Kolliphor® CS 12 and Kolliphor® CS 20 – emulsifiers by BASF
The science behind emulsifier functionality
Emulsifiers are surface-active substances that reduce the interfacial tension between the oil and water phase of an emulsion. Emulsifiers are adsorbed at the interface, creating a film between the immiscible phases, thus preventing the coalescence of droplets. Due to the amphiphilic structure of an…
Advanced image analytics to study powder mixing in a novel laboratory scale agitated filter dryer
Powder mixing unit operations are essential to the manufacturing of pharmaceutical drug substance and drug products. To model powder mixing, computational approaches have been used to evaluate mixing indices for different types of mixers,…
Celecoxib Nanoformulations with Enhanced Solubility, Dissolution Rate, and Oral Bioavailability:…
Celecoxib (CXB) is a Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) Class II molecule with high permeability that is practically insoluble in water. Because of the poor water solubility, there is a wide range of absorption and limited…
Production challenges of tablets containing lipid excipients: Case study using cannabidiol as drug…
The aims of this study were, firstly, to select an optimal lipid solid dispersion of cannabidiol among different lipid excipients (Gelucire® 50/13, 48/16, 44/14 and Labrasol®) and inorganic carriers (colloidal silica, Syloid® XDP and…
Design And Characterization Of Barberine Liquisolid Compacts For Escalating Bioavailability And…
The current investigation aimed to develop a barberine (BRN) loaded liquidsolid compact (SLC) to improve the oral therapeutic effectiveness of BRN. full factorial design was employed and the effect of the carrier:coating ratio (X1) and…
Design, development and evaluation of self-microemulsifying drug delivery system of pazopanib for…
Pazopanib is the first-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. However, the commercially available preparation is characterized by low solubility, poor bioavailability and suboptimal therapeutic…
Pullulan in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations: A review
Pullulan, an α-glucan polysaccharide, is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, highly biocompatible, edible and biodegradable in nature. The long chains of glucopyranose rings in pullulan structure are linked together by α-(1 → …
Towards the development of a biorelevant in vitro method for the prediction of nanoemulsion…
Ophthalmic oil-in-water nanoemulsions (NEs) are a complex technological platform, representing an advancement in the treatment of dry eye disease. In addition to enabling the incorporation of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients…
Nitrosamine Risk Assessments in Oligonucleotides
The European Medicines Agency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and other regulatory agencies expect that all pharmaceutical products be assessed for the potential presence of N-nitrosoamine (nitrosamine) impurities. This white paper…
Surface Modification of Lactose Carrier Particles Using a Fluid Bed Coater to Improve Fine Particle…
Surface roughness of carrier particles can impact dry powder inhaler (DPI) performance. There are opposing views on the effect of roughness on DPI performance. Hence, a systematic approach is needed to modify carrier surfaces and evaluate…
Microencapsulation by a Spray Drying Approach to Produce Innovative Probiotics-Based Products…
Recently, there has been a growing interest in producing functional foods containing encapsulated probiotic bacteria due to their positive effects on human health. According to their perceived health benefits, probiotics have been…
Optimising nasal powder drug delivery – Characterisation of the effect of excipients on drug…
The nasal physiology offers great potential for drug delivery but also poses specific challenges, among which the short residence time of applied drugs is one of the most striking. Formulating the drug as powder and using functional…
Effects of polyvinylpyrrolidone and poly (ethylene glycol) on preparation of ibuprofen…
In this study, we investigated the effects of polymers on the pharmaceutical cocrystal formation process. Ibuprofen (IBU) was selected as the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), nicotinamide (NIC) and saccharin (SAC) as the cocrystal…
Cationic Solid SMEDDS of Efavirenz for Improved Oral Delivery: Development by Central Composite…
Efavirenz (EFV) is an anti-HIV drug with high dose and 40% oral bioavailability (BA). The aim was to improve the bioavailability by designing cationic solid SMEDDS. Solubility data, ternary phase diagrams, and central composite design were…
Interpretable artificial neural networks for retrospective QbD of pharmaceutical tablet…
As the pharmaceutical industry increasingly adopts the Pharma 4.0. concept, there is a growing need to effectively predict the product quality based on manufacturing or in-process data. Although artificial neural networks (ANNs) have…
3D Printed Tablets (Printlets) with Braille and Moon Patterns for Visually Impaired Patients
Visual impairment and blindness affects 285 million people worldwide, resulting in a high public health burden. This study reports, for the first time, the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing to create orally disintegrating printlets…
Pterostilbene-Loaded Soluplus/Poloxamer 188 Mixed Micelles for Protection against…
Excessive acetaminophen (APAP) induces excess reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to liver damage. Pterostilbene (PTE) has excellent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, but poor solubility limits its biological activity. In…
Formulation, development and characterization of ibuprofen microemulgel for arthritis
Objective: Microemulgel is composed of aqueous phase, lipophilic phase, along with surfactant and co-surfactant, a suitable gelling agent is also incorporated. The drug Ibuprofen is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Its oral…
who advances drug delivery? we do. – pharmaceutical product and solution guide by Ashland
advancing drug delivery
Ashland’s pharmaceutical team prides itself on advancing drug delivery with sophisticated science-based solutions. Our global centers of excellence contain the latest equipment and our research scientists and…
Avoiding N-nitrosodimethylamine formation in metformin pharmaceuticals by limiting dimethylamine and…
Since late 2019, concerns regarding trace levels of the probable human carcinogen N-dimethylnitrosamine (NDMA) in Metformin-containing pharmaceuticals have been an issue if they exceeded the maximum allowable intake of 96 ng/day for a…
3D-printed long-acting 5-fluorouracil implant to prevent conjunctival fibrosis in glaucoma
Abstract
Objectives
To develop a sustained release 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) implant by three-dimensional (3D) printing to effectively prevent conjunctival fibrosis after glaucoma surgery.
Methods
3D-printed implants…
Iterative Design of Ionizable Lipids for Intramuscular mRNA Delivery
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the most clinically advanced delivery vehicles for RNA and have enabled the development of RNA-based drugs such as the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Functional delivery of mRNA by an LNP greatly depends on the…
Nanotechnology based drug delivery systems for the treatment of anterior segment eye diseases
Diseases affecting the anterior segment of the eye are the primary causes of vision impairment and blindness globally. Drug administration through the topical ocular route is widely accepted because of its user/patient friendliness - ease…
The future of novel excipients – by Croda Pharma
The importance of excipients
Formulation development has been emphasized greatly in recent years, whether that be for targeting delivery of the drug, aesthetics of the final formulation, or shelf life of the final drug product. Some…
Enhancing Intradermal Delivery of Lidocaine by Dissolving Microneedles: Comparison between…
Lidocaine hydrochloride (LiH), an amide-type local anesthetic agent, is commonly used in dermatological procedures. LiH is categorized as a BCS (biopharmaceutics classification system) class III group, which has high solubility and poor…
Tackling the Trends – How Excipient Technologies Enable Oral Solid Innovation
Did you know that between 2015 and 2019, 70% to 80% of new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by the FDA were small molecules, and, in 2019, 68% of small molecules approved were oral dosage delivery?
Although drug delivery innovations…
Surrogate modeling of dissolution behavior toward efficient design of tablet manufacturing processes
This paper presents surrogate models of dissolution behavior to identify the critical input parameters in tablet manufacturing processes. Dissolution behavior is a critical quality attribute, and is defined as the time profile of fraction…
High amount of lecithin facilitates oral delivery of a poorly soluble pyrazoloquinolinone ligand…
Preclinical development of deuterated pyrazoloquinolinone ligands, promising drug candidates for various neuropsychiatric disorders, was hindered by unusually low solubility in water and oils. DK-I-60-3…
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine excipients polyethylene glycol and trometamol do not induce mast cell…
The development of vaccines against SARS-CoV2 brought about several challenges, including the management of hypersensitivity reactions to these formulations. The search for underlying mechanisms involved in these adverse events initially…
The Effect of the Particle Size Reduction on the Biorelevant Solubility and Dissolution of Poorly…
Particle size reduction is a commonly used process to improve the solubility and the dissolution of drug formulations. The solubility of a drug in the gastrointestinal tract is a crucial parameter, because it can greatly influence the…
Transferrin-modified chitosan nanoparticles for targeted nose-to-brain delivery of proteins
Nose-to-brain delivery presents a promising alternative route compared to classical blood–brain barrier passage, especially for the delivery of high molecular weight drugs. In general, macromolecules are rapidly degraded in physiological…
Insights into the Multiscale Lubrication Mechanism of Edible Phase Change Materials
Investigation of a lubrication behavior of phase change materials (PCM) can be challenging in applications involving relative motion, e.g., sport (ice skating), food (chocolates), energy (thermal storage), apparel (textiles with PCM), etc.…
World MS Day 2024
World MS Day takes place every year on 30th May and will be held for the 16th time in 2024. The 2024 - 2025 World MS Day theme is "My MS Diagnosis". The day was initiated as a global initiative led by the MS International Federation (MSIF)…
Upscaling of external lubrication from a compaction simulator to a rotary tablet press
External lubrication is a highly valuable alternative lubrication method as it minimizes the negative impact on tablet properties encountered when using internal lubrication. In current study, experiments were performed with automated…
Development of multifunctional drug delivery system via hot-melt extrusion paired with fused…
The model of core–shell structured tablets is gaining increased interest due to its advantages in controlled-release and combinational drug delivery. Through the encapsulation of the drug by the outer shell, this model exhibits huge…