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Hot-melt extrusion
Improving API Solubility Using Hot Melt Extrusion Formulation With Polyvinyl Alcohol
Poor solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is a critical challenge in drug development. There are many avenues to improving API solubility including promoting API dissolution, API processing, and formulation approaches. One formulation technique to increase solubility and,…
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Novel Applications of Hot Melt Extrusion Technology
Hot melt extrusion (HME) technology was introduced to pharmaceuticals in the 1970s for manufacturing and product development. Since then, there were several developments in HME technology to utilize it effectively for the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. Though the primary purpose of HME technology…
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Corroborating various material-sparing techniques with hot melt extrusion for the preparation of…
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) are one of the most adopted technologies for improving the solubility of novel molecules. Formulation of ASDs using solvent free methods such as hot melt extrusion (HME) has been in the spotlight off-lately. However, early-stage formulation development is tricky and…
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Optical Coherence Tomography as a novel tool for non-invasive membrane thickness monitoring of…
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Co-extruded core-membrane formulations have been extensively explored as long-acting subcutaneous implants or vaginal inserts, guaranteeing zero-order release. Although the membrane thickness and homogeneity determine the final drug release, these parameters are still evaluated offline via…
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Soluplus as a solubilizing excipient for poorly water-soluble drugs: Recent advances in formulation…
Since the emergence of Soluplus® (SOL) as a commercial graft copolymer, multiple publications have been issued on its promising potential as a solubilizing excipient that could promote the dissolution rate and bioavailability of several poorly water-soluble drugs. Numerous drug formulation…
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Advancing non-destructive analysis of 3D printed medicines
Pharmaceutical 3D printing (3DP) has attracted significant interest over the past decade for its ability to produce personalised medicines on demand. However, current quality control (QC) requirements for traditional large-scale pharmaceutical manufacturing are irreconcilable with the production…
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3D printing fabrication of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) based intravaginal rings for antifungal…
Vulvovaginal candidiasis is a vaginal infection that affects women of reproductive age. Nowadays, the high administration frequency of conventional antifungal formulations, and recurrences negatively impact patients’ well-being. In this context, intravaginal rings (IVRs) offer the possibility of…
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Preparation of a ternary amorphous solid dispersion using hot-melt extrusion for obtaining a stable…
In our previous reports, ternary amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) of probucol (PBC)/polymer/surfactant were prepared by spray-drying and cryo-grinding, and colloidal dispersions of amorphous PBC nanoparticles were obtained by dispersing the ternary ASD into water. In this study, hot-melt…
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Texture analysis – a versatile tool for pharmaceutical evaluation of solid oral dosage forms
In the past few decades, texture analysis (TA) has gained importance as a valuable method for the characterization of solid oral dosage forms. As a result, an increasing number of scientific publications describe the textural methods that evaluate the extremely diverse category of solid…
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Effect of different seed crystals on the supersaturation state of ritonavir tablets prepared by…
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) is a technology increasingly common for the commercial production of pharmaceutical amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs), especially for poorly water-soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). However, recrystallization of the APIs during dissolution must be prevented…
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