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Pharmaceutical Technology-02-02-2005
Volume29
Issue 2

Using Extrusion-Spheronization to Develop Controlled-Release Formulations of Azithromycin

Extrusion-spheronization and pellet compression are effective means of developing first-order kinetic, controlled-release drug delivery systems of azithromycin (AZI). The authors prepared, evaluated, and optimized AZI formulations and assessed the stability of the selected formulation under accelerated storage conditions.

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