excipient

The occurrence of protein aggregation during bioprocessing steps such as purification, formulation and fill-finish, impacts yield and production costs, and must be controlled throughout themanufacturing process. Understanding aggregation mechanisms and developing mitigating strategies are imperative…
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Partition coefficient (log P) is a key physicochemical characteristic of lipophilic drugs which plays a significant role in formulation development for oral administration. Lipid-based formulation strategies can increase lymphatic transport of these drugs and can enhance bioavailability many folds.…
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In this study, corn starch and ibuprofen are treated in Argon (Ar) plasma to enhance the wettability of the powders without using any additive or guest particle. The powder and pellets were exposed to the Ar plasma for different time intervals (5–20 min) at optimized pressure and voltage. While the…
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Tobramycin (TOB) and clarithromycin (CLA) can potentially be used synergistically for the treatment of respiratory infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This study aimed to develop a novel combination proliposome formulation (TOB/CLA-CPROLips)…
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Covalently cross-linked and hydrolytically degradable poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) (POEGMA)-based nanogels are fabricated using an all-aqueous self-assembly approach. The nanogels are composed of hydrazide- (POH) and aldehyde-functionalized (POA) POEGMA precursor polymers that exhibit…
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Wet granulation is a size-enlargement process applied in many industrial fields, such as pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, zootecnichal, to improve flowability and compressibility properties of powders. In this work analysis of the particle size distribution (PSD) of granules was performed to…
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Usage of the amorphous phase of compounds has become the method of choice to overcome oral bioavailability problems related to poor solubility. Due to the unstable nature of glasses, it is clear that the method preparation of the amorphous glass will have an impact on physical/chemical stability…
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Zein is the main storage protein of corn and it has several industrial applications. Mainly in the last 10–15 years, zein has emerged as a potential pharmaceutical excipient with unique features. Zein is a natural, biocompatible and biodegradable material produced from renewable sources. It is…
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Three-dimensional (3D) printing was discovered in the 1980s, and many industries have embraced it, but the pharmaceutical industry is slow or reluctant to adopt it. Spiritam® is the first and only 3D-printed drug product approved by FDA in 2015. Since then, the FDA has not approved any 3D-printed…
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The comparison of spray drying versus hot melt extrusion (HME) in order to formulate amorphous solid dispersions has been widely studied. However, to the best of our knowledge, the use of both techniques to form cocrystals within a carrier excipient has not previously been compared. The combination…
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