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Compatibility Study between Fenbendazole and Polymeric Excipients Used in Pharmaceutical Dosage…
The body of work described in this research paper evaluates the compatibility between Fenbendazole (Fen), which is a broad-spectrum anthelmintic with promising antitumor activity, and three polymeric excipients commonly applied in pharmaceutical dosage forms. The assessment of binary mixtures was…
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Recent Advances in Hydrogels for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dry Eye Disease
Abstract
Dry eye disease (DED) is the most common clinical ocular surface disease. Given its multifactorial etiology, no consensus has been reached on the diagnosis criteria for dry eye disease. Topical drug administration remains the mainstay of treatment but is limited to the rapid clearance from…
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Time-Based Formulation Strategies for Colon Drug Delivery
Despite poor absorption properties, delivery to the colon of bioactive compounds administered by the oral route has become a focus of pharmaceutical research over the last few decades. In particular, the high prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease has driven interest because of the need for…
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Thermoresponsive in-situ gel containing hyaluronic acid and indomethacin for the treatment of…
Ocular chemical burns are prevalent injuries that must have immediate and effective treatment to avoid complications. Aiming to improve bioavailability and efficacy, a poloxamer-based thermoresponsive in-situ gelling system containing hyaluronic acid and indomethacin was developed. Formulations with…
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Releasing fast and slow: Non-destructive prediction of density and drug release from SLS 3D printed…
Selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing is a revolutionary 3D printing technology that has been found capable of creating drug products with varied release profiles by changing the laser scanning speed. Here, SLS 3D printed formulations (printlets) loaded with a narrow therapeutic index drug…
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Tablet formulation with dual control concept for efficient colonic drug delivery
Aim of this study was to develop a tablet formulation for targeted colonic drug release by implementing two control mechanisms: A pH-sensitive coating layer based on Eudragit® FS 30 D to prevent drug release in the upper gastrointestinal tract, combined with a matrix based on plant-derived…
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Downstream Processing of Amorphous Solid Dispersions into Orodispersible Tablets
The formulation development of amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) towards a patient-friendly oral solid dosage form is proving to be still challenging. To increase patient’s compliance orodispersible tablets (ODTs) can be seen as promising alternative. Two different ASDs were prepared via hot melt…
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Exposing Profound Screening Potential of Ethanol-Based Dissolution Media in the Development of…
Characterization of drug release from modified-release products in the presence of alcohol is required to evaluate the possibility of dose dumping due to safety assurance reasons. A generic product containing BCS IV drug and HPMCAS polymer was formulated as amorphous solid dispersion with hot-melt…
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Parteck MXP Excipients for Hot Melt Extrusion
Two Polyvinyl Alcohol Grades Providing Excellent Performance for Solubility Enhancement and Stabilization
Poor solubility of APIs is a critical challenge in drug development. One formulation technique to address this challenge is hot melt extrusion (HME). Mercks Parteck® MXP range of polymers…
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Differential Surface Engineering Generates Core–Shell Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for Controlled…
An approach to differentially modify the internal surface of porous silicon nanoparticles (pSiNPs) with hydrophobic dodecene and the external surface with antifouling poly-N-(2-hydroxypropyl) acrylamide (polyHPAm) as well as a cell-targeting peptide was developed. Specifically, to generate these…
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