PharmTech Drug Digest 11.20
|Articles|June 9, 2023

Enhancing the Solubility of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Using Hot Melt Extrusion and Polyvinyl Alcohol (June 2023)

Author(s)MERCK

This whitepaper describes how hot melt extrusion (HME) and a specially-engineered grade of polyvinyl alcohol (Parteck® MXP polyvinyl alcohol 3-82 Emprove® Essential Ph Eur; referred to in this publication as Parteck® MXP 3-82 PVA) can be used to increase the solubility of DCS IIb molecules.


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