"World Cancer Day every 4 February is the global uniting initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). By raising worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action,…

Formulation development of amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) still is challenging although several poorly water-soluble drugs have been marketed using this technique. During development of novel drugs, the selection of the preparation…

Lipids are gaining enhanced momentum due to their vital role in the field of RNA therapeutics and vaccine development for diseases such as cancer and COVID-19. Currently, there are 18 liposomal drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…

Story of the week ExciPerience - March 9 & 10, 2021 - We welcome our first sponsors! We are very happy to announce the first sponsors of the upcoming new event on and around pharmaceutical excipients - ExciPerience! Thank you for…

A drug product should have aqueous solubility to avoid bioavailability issues. Low and erratic bioavailability is a problem encountered by almost 40–60% of new drug products coming out of research and development which are aimed to be…

Thesis findings 1. Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was synthesized in continuous flow reactors for the first time. Design of experiment studies were conducted in order to optimize the two synthetic steps: i.e. the acetylation of salicylic…

Ability to predict the porosity, and its reduction after nano-silica dry coating, based on the Bond number and cohesion force estimated via multi-asperity contact model was examined for twenty different pharmaceutical powders. A new model…

Abstract-Introduction: The current research is aimed at formulating and evaluating fluvastatin self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS). Materials and Methods: Fluvastatin SNEDDS formulated using sefsol-218…

An international study involving the Institute of Nanotechnology of the Cnr has found that quercetin acts as a specific inhibitor for the virus responsible for Covid-19, showing a destabilizing effect on 3CLpro, one of the key proteins for…