Scale up of manufacturing processes is an important step in drug development – not to say: a big hurdle! The Wurster (bottomspray) fluidized bed process is based on a clear technical concept. For scale up, configuration of the process…

Lack of age-appropriate commercially available drugs hinders adequate pharmacotherapy in children. The European Union Paediatric Regulation (EC No1901/2006) and the establishment of the EU Paediatric Committee PDCO (2007) were aimed to…

Poorly absorbable sugar alcohols (e.g., mannitol, sorbitol, and maltitol) are the excipients frequently contained in pediatric dosage forms. Due to their osmotically active properties, certain amount of sugar alcohols reportedly reduces…

22.09. - 23.09.2021 | online platform, Germany Dear Colleagues, The EUPFI is delighted to announce its 13th annual (virtual) scientific conference and excited to bring you some of the interesting presentations and sessions you were…

In this webinar Norbert Pöllinger and Tom West presented the unique opportunities offered by the combination of 3D printing and multiparticulates to achieve novel solutions in ODT application. They demonstrated how swallowing issues of high…

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…

Dissertation by Ilias El Aita: Part 2 The term 3DP is an umbrella term encompassing several technologies, which differ in the printing style and/or used material. Nevertheless, these technologies have the same starting point in common as…

Dissertation by Ilias El Aita: Part 1 For years, patients were viewed as a homogeneous group and selected drug treatment was based on experience from clinical studies. Consequently, individual factors such as age, physiological condition…

11 - 14 May 2021 | Online Conference Due to the COVID crisis, the 12th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology and its accompanying exhibition ResearchPharm® will be held online. A lot of our…

Mini-tablets are suitable for paediatric as well as geriatric use since they may provide flexible and accurate dosing and administration. Due to the minute tablet size, there is a need for new standardized quality evaluation procedures and…