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Hot-Melt Extrusion: a Roadmap for Product Development
Hot-melt extrusion has found extensive application as a feasible pharmaceutical technological option over recent years. HME applications include solubility enhancement, taste masking, and sustained drug release. As bioavailability enhancement is a hot topic of today’s science, one of the main…
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Immediate-Release Formulations Produced via Twin-Screw Melt Granulation: Systematic Evaluation of…
The current study evaluated the effect of location and amount of various superdisintegrants on the properties of tablets made by twin-screw melt granulation (TSMG). Sodium-croscarmellose (CCS), crospovidone (CPV), and sodium starch glycolate (SSG) were used in various proportions intra- and…
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Three-dimensional printing of tablets – a potential approach to on-clinical-site extemporaneous…
The oral route is the most common form of drug administration, being a safe and convenient, particularly for solid oral dosage forms. Current large-scale manufacturing techniques mostly result in fixed dose units and allow a limited choice of dosage strengths. In some cases, there is a need for…
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Towards predicting the product quality in hot-melt extrusion: Pilot plant scale extrusion
Following our study on the impact of hot melt extrusion (HME) process conditions on the product quality, we expanded our investigation to assessing the effect of scale-up on the product quality. To this end, we studied the influence of process settings and different scale-up variants on the active…
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Webinar series: Advances In Amorphous Solid Dispersion Technologies
In this series of webinars we will discuss the latest developments in the fields of amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) focusing on Excipient Key Attributes linked to the most popular technologies: Hot Melt Extrusion (HME), Spray Drying and their Downstream Processing.
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Pharmaceutical amorphous solid dispersion: A review of manufacturing strategies
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) are popular for enhancing the solubility and bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. Various approaches have been employed to produce ASDs and novel techniques are emerging. This review provides an updated overview of manufacturing techniques for preparing…
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Novel polyester-based thermoplastic elastomers for 3D-printed long-acting drug delivery applications
To improve patient compliance and personalised drug delivery, long-acting drug delivery devices (LADDDs), such as implants and inserts, greatly benefit from a customisation in their shape through the emerging 3D-printing technology, since their production usually follows a one-size-fits-most…
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Mesoporous silica: a solution for amorphous stabilization of poor glass formers
Introduction: Amorphous formulation technologies to improve oral absorption of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) have become increasingly prevalent. Currently, polymer based amorphous formulations manufactured by spray drying, hot melt extrusion (HME), or coprecipitation are…
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Amorphous Solid Dispersions Containing Residual Crystallinity: Competition Between Dissolution and…
Crystallinity in an amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) may negatively impact dissolution performance by causing lost solubility advantage and/or seeding crystal growth leading to desupersaturation. The goal of the study was to evaluate underlying dissolution and crystallization mechanisms resulting…
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Hot-melt extrusion: Highlighting recent advances in pharmaceutical applications
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) has emerged as a pioneering manufacturing technology for pharmaceutical industries, and the utilization is overgrowing due to its unit operation, cost-effectiveness, solvent-free nature, and continuous manufacturing as compared to conventional techniques. Prime importance…
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