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What Defines an Ideal Film Coating Process?

Film coating is often considered to be a challenging step in tablet manufacturing. While the choice of film coating depends on factors like API’s characteristics, protective function, release profile of a drug and aesthetics of a tablet, its important to develop a coating process which is robust and…
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Roller compaction

Roller compaction is the main technique employed in dry granulation. Ribbon sticking and splitting are among the major factors that can hinder the use of this process for some formulations. Ribbon splitting can occur either transversally (through the ribbon thickness) or longitudinally (through the…
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Film Coating List

Film coating is applied to a wide variety of pharmaceutical products, including tablets, pellets, granules, capsules, powders and crystals. Pharmaexcipients has put together a list of suppliers and products. GET THE LIST HERE Do not hesitate to get in touch with us the add any information…
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Application of lactose in the pharmaceutical industry

This chapter describes the application of lactose as excipient in the pharmaceutical industry. About 60%–70% of pharmaceutical dosage forms contain lactose, and in volume it is one of the biggest pharmaceutical excipients. Lactose can have several functions in a dosage form: as a filler to…
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Excipients for Direct Compression

Direct compression is not only a topic in continuous manufacturing but in pharmaceutical production in general.  In direct compression the physical characteristics of the excipients have a major impact on the processes ability of the formulation. Topics like flowability, bulk density and…
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Excipients China @CPhI China

Join Asia’s Leading Pharmaceutical Excipients Event to Enter the Booming Excipients Market in China Driven by the development of drugs and preparation of raw materials industry, excipients industry is going on the track of rapid growth, while a growing generic drug market also…
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