Medicated chewing gums (MCGs) are solid or semi-solid, single-dose preparations with a base consisting mainly of tasteless masticatory gums that are intended to be chewed but not swallowed. It is …
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 during the manufacturing process and …
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, with chewing gums and chewy …
Enteric Coating: An Overview
An enteric coating, also known as gastro-resistant coating is a barrier applied to oral medication that controls the location in the digestive tract where it is absorbed. The term “enteric” …
Common Defects in Film Coating Process: Causes and Possible Solutions
Polymeric film coating, in the formal sense, is a process that has been extensively used in pharmaceutical companies for over half a century. In spite of its relative longevity, it …
Film Coating Process: Polymers Used in Immediate-Release Film Coating
Coating is a process by which an essentially dry outer layer of coating material is applied to the surface of a dosage form in order to confer specific benefits over …
Tablet Coating Process: Film Coating
Film coating is a contemporary and widely used process for coating oral solid dosage forms in the pharmaceutical industry. It is a process that draws on technologies associated with polymer …
Tablet Coating Process: Concepts and Advancements
Tablet coating is a process by which an essentially dry, outer layer of coating material is applied to the surface of a dosage form in order to confer specific benefits …
In-Process Quality Control (IPQC) of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
In-process quality control tests are simply routine checks that are performed during production. They are those tests carried out before manufacturing process is completed to ensure that established product quality …
Manufacture of Tablets by Direct Compression Method
The processing of drug with excipients can be achieved without any need of granulation and related unit operations. By simply mixing in a blender, formulation ingredients can be processed and …
Manufacture of Tablets by Dry granulation method
Dry granulation also referred to as precompression or double compression is a size enlargement process designed to improve the flow and compression characteristics of powders that would otherwise be unsuitable …
Tablet Manufacture by Wet Granulation Method
Granulation is a unit operation in which small powder particles are gathered together to form agglomerates called granules. To achieve cohesion between the powders, it is necessary to include adhesive …
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