Topical excipients play a crucial role in the formulation of pharmaceutical products intended for external use, such as creams, ointments, gels, and transdermal patches. These excipients serve various purposes, including enhancing drug solubility, ensuring stability, improving drug release, and providing desirable sensory properties.
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Labrafac™ MC60, glycerol monocaprylocaprate
Gattefossé widens its range of high quality, functional excipients for oral bioavailability enhancement with Labrafac™ MC60, glycerol monocaprylocaprate.
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Design and optimization of process parameters of polyvinyl alcohol-graft-lactic acid films for…
The objective was to apply a simplex lattice design to determine the properties of polyvinyl alcohol-graft-lactic acid (PVA-g-LA) with different values for two independent variables: curing time (X1) and LA ratio (X2). Each independent variable was varied among three levels: –1, 0, and +1. Three…
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Chitosan hydrogel for topical delivery of ebastine loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for alleviation…
Ebastine, is an antihistamine drug that exerts its effect upon oral administration in humans for the treatment of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), it also has some systemic side effects like gastric distress, headache, drowsiness, and epistaxis. Moreover, topical corticosteroids are used for…
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3D-Printed Products for Topical Skin Applications: From Personalized Dressings to Drug Delivery
3D printing has been widely used for the personalization of therapies and on-demand production of complex pharmaceutical forms. Recently, 3D printing has been explored as a tool for the development of topical dosage forms and wound dressings. Thus, this review aims to present advances related to the…
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Emulgel Approach to Formulation Development: A Review
Topical drug delivery is the delivery of drugs anywhere in the body through skin, vaginal, ophthalmic and rectal routes. Drugs may be given for localized or systemic effects. Topical formulations with varying physicochemical properties, such as solid, semisolid, or liquid, can be developed. The…
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Combination of lipid nanoparticles and iontophoresis for enhanced lopinavir skin permeation: Impact…
Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC)-loaded with lopinavir (LPV) were developed for its iontophoretic transdermal delivery. Electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of fatty acid spin labels and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were applied to investigate the lipid dynamic behavior…
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Polymeric Nanoparticles and Chitosan Gel Loading Ketorolac Tromethamine to Alleviate Pain Associated…
This study describes the preparation and evaluation of two formulations, a hydrogel and a nanostructured system, containing ketorolac tromethamine as an anti-inflammatory agent for the local therapy against the inflammatory process derived from the surgical excision of Condyloma acuminata. Both…
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Innovate in bi-gel with Emulfree® Duo
Discover Gattefossé's brand new excipient Emulfree® Duo, a ready-to-use stabilizing agent, enabler of bi-gel, an emerging topical dosage form.
Bi-gels consist of an intimate mixture of aqueous and oily gels. Thanks to their dual nature, they are associated with better drug absorption through the…
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Topical Fixed-Dose Combinations: A Way of Progress for Pain Management?
Pain, a severe public health problem, can affect patient quality of life when inadequately controlled. Considering that pain pathophysiological mechanisms are complex, combining active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with multiple and synergistic mechanisms of action represents a potentially more…
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Self-assembled tacrolimus-loaded lecithin-chitosan hybrid nanoparticles for in vivo management of…
Lecithin-chitosan hybrid nanoparticles are emerging as a promising nanocarrier for topical drug delivery. They could achieve a maximized encapsulation of hydrophobic drugs due to the lipophilic nature of lecithin that comprises the core while enhancing retention in the upper skin layers using the…
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