Delves into all aspects of R&D and manufacturing of all oral solid dose (OSD) forms. Tracks industry trends. Relays latest applied research relevant to OSDs. Provides “how to” information for the latest techniques in formulation/excipients, tablet manufacturing, capsule filling and other aspects of the process—including logistics like supply-chain management.
Capsules are fairly easy to fill, but sometimes things go wrong. Here are some tips on how to stop defects.
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Wet granulation is one of the most commonly used methods of developing solid dosage drug products. Among the advantages of this classical granulation method over other technologies are a narrow ...
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Blending uniformity studies are becoming more important during product development within the dietary supplement industry. A multivitamin and mineral (MVM) dietary supplement product usually contains ...
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For ages, cultures all over the world have recognized the medicinal value of cannabinoids and they were widely used that way in the USA until about 1937. Yet in recent years, both medicinal and ...
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Dietary supplement consumers prefer capsules over every other dosage form. According to a 2015 study by the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleysville, PA, 42 percent of supplement users prefer ...
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Imagine a world where all tablets and capsules are imprinted, allowing every tablet and capsule in a prescription to be digitally verified as they’re dispensed to patients. With a smartphone, patients...
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Silica is well known in the pharmaceutical industry as an excipient. While pure silica, SiO2, is common, there are silicates of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum that are widely used as anti-caking ...
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As you’d expect, a validation expert’s work includes preparing and executing a range of protocols, such as installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), performance qualification (...
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The nutraceutical benefits of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are well known. The primary benefit: MCTs are quickly converted in the liver to energy-providing ketone bodies like beta-hydroxy ...
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Tablets and capsules have long been the primary platforms for reliable delivery of safe, efficacious pharmaceutical products. Compressed tablets originated in England in the early 1840s, and the use ...
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Content uniformity of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in tablets is critical because it ensures patients receive the same dose from tablet to tablet. But it becomes increasingly difficult ...
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Since the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) became law in 1994, companies have needed to prove the safety of their dietary supplement ingredients before products reached the market.
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For manufacturers, downtime is a necessary evil. It’s when production stops so you can clean and maintain your machinery and change over the tooling. Ideally, downtime would be scheduled and occur ...
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The International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development (IQ) and the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of the Americas (IPECAmericas) are working toward ...
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Big political change is remaking previous certainties, and people of all political views can see that healthcare is going to change. One early attempt—repealing or amending the Affordable Care Act (...
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