Speciality Excipient

The ‘repurposed drug,’ disulfiram (DSF), is an inexpensive FDA-approved anti-alcoholism drug with multi-target anti-cancer effect. However, the use of DSF...

Hydrophobic and hydrophilic thermoplastic poly(urethane) (TPU) mixtures offer the opportunity to tune water swelling capacity and diffusion rate for drugs...

Camptothecin (CPT), a potent anticancer drug with known antiviral activity, is halted of clinical use. Few drug delivery systems of...

Chitosan has excellent properties, as it is nontoxic, mucoadhesive, biocompatible, and biodegradable. However, the poor water solubility of chitosan is...

mceODT is highly effective semi-natural multicomponent, multifunctional co-processed excipient, designed for orally disintegrating tablets and chewable produced by method of...

In this video Chris Moreton gives an interesting insight on pharmaceutical excipients. 

The pressure to innovate faster than their competitors has drug formulators exploring new ways to optimise manufacturing processes Article in...

Ocular in situ gels are a promising alternative to overcome drawbacks of conventional eye drops because they associate the advantages...

Oral delivery of proteins and peptides is a challenge due to their degradation in the stomach. To overcome this challenge,...

Spouted beds (SBs) have a long history of successful applications for preparation of solid dosage forms of pharmaceuticals. The well-known...