Polyvinyl Alcohol – PVA

Oral drug delivery is a common and convenient route for administering pharmaceuticals, but it presents challenges related to drug stability, absorption, and targeted delivery. Because of their potential to address these challenges, biopolymer-based mucoadhesive drug delivery systems have received a…
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Purpose Hot melt extrusion (HME) is a pivotal pharmaceutical manufacturing process employed to enhance the bioavailability of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in oral dosage forms. Often the applicability of the process is limited by the melt viscosity. The upper limit is…
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Nintedanib (NIN) and pirfenidone are the only approved drugs for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). However, NIN and pirfenidone have low oral bioavailability and limited therapeutic potential, requiring higher dosages to increase their efficacy, which causes significant liver and…
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Introduction Granulation of powder blends is a commonly applied technique for pharmaceutical formulations which have no suitable flowability or compactability or are inhomogeneous with regards to the API content. Mainly wet granulation is applied3 and here, especially continuous twin-screw…
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Proteins and peptides are rapidly developing pharmaceutical products and are expected to continue growing in the future. However, due to their nature, their delivery is often limited to injection, with drawbacks such as pain and needle waste. To overcome these limitations, microneedle technology is…
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Abstract Despite centuries of research on this chemical element, the ability of iodine to form complexes with water-soluble polymers and various other molecules remains a topic of great interest. The fascination with iodine and iodophors arises from their remarkable antimicrobial properties against…
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Abstract Amorphous solid dispersions (ASDs) enable formulations to improve the solubility of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The amorphous state is reached through the disruption of the crystalline lattice of an API resulting in an increased apparent solubility with faster…
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Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in developing hydrogels as medical devices. By physically cross-linking pharmaceutically approved polymers into three-dimensional matrices, we can ensure their biocompatibility and facilitate their seamless transition from the laboratory to…
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Three-dimensional printing by fused deposition modeling (FDM) coupled with hot-melt extrusion (HME) is a point of convergence of research efforts directed toward the development of personalized dosage forms. In addition to the customization in terms of shapes, sizes, or delivered drug doses, the…
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Extended release formulations play a crucial role in the pharmaceutical industry by maintaining steady plasma levels, reducing side effects, and improving therapeutic efficiency and compliance. One commonly used method to develop extended release formulations is direct compression, which offers…
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