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Capsule oral dosage forms: providing benefits throughout the entire drug product lifecycle

Drug product formulators and manufacturers often choose tablets instead of capsules as a cost-effective dosage form. When developing a medicine, however, there are a lot of variables that come into play and are influenced by the final format. In this article, Laura Canalejas, Scientific Business Development Manager, and Lucía Gurruchaga, Scientific Business Development Analyst, Qualicaps Europe, examine the main steps of the drug product lifecycle and the advantages that capsules bring in each of them

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Simplifying the art of the possible

With softgels becoming increasing popular in both the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries, Dr Kevin Robinson recently caught up with Jessica Philipp, Team Leader,...

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Drug dose delivery development, manufacturing and commercialisation trends: part I

In the wake of patient-centricity in the pharmaceutical industry, drug delivery technologies have emerged as a central driver of therapeutic and patient success. Dr Kevin Robinson went online with Manuel Leal, Business Development Director, Idifarma, Steve Rode, Manager Business Development, Capsules and Health Ingredients, Lonza, and John Ross, President, Mayne Pharma US/Metrics Contract Services, to find out more

Powder die filling: an essential process for quality tablets

Tablet manufacturing can be challenging; as such, an understanding of the steps leading up the final compressed product is crucial to the task of producing a high-quality tablet, reports Robert Sedlock, Director of Technical Training and Development, Natoli Engineering Company

Lonza expands its capsule manufacturing capacity

The investment aims to address the increasing global demand for capsules

Living better: supporting consumers with responsible product design and trend-driven supplement innovation

Recent months have seen unprecedented disruption as people form new habits and the global agenda influences how many view health and nutrition, reports Stephane Vouche, Marketing Manager, Lonza Capsules & Health Ingredients

Cambridge Commodities expands ingredient and finished product range with sustainable softgels

Global ingredient supplier Cambridge Commodities is expanding its offering to include premium softgel formulations that cater for a wide range of consumer need states

Colorcon launches Acryl-EZE II to extend pH range of enteric coatings for pharmaceutical use

Colorcon, a world leader in the development and supply of film coating systems and excipients, announces the launch of Acryl-EZE II, which extends the pH range covered by its enteric coatings

Overcoming the excipient challenge with a multifunctional filler-binder

Dr Maj-Britt Cepok, Head of Business Development Pharma at BENEO, talks to Dr Kevin Robinson about trends in excipients and explains why the right filler-binder can make all the difference

Reading and understanding vendor-supplied tablet drawings

Understanding the tablet drawings supplied by tooling vendors is a meaningful way to learn more about your product, reports John Norman, Technical Service Representative, Natoli Engineering Company

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An innovative drug delivery form for hygroscopic pharmaceutical drugs

Moisture may have a significant impact on a wide range of chemical, physical and microbial properties of a finished pharmaceutical product, leading to API degradation, a subsequent loss of potency and a reduced shelf-life

A perfect match for tablets

The multifunctional mineral excipient Omyapharm provides oral dosage forms with excellent processing properties

SIRIO opens multimillion dollar gummy plant in Ma’anshan, China

To meet demand from global markets, the new Centre of Excellence already boasts one of the world’s most advanced gummy production lines

A multifunctional mineral excipient at CPhI 2018

Omyapharm provides tablets and granules with excellent compactability, mechanical stability and absorption capacity

Lonza's Capsule Delivery Solutions launches Capsugel Vcaps Gen C

Based on a carrageenan gelling-agent formulation, this new entry expands the Lonza Capsugel hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) portfolio

New super barrier-coated thermoformable film for blister packs

Global packaging solutions expert Tekni-Films, introduces SBC 240 performance-oriented super-barrier coated thermoformable film for pharma blister packs

More than simply fizzy

Technologies to tablet effervescent products

Rousselot brings new perspectives for pharma and nutra applications

Leading global producer of gelatin and collagen peptides, Rousselot, has announced that it will reveal two new products at its 2018 Innovation Days

Lonza completes acquisition of Capsugel

Merger creates leading integrated solutions provider to the global pharma and consumer healthcare industries

Ingestible skincare heading for the mainstream, consumer study shows

Two thirds of consumers say they see the concept of supplements for skincare as normal

ACG to exhibit range of capsule solutions at Vitafoods

The global provider of integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing solutions will display its capsules portfolio and encapsulation solutions on Booth H31 at Vitafoods Europe next month

Corn and milk proteins make medicine easier to swallow

Using corn nanoparticles to protect the drug, the addition of milk protein improves the taste and texture, helping child patients take their medicine

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SPI Pharma launches flash ODT platform

UltraBurst is suitable for products from prescription drugs to nutraceuticals

The changing immune health market

Maryanne Mburu, Senior Key Account Manager at astaxanthin pioneer AstaReal, speaks about what challenges and innovation potential she foresees in the "Immune Health" segment

Benefits of chewing gum as a dosage format

This document from Fertin Pharma presents the benefits that chewing gum as a delivery system offers to consumers and pharmaceutical and supplement companies untapping...

Medicinal cannabis extract: Compounding overview

Dr Fabio Di Francesco outlines current methods of extraction to meet medicinal cannabis prescription in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands

Conventional tablets may no longer be the go-to solution

Market study reveals difficulties swallowing tablets wide-spread and opens up new revenue opportunities

I Holland showcases its unique coating at Interphex Tokyo

New PharmaCote CT coating will be launched exclusively at the show