Organic Chemicals

Abstract Risk control for nitrosamine impurities in drug products is currently a major challenge in the industry. Nitrosamines can form during drug product manufacturing and storage through the reaction of nitrites with amine-containing APIs or impurities. The level of nitrites in excipients and…
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Wet granulation is a frequent process in the pharmaceutical industry. As a starting point for numerous dosage forms, the quality of the granulation not only affects subsequent production steps but also impacts the quality of the final product. It is thus crucial and economical to monitor this…
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Pharmaceutical formulation of oral dosage forms is continuously challenged by the low solubility of new drug candidates. Pickering emulsions, emulsions stabilized with solid particles, are a promising alternative to surfactants for developing long-term stable emulsions that can be tailored for…
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ABSTRACT Introduction Increasing attention is being afforded to understanding the bidirectional relationships that exist between oral medications and the gut microbiota, in an attempt to optimize pharmacokinetic performance and mitigate unwanted side effects. While a wealth of research has…
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Asahi Kasei announces the launch of their new website. The new website should provide a more intuitive and user-friendly experience to the existing and prospective customers. Over last 50+ years, Asahi Kasei has been leading manufacturer and supplier of the microcrystalline products for the…
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Based on the quality by design approach, we used the SeDeM expert system to assess seven polymers of different chemical nature and molecular weight for their use in direct compression. Because the SeDeM system fails by not evaluating the mechanical properties of materials, we used the Heckel and…
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Pharma Solutions at IFF provides you access to one of the broadest microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) portfolios in the industry. Backed by decades of innovation, and expertise, Avicel® PH offers a long history of manufacturing the highest-quality pharmaceutical grade MCC. Our deep polymer…
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In order to exploit the advantage of drug delivery through the buccal mucosa, mucoadhesive buccal films with propranolol hydrochloride based on polyethylene oxide, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and polyvinyl alcohol have been developed. The aim of this study was the development,…
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Lisinopril (LIS) it is antihypertensive drug, classified as a class III drug with a high water solubility and low permeability. To overcome the low permeability, 32 factorial designs aimed to formulate LIS as a sustained-release (LIS-SR) matrix pellet by extrusion/spheronization. Matrix pellets were…
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Dissolvable microneedle array patches offer the possibility to deliver active pharmaceutical ingredients bypassing the gastrointestinal tract by piercing the stratum corneum. Usually, microneedles are produced by micromolding but this often results in a waste of active pharmaceutical ingredient. In…
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