Pharma Excipients
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Polymeric and Lipid Nanoparticles: Which Applications in Pediatrics?
This review aims to provide the state of the art on polymeric and lipid nanoparticles, used or suggested to approach pediatric diseases’ problems and needs, and to inspire new researches in this field. Several drugs are currently not available in formulations suitable for pediatric patients.…
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The Development of Minitablets for a Pediatric Dosage Form for a Combination Therapy
Minitablets are an appealing option for an age-appropriate pediatric dosage form. In particular, for combination therapies where multiple active ingredients are dosed simultaneously, the use of minitablets will enable independent adjustments of each dose. The work presented describes the development…
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Opportunities and challenges of three-dimensional printing technology in pharmaceutical formulation…
Three-dimensional printing (3D-printing) is a technology that prints the products layer-by-layer, in which materials are deposited according to the digital model designed by computer aided design (CAD) software. This technology has competitive advantages regarding product design complexity, product…
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Quality by Design Applied Development of Immediate-Release Rabeprazole Sodium Dry-Coated Tablet
The aim of this study was to develop immediate-release oral rabeprazole sodium tablets with rapid efficacy and gastric stability for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Rabeprazole sodium is a commonly prescribed proton pump inhibitor; however, it is extremely unstable and degrades in…
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Formulation development of SYN-004 (ribaxamase) oral solid dosage form, a β-lactamase to prevent…
SYN-004 (ribaxamase) delayed release drug product is a multi-particulate, hard capsule for oral delivery of a recombinant β-lactamase enzyme designed to degrade β-lactam antibiotics administered intravenously, and thus prevent colon dysbiosis. Here we describe the development of the SYN-004 enteric…
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Applications of polymer blends in drug delivery
Polymers are essential components of many drug delivery systems and biomedical products. Despite the utility of many currently available polymers, there exists a demand for materials with improved characteristics and functionality. Due to the extensive safety testing required for new excipient…
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Polymeric Films Containing Tenoxicam as Prospective Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems: Design and…
The administration of drugs via transdermal therapeutic systems has become an attractive form of therapeutic approach, considering its advantages and the high patient compliance achieved, making them a viable alternative, especially in the treatment of chronic diseases.
The purpose of our study…
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Development of a Pediatric Mini-Tablet Formulation for Expedited Preclinical Studies
Multiple considerations are essential to address the main challenges of dose flexibility and patient adherence in pediatric drug development, particularly for oncology. Mini-tablets, 2 mm in diameter, were manufactured using a rotary tablet press at a set weight and compression force level. The…
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Better Medicines for Older Patients: Considerations between Patient Characteristics and Solid Oral…
Oral drug administration provided as solid oral dosage forms (SODF) remains the major route of drug therapy in primary and secondary care. There is clear evidence for a growing number of clinically relevant swallowing issues (e.g., dysphagia) in the older patient population, especially when…
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Comparative Evaluation of Pellet Cushioning Agents by Various Imaging Techniques and Dissolution…
Most of the commercially available pharmaceutical products for oral administration route are marketed in the tablet dosage forms. However, compression of multiparticulate systems is a challenge for the pharmaceutical research and industry, especially if the individual unit is a coated particle, as…
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