Pharmaceutical Technology-10-01-2006

This article provides an overview of functionality, functionality-related characteristics, and excipients performance.

Facing cost pressures and regulatory changes, pharmaceutical companies address the need for increased functionality by looking to excipients.

The increasing popularity of orally disintegrating tablets has led to growing interest in the advantages of superdisintegrants. This article presents some practical considerations in selecting these ingredients.

Evaluating disintegrant properties and consistency in performance is an essential part of tablet formulation.

Formulations containing a novel soluble dextrin fiber have been shown to exhibit several advantages in processibility and clinical response over those containing existing fibers.