Pharmaceutical Technology-03-01-2013

Pharmaceutical Technology brought together a panel of industry experts for a special forum to discuss solubilizing polymers and the related formulation strategies for poorly soluble drugs.

Recent advances in equipment design and operation in spraying, drying, and mixing can improve the tablet-coating process.

The tableting science anti-research (TSAR) project seeks to understand why certain formulations stick to tablet tooling.

Factors for assessing excipient variability, the associated challenges developers need to address to design and manufacture solid oral drug products, and solutions for such challenges are examined.

The use of various documents and guides by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council can facilitate the flow of information among excipient manufacturers, distributors, and users.

A roundtable discussion of the challenges and innovations in tablet splitting featuring Freeman Technology, Accu-Break Pharmaceuticals, and Medelpharm.

An alternative chapter has been added to the European Pharmacopoeia for dosage uniformity.