The parenteral route (also referred to as injection route) is the fastest and the second commonest route of drug administration. The term parenteral is made…
The pulmonary or inhalational route of administration has been traditionally used for drug administration to the respiratory tract, in pathologies like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
Tablet coating is a common pharmaceutical technique that involves the application of an essentially dry, outer layer of coating material to the surface of dosage…
First pass effect, also known as first-pass metabolism or pre-systemic metabolism is the term used for hepatic metabolism of drug when absorbed and delivered through…
Oral administration of drugs is the most common and acceptable route for drug administration, especially for out-patients. When possible, oral route usually abbreviated as p.o.…
Mixing of powders is probably one of the most widely performed unit operation in pharmaceutical manufacturing. This fact is still reflected in the design of…
As discussed in our article “Mixing of Pharmaceutical Powders in Small-Scale Operations”, trituration process involves direct rubbing or grinding of hard powder in a mortar…
Mixing of pharmaceutical powder is a unit operation that serves to make two or more components uniformly distributed in the powder bed. In most cases,…
Effervescent salts (sometimes called effervescent powders) are a special type of bulk powders or granules containing sodium bicarbonate, a suitable organic acid (citric or tartaric),…
Powders are solid dosage form containing dry mixtures of finely divided drug substance(s) and excipients intended for internal or external use. Although the use of…
This page contains a comprehensive list of pharmaceutical companies in Philippines. A. Menarini Philippines, Inc. Address: 4/F W Office Building, 11th Avenue, corner 28th Street,…
[caption id="attachment_4191" align="aligncenter" width="520"] Labeled diagram of a tablet press tooling[/caption] It is important for those working with a tablet press to be familiar with…
Powders are solid dosage forms containing dry mixtures of finely divided medicinal and non-medicinal agents intended for internal or external use. It is a solid…
Pharmaceutical suspensions are dispersion of particulate drug(s) in a liquid medium (usually aqueous) in which the drug is not readily soluble. Doses formulated as suspensions…
