Colon targeting in rats, dogs and IBD patients with species-independent film coatings
Polysaccharides were identified, which allow for colon targeting in human Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients, as well as in rats and dogs (which are frequently used as animals in preclinical studies). The polysaccharides are degraded by colonic enzymes (secreted by bacteria), triggering the onset of drug release at the target site. It has to…
New Croda product range Virodex™: Replacements to Triton™ X-100
Triton™ X-100 is used widely in the biopharmaceutical industry for virus inactivation and cell lysis applications. While the performance of Triton™ X-100 cannot be challenged, the detergent is associated with a number of disadvantages, with…
Unveiling the Mystery of Soft Gelatin Capsules
Soft Gelatin Capsules (SGCs), commonly known as softgels, have transformed drug delivery since their invention. Despite their 19th-century origins, their widespread adoption only began in the 20th century, thanks to technological…
3D printed scaffolds as delivery devices for nanocrystals: A proof of concept loading Atorvastatin…
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Increasing the solubility of drugs is a recurrent objective of pharmaceutical research, and one of the most widespread strategies today is the formulation of nanocrystals (NCs). Beyond the many advantages of formulating NCs,…
Process intensification of pharmaceutical powder blending at commercial throughputs by utilizing…
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Process intensification involves the miniaturization of equipment while retaining process throughput and performance. The pharmaceutical industry can benefit from this approach especially during drug product development, where…
A two-phase flow model simulating water penetration into pharmaceutical tablets
The purpose of the study is introduce a two-phase flow model to simulate water penetration into pharmaceutical tablets. This model was built by integrating Darcy’s law with the continuity principle, on the premise that water penetration was…
Polymeric Microneedles Enhance Transdermal Delivery of Therapeutics
This research presents the efficacy of polymeric microneedles in improving the transdermal permeation of methotrexate across human skin. These microneedles were fabricated from PLGA Expansorb® 50-2A and 50-8A and subjected to comprehensive…
Mucoadhesive aprepitant-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers containing sulfhydryl surfactant for…
The objective of the study was to design mucoadhesive drug-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) for enhancing the bioavailability of a model BCS Class IV drug aprepitant (APT). For this purpose, polyethoxylated surfactant…
Microfluidic preparation and optimization of Kollicoat ® IR-b-PCL polymersome for co-delivery of…
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This work aimed to develop amphiphilic nanocarriers such as polymersome based diblock copolymer of Kollicoat ® IR −block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (Kollicoat ® IR-b-PCL) for potential co-delivery of Nisin (Ni) and Curcumin (CUR) for…
Labrafac MC60 is an efficacious intestinal permeation enhancer for macromolecules: Comparisons with…
Labrafac™ MC60 (glycerol monocaprylocaprate) is a lipid-based excipient used in oral formulations as a solubiliser. Due to the high proportions of established permeability enhancers, caprylate (C8) and caprate (C10), in Labrafac™ MC60, we…
Nucleotides as new co-formers in co-amorphous systems: Enhanced dissolution rate, water solubility…
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Developing co-amorphous systems is an attractive strategy to improve the dissolution rate of poorly water-soluble drugs. Various co-formers have been investigated. However, previous studies revealed that it is a challenge to…
Improvement of lidocaine skin permeation by using passive and active enhancer methods
Lidocaine is generally recognized and preferred for local anaesthesia, but in addition, studies have described additional benefits of lidocaine in cancer therapy, inflammation reduction, and wound healing. These properties contribute to its…
Design and evaluation of oseltamivir phosphate dual-phase extended-release tablets for the treatment…
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In this study, once-daily extended-release tablets with dual-phase release of oseltamivir phosphate were developed for the treatment of influenza. The goal was to improve patient adherence and offer more therapeutic choices. The…
Stability of Dexamethasone during Hot-Melt Extrusion of Filaments based on Eudragit® RS, Ethyl…
Hot-melt extrusion (HME) potentially coupled with 3D printing is a promising technique for the manufacturing of dosage forms such as drug-eluting implants which might even be individually adapted to patient-specific anatomy. However, these…
Dual encapsulation and sequential release of cisplatin and vitamin E from soy polysaccharides and…
Chemically cross-linked hydrogel nanoparticles (HGNPs) offer enhanced properties over their physical counterparts, particularly in drug delivery and cell encapsulation. This study applied pH-thermal dual responsive bio-adhesive HGNPs for…
The effect of material properties and process parameters on die filling at varying throughputs: A…
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When tablets are manufactured on a rotary tablet press and the throughput is increased, it leads to changes in powder dynamics during die filling due to formulation characteristics and changing powder flow in the feed frame.…
Dissolving microarray patches loaded with a rotigotine nanosuspension: A potential alternative to…
Parkinson's disease (PD), affecting about ten million people globally, presents a significant health challenge. Rotigotine (RTG), a dopamine agonist, is currently administered as a transdermal patch (Neupro®) for PD treatment, but the daily…
Formulation Development and Evaluation of Cannabidiol Hot-Melt Extruded Solid Self-Emulsifying Drug…
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a highly lipophilic compound with poor oral bioavailability, due to poor aqueous solubility and extensive pre-systemic metabolism. The aim of this study was to explore the potential of employing Hot Melt Extrusion (HME)…
Comparison of two self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems using different solidification…
In this study, we aimed to develop a solid self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (S-SNEDDS) and a solid self-nanoemulsifying granule system (S-SNEGS) to enhance the solubility and oral bioavailability of celecoxib. This process involved…
Lutein Loaded in β-Cyclodextrin Metal-Organic Frameworks for Stability and Solubility Enhancements
Lutein (Lut) is a recognized nutritional supplement known for its antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties, crucial in mitigating ocular disease. However, enhancements to Lut stability and solubility remain challenges to be addressed…
Tablet ejection: A systematic comparison between force, static friction, and kinetic friction
The magnitude of the frictional forces during the ejection of porous pharmaceutical tablets plays an important role in determining the occurrence of tabletting defects. Here, we perform a systematic comparison between the maximum ejection…
Cyclodextrin encapsulation enabling the anticancer repositioning of disulfiram: Preparation,…
Drug repositioning is a high-priority and feasible strategy in the field of oncology research, where the unmet medical needs are continuously unbalanced. Disulfiram is a potential non-chemotherapeutic, adjuvant anticancer agent. However,…
Formulation and dermal delivery of a new active pharmaceutical ingredient in an in vitro wound model…
The aim of this study was to investigate dermal delivery of the new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) TOP-N53 into diabetic foot ulcer using an in vitro wound model consisting of pig ear dermis and elucidate the impact of drug…
Analysis of the impact of material properties on tabletability by principal component analysis and…
Principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares regression (PLS) were combined in this study to identify key material descriptors determining tabletability in direct compression and roller compaction. An extensive material…
A modified mechanistic approach for predicting ribbon solid fraction at different roller compaction…
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This research investigates the modeling of the pharmaceutical roller compaction process, focusing on the application of the Johanson model and the impact of varying roll speeds from 1 to 15 RPM on predictive accuracy of ribbon…
Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancers Beyond Sodium Caprate and SNAC – What is Coming Next?
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Oral peptide delivery is trending again. Among the possible reasons are the recent approvals of two oral peptide formulations, which represent a huge stride in the field. For the first time, gastrointestinal (GI) permeation…
An emerging terpolymeric nanoparticle pore former as an internal recrystallization inhibitor of…
Solid oral controlled release formulations feature numerous clinical advantages for drug candidates with adequate solubility and dissolution rate. However, most new chemical entities exhibit poor water solubility, and hence are exempt from…
Advanced optical assessment and modeling of extrusion bioprinting
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In the context of tissue engineering, biofabrication techniques are employed to process cells in hydrogel-based matrices, known as bioinks, into complex 3D structures. The aim is the production of functional tissue models or even…
Real-time release testing of in vitro dissolution and blend uniformity in a continuous powder…
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Continuous manufacturing is gaining increasing interest in the pharmaceutical industry, also requiring real-time and non-destructive quality monitoring. Multiple studies have already addressed the possibility of surrogate in…
Predictions of biorelevant solubility change during dispersion and digestion of lipid-based…
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Computational approaches are increasingly explored in development of drug products, including the development of lipid-based formulations (LBFs), to assess their feasibility for achieving adequate oral absorption at an early…
The development of an innovative method to improve the dissolution performance of rivaroxaban
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Recent advancements in the formulation of solid dosage forms involving active ingredient-cyclodextrin complexes have garnered considerable attention in pharmaceutical research. While previous studies predominantly focused on…
The influence of milling of ribbons on selected granule quality attributes and carvedilol release…
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Roller compaction is gaining importance in the pharmaceutical industry. This study evaluates the impact of ribbon milling conditions on properties of granules and compression mixtures and on drug release from hypromellose-based…
A review of hot melt extrusion technology: Advantages, applications, key factors and future…
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After decades of development, hot melt extrusion (HME) technology has matured as a well-established pharmaceutical methodology. Through the process of extruding both drug and carrier materials in a molten state under specific…
Using Βeta-cyclodextrin and Plasdone K-30 Polymers for Enhancing Drug Solubility by Spray Drying
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The purpose of this study was to investigate improving solubility using hydrophilic/water-soluble polymers as β-Cyclodextrin and Plasdone K-30 in a solid dispersion formulation of Carvedilol a poorly soluble drug. The…
Nanoliposomes Permeability in a Microfluidic Drug Delivery Platform across a 3D Hydrogel
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Nanoliposomes are nano-sized vesicles that can be used as drug delivery carriers with the ability to encapsulate both hydrophobic and hydrophilic compounds. Moreover, their lipid compositions facilitate their internalization by…