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Polyvinyl Alcohol – PVA
Formulation of antiretroviral nanocrystals and development into a microneedle delivery system for…
HIV/AIDS remains a major global public health issue. While antiretroviral therapy is effective at reducing the viral load in the blood, up to 50% of those with HIV suffer from some degree of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, due to the presence of the blood-brain barrier restricting drugs from…
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Corroborating various material-sparing techniques with hot melt extrusion for the preparation of…
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) are one of the most adopted technologies for improving the solubility of novel molecules. Formulation of ASDs using solvent free methods such as hot melt extrusion (HME) has been in the spotlight off-lately. However, early-stage formulation development is tricky and…
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Technological Aspects and Evaluation Methods for Polymer Matrices as Dental Drug Carriers
he development of polymer matrices as dental drug carriers takes into account the following technological aspects of the developed formulations: the composition and the technology used to manufacture them, which affect the properties of the carriers, as well as the testing methods for assessing…
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Design and characterization of dexamethasone loaded microsponges for the management of ulcerative…
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory condition with ulcerations throughout the colon. The existing remedies have some limitations such as drug inactivation, poor absorption, and adverse reactions. The present study aimed to design novel microsponge formulations to enhance remission of the…
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Box–Behnken Design of Experiments of Polycaprolactone Nanoparticles Loaded with Irinotecan…
Background: The Box–Behnken design of experiments (BBD) is a statistical modelling technique that allows the determination of the significant factors in developing nanoparticles (NPs) using a limited number of runs. It also allows the prediction of the best levels of variables to obtain the desired…
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Texture analysis – a versatile tool for pharmaceutical evaluation of solid oral dosage forms
In the past few decades, texture analysis (TA) has gained importance as a valuable method for the characterization of solid oral dosage forms. As a result, an increasing number of scientific publications describe the textural methods that evaluate the extremely diverse category of solid…
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Impact of Tablet Size and Shape on the Swallowability in Older Adults
Older adults represent the major target population for oral medications, due to the high prevalence of multimorbidity. To allow for successful pharmacological treatments, patients need to adhere to their medication and, thus, patient-centric drug products with a high level of acceptability by the…
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Unlock the Potential of Poorly Soluble Drugs with Apisolex™ Technology
Don’t let poor solubility affect your innovative drug projects
Approximately 60% of potential active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) under development, and more than 40% of those in reformulation, are poorly water soluble1. Solubility challenges present a substantial hurdle to the development…
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Hydrogel-forming microarray patch mediated transdermal delivery of tetracycline hydrochloride
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious health problems today and is expected to worsen in the coming decades. It has been suggested that antibiotic administration routes that bypass the human gut could potentially tackle this problem. In this work, an antibiotic hydrogel-forming microarray…
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Hot Melt Extruded Posaconazole-Based Amorphous Solid Dispersions—The Effect of Different Types of…
Four model polymers, representing (i) amorphous homopolymers (Kollidon K30, K30), (ii) amorphous heteropolymers (Kollidon VA64, KVA), (iii) semi-crystalline homopolymers (Parteck MXP, PXP), and (iv) semi-crystalline heteropolymers (Kollicoat IR, KIR), were examined for their effectiveness in…
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