Capsules are a popular dosage form in the pharmaceutical industry because they provide an easy and convenient way to administer medications, offering precise dosage control. They can be formulated to contain a variety of active ingredients, including powders, liquids, and pellets, and can also be designed for immediate or extended release. Capsules protect sensitive drugs from environmental factors like light and air, enhancing drug stability and patient adherence.
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Tablet in Capsule Technology – Overview
Tablets are solid dosage forms containing medicinal substances with or without suitable diluents. They are the most widely preferred form of medication both by pharmaceutical manufacturer as well as physicians and patients. Capsules are solid dosage forms in which drug is enclosed within either a…
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MEGGLE’s sieved, milled and micronized alpha-lactose monyhydrate for dry powder inhalation: InhaLac®
MEGGLE is a pioneer in co-processing technologies that allow simple, robust formulation development and manufacture. Through co-processing, MEGGLE developed highly functional excipients possessing unique qualities for directly compressible immediate and sustained release pharmaceutical solid dosage…
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Influence of Solid Oral Dosage Form Characteristics on Swallowability, Visual Perception, and…
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Swallowability, visual perception, and any handling to be conducted prior to use are all influence factors on the acceptability of an oral dosage form by the patient. Knowing the dosage form preferences of older adults, as the major group of medication end users, is needed for…
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Predicting pharmaceutical inkjet printing outcomes using machine learning
Inkjet printing has been extensively explored in recent years to produce personalised medicines due to its low cost and versatility. Pharmaceutical applications have ranged from orodispersible films to complex polydrug implants. However, the multi-factorial nature of the inkjet printing process…
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What is a capsule? Explainer video by PharmaDrama
We all know that medicines are often tablets and capsules right? But what are they, how do they work and how are they made? In this video PharmaDrama aka Prof. Simon Gaisford looks at the formulation of hard-shell pharmaceutical capsules.
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Engineered Lipid Excellence Quality & Regulatory – IOI Oleo
See the brochure by IOI Oleo Pharma about their Quality & Regulatory:
EXCIPIENTS & ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL
INGREDIENTS - MADE IN GERMANY
Founded in 1905, IOI Oleo’s manufacturing site in Witten has been engaged since the beginning of the 1950s in the manufacturing of…
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Stability of APIs in Super Refined Oils – Maximise the Performance of Your Active…
Discover the Benefits of Super Refined Excipients
Excipient choice can make all the difference in successful formulation development. The selection of pharmaceutical excipients in a drug formulation can have a significant impact on development timescales, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)…
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Introducing the application of F-Melt® for manufacturing oral disintegrating tablets (ODTS) of…
See the fifth issue of Fuji Chemical Industries Technical Newsletter. It presents the application of F-Melt® for manufacturing oral disintegrating tablets (ODTS) of Simvastatin.
ORAL DISINTEGRATING TABLETS OF SIMVASTATIN WITH F-MELT®
F-Melt® is a co-processed spray-dried excipient system…
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Orally disintegrating drug carriers for paediatric pharmacotherapy
Non-compliance, dosing inaccuracy, choking risk, flavour, and instability, are some of the issues associated with paediatric, oral dosage forms — tablets, capsules, solutions, and suspensions. Orally disintegrating drug carriers, a dosage form with growing interest, are thought to overcome several…
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PHOSAL® H 50: Liquid Phospholipids Derived from Sunflower
The Natural All-Rounder
Lipoid’s PHOSAL® H 50 is a liquid formulation of purified phosphatidylcholine (PC) and oil from 100 % sunflower. This unique, pure and natural liquid formulation can serve as a solubilizer for lipophilic actives and can help to disperse lipid phases into aqueous systems by…
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