of ointments. Chitosan is a natural polymer…
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23. July 2018 There are a multitude of sweeteners available to the pharmaceutical scientist. Sweeteners may be broadly grouped into two categories – nutritive and non-nutritive. Nutritive sweeteners deliver calories and as their name suggests, non-nutritive do not.…
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