Tablets & Capsules magazine with technical articles and North American manufacturer links

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Tablets & Capsules is the only technical publication devoted exclusively to readers involved in the tablet and capsule processing industries.

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This Month's Focus: Packaging

Drug product recalls: An overview of the process (Free)

Recalls have certainly been in the news of late. What factors lead to a recall and what does recalling a drug product entail? What is the FDA’s role?

Blister technology adapts to meet regulatory and market demands

Bottles remain the dominant package for tablets and capsules, but companies in the blister packaging business have capitalized on some trends.

General Features

Using an automated workstation to improve operations and simplify investigations

This article outlines how using an automated workstation minimizes the potential for human error and relieves analysts and operators of the many difficulties of conducting investigations.

Eye on Excipients: Elemental impurities

John McCarty recaps the issues raised at a workshop on metal impurities and sheds light on how adoption of new rules could affect excipient suppliers, pharmaceutical and dietary-supplement manufacturers, and consumers.

Back Page: What do you know about bin blending? (Free)

I’m often asked whether an in-bin blending system—in which IBCs or totes are placed in a tumbler frame—will work in a regular building.