Oral Excipients

The aim was to evaluate the effect of zein-based nanoparticles on the glucose homeostasis, following oral administration to Wistar rats. For this purpose, bare nanoparticles (NP, with tropism for the upper intestinal regions) and poly(ethylene glycol)-coated nanoparticles (NP-PEG), with the…
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A week ago I wrote about the importance of new and novel excipients for the pharmaceutical industry and presented Klucel™ xtend and BioSustane™ in last week´s edition of "The Excipients Week". In the meantime I launched a small poll with the title "Was there innovation in excipients over the last…
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Abstract The present study is regarding, Glimepiride is one derivatives of sulfonyl urea used in the treatment of Type II DM which classified as class-II (BCS) of high permeability and low degree of solubility. The endeavor is to improve its solubility by solvent vaporization method to enhance…
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Misadventure with pharmaceutical oral medication has been on the rise, with the opioid crisis playing a major part. Drug overdose related to opioids has become such an issue, that it has been labelled a worldwide crisis. This review explores the mitigation strategies currently in place to prevent…
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1. Introduction Certain patient groups, specifically elderly and infant patients, experience difficulties with swallowing oral dosages of medication. Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) are one approach to ease the intake, helping patients to comply with their prescription plans. A…
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Currently, the only practical way to treat type 1 and advanced insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1/2DM) is the frequent subcutaneous injection of insulin, which is significantly different physiologically from endogenous insulin secretion from pancreatic islets and can lead to…
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Our broad range of formulation products covers excipients for solid, semi-solid and liquid dosage forms for small and large molecules. Additionally, we offer a portfolio of drug delivery compounds (DDCs), as well as solutions for solubility enhancement and controlled release. Benefit from our…
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From a design of experiments (DOE) performed under four independent variables, with the filmogenicity conditions and shortest disintegration time as the answers, a new oral disintegrating film (ODF) based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and guar gum (GG) with the essential oil of …
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See the second issue of Fuji Chemical Industries Technical Newsletter. This issue focuses on achieving higher tablet hardness with pleasant mouth feel at good oral disintegranting (OD) times by addition of other common excipients. F-Melt® fast melt tablet made easy! NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHT…
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FlowLac by MEGGLE is directly compressible lactose having a spherical agglomerate shape, consisting of small alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals bound by amorphous lactose. It  is produced by spray-drying a suspension of fine milled alpha-lactose monohydrate crystals in a solution of lactose. When…
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