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List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Singapore

This article contains a comprehensive list of pharmaceutical companies in Singapore. A. Menarini Singapore Pte Ltd Address: 30 Pasir Panjang Road, Mapletree Business City, #08-32,…
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Subcutaneous Route of Drug Administration: Advantages and Disadvantages

Subcutaneous route of drug administration, also called hypodermic administration, involves injecting a drug into the loose connective tissue between the dermis of the skin and…
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Techniques Available for Tablet Coating

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…
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Oral Administration of Drugs:  Advantages and Disadvantages

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.…
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Mechanisms Involved in the Mixing of Pharmaceutical Powders

Powder mixing is an operation that aims to treat two or more components, initially in an unmixed or partially mixed state, so that each unit…
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Classification of Pharmaceutical Powders

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…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Pharmaceutical Powders

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…
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Pharmaceutical Powders: An Overview

Powders represent one of the oldest and most conventional dosage forms. The term “powder” has more than one connotation in pharmacy. It may be used…
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Advancements in Pharmaceutical Suspensions and Their Patents

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…
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12 Importance of Dosage Forms

A pharmaceutical dosage form is the entity that is administered to patient so that they receive an effective dose of a drug. It is a…
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Film Coating and Sugar Coating: Do You Know the Differences?

Coating is one of the oldest pharmaceutical processes that is still practiced today. It is a process by which an essentially dry, outer layer of…
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Glossary of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems

Dosage forms are pharmaceutical preparations or formulations in which a specific mixture of drug substances (active pharmaceutical ingredients) and inactive components (excipients) are presented in…
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Routes of Drug Administration: An Overview

The route of drug administration is simply defined as the path by which a drug is taken into the body for diagnosis, prevention, cure or…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Pharmaceutical Suspensions

Pharmaceutical suspension is a liquid dosage form containing finely divided, undissolved drug particles dispersed throughout a liquid vehicle in which the drug exhibits a minimum…
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Major Differences between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

Microorganisms are ubiquitous. They can be found in air, water, soil, inside and on the surfaces of plants, animals and humans. They live in a…
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Abbreviations Commonly Used In Prescriptions and Medication Orders

The use of abbreviations is common on prescriptions and medication orders. Some are derived from the Latin through its historical use in medicine and pharmacy,…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Liquid Dosage Forms

Liquid dosage forms are pourable pharmaceutical preparations which contain a mixture of drug substance and excipients dissolved or suspended in a suitable solvent or mixtures…
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Effervescent Tablets

Effervescent tablets are uncoated tablets generally containing acid substances and carbonates or hydrogen carbonates, which react rapidly in the presence of water to release carbon…
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Quality Control and Evaluation Parameters for Chewable Tablets

Quality control (QC) is a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements. It refers to the set of checks or tests carried out…
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Formulation, Manufacture and Evaluation of Chewable tablets

Chewable tablets are tablets intended to be chewed in the mouth prior to swallowing. They represent the largest market segment of the chewable dosage forms,…
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