The purpose of this study was to develop a compaction technique to enhance the solubility, dissolution rate and other physicochemical properties of poorly water-soluble drug indomethacin (IM) with different polymers. The IM was compacted with the different polymers like hydroxy propyl methylcellulose (HPMC), Kollicoat IR, Chitosan, Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone without using any binder and solvent. Pol...

The establishment of biorelevant and discriminating dissolution procedure for drug products with limited water solubility is a useful technique for qualitative forecasting of the in vivo behavior of formulations. It also characterizes the drug product performance in pharmaceutical development. Lornoxicam, a BCS class-II drug is a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug of the oxicam class, has no of...

The poorly water soluble antidiabetic drug gliclazide was selected to study the effect of excipients on dissolution rate enhancement. Ordered mixtures of micronized gliclazide with lactose, mannitol, sorbitol, maltitol and sodium chloride were prepared by manual shaking of glass vials containing the drug and excipient(s). Different water soluble excipients, addition of surfactant and superdisin...

Over recent years, drug release/dissolution from solid pharmaceutical dosage forms has been the subject of intense and profitable scientific developments. Whenever a new solid dosage form is developed or produced, it is necessary to ensure that drug dissolution occurs in an appropriate manner. The pharmaceutical industry and the registration authorities do focus, nowadays, on drug dissolution s...

This study explored the application of 400-DS dissolution apparatus 7 for individual pellet dissolution methodology by a design of experiment approach and compared its capability with that of the USP dissolution apparatus 1 and 2 for differentiating the coat quality of sustained release pellets. Drug loaded pellets were prepared by extrusion-spheronization from powder blends comprising 50%, w/w...

UV imaging has recently been introduced as a method in drug dissolution and release testing. Spatially and temporally resolved mapping of drug concentrations in a 7 × 9 mm imaging area provides new opportunities for visualization and study of drug dissolution and release. This review describes the current instrumentation and principles of analysis. Pharmaceutical applications of UV imaging are ...

Clarithromycin, an antibacterial agent, is extremely bitter in taste. The present research communication deals with development of taste masked resinate of clarithromycin using Tulsion-335, an acidic cation ion exchange resin. The drug resin complexes were prepared by batch process by taking drug to resin ratios of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4. The drug resin complexation procedure was optimized with ...

Traditional pharmaceutical dissolution tests determine the amount of drug dissolved over time by measuring drug content in the dissolution medium. This method provides little direct information about what is happening on the surface of the dissolving tablet. As the tablet surface composition and structure can change during dissolution, it is essential to monitor it during dissolution testing. I...

Solubility of drug plays a prime role in controlling its dissolution from dosage form. Aqueous solubility of drug is a major factor that determines its dissolution rate. Minimum aqueous solubility of 1% is required to avoid potential solubility limited absorption problems. Studies of 45 compound of different chemical classes and a wide range of solubilities revealed that initial dissolution rat...

Poor aqueous solubility is a major challenge for the drug development process, and many strategies have been developed to combat this problem. Cocrystals have gathered much interest in the recent years, due to their ability to enhance drug solubilities by orders of magnitude. However, highly soluble cocrystals tend to undergo rapid solution mediated transformation back to less soluble drug form...