Innovative equipment, analytical techniques, software, and modeling systems are improving the tableting process.

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Advances in Tableting

Taste may be subjective, but it is crucial to patient compliance, particularly for pediatric treatments. This article reviews methods used to improve and assess pharmaceutical palatability.

Taste may be subjective, but it is crucial to patient compliance, particularly for pediatric treatments.

Assessing and Improving the Palatability of Pharmaceuticals

Analytical technologies must accurately identify and measure the critical material attributes of APIs and excipients, separately and when combined during oral solid dosage formulation and development.

Analytical technologies must accurately identify and measure the critical material attributes of APIs and excipients.

Analytical Techniques for Oral Solid Dosage Formulation

PAT has aided formulation, both pre-and post-filing, by reducing costs and time frames. Contrary to popular beliefs, it doesn’t require big investments.

PAT has aided formulation, both pre-and post-filing, by reducing costs and time frames.

Simplify Formulation With PAT

Ionic liquid technologies offer a new way to improve bioavailability and potentially shrink patients’ daily dose requirements. Keith Hutchison, PhD, senior vice-president of R&D for Capsugel, describes the technology.

Ionic liquid technologies offer a new way to improve bioavailability.

Boosting Solubility in Lipid-Based Formulations

The increasing complexity of manufacturing pharmaceuticals has necessitated more complex manufacturing options and has been the driving force behind the equipment, including high-, medium-, and small-volume tablet presses.

New Technologies

New technologies for solid dosage manufacturing are examined.

Innovations in Solid Dosage Equipment

New cellulosic polymers have been shown to improve solubility in these key amorphous solid dispersion processes.