drug solubility
Going micro to improve solubility in drugs
Peter Nelson, technical operations director at Catalent Micron Technologies examines why micronisation may be the answer to poor water solubility in drugs. Read more
Bridging the discipline divide during drug solubility
Stephen Tindal, director of science and technology at Catalent Pharma Solutions discusses what methods can be used to classify a drug’s solubility and bridge the divide between disciplines during development phases. Read more
Speedy solubility: New formulation of carglumic acid developed
Swiss pharmaceutical company, Dipharma, has successfully developed a new fast dissolving formulation of carglumic acid tablets that are stable at room temperature. Read more
Hovione installs large-scale spray drying unit
A large-scale spray drying unit specifically designed to handle high potency APIs and for use with a wide variety of organic solvent systems is to be installed at Hovione's new spray drying facility in Loures, Portugal. Read more
Overcoming poor solubility in formulation development
Dr. Julien Meissonnier, Pharmaceutical Softgel Europe, Catalent looks at lipid-based formulations to increase the bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs. Read more
Solving the insoluble
Dow Pharma has added to its Affinisol line of drug solubility enhancement products. The product range, which is designed to tackle insolubility in spray dried dispersion (SDD) and hot melt extrusion (HME) formulations now has two new additions. Read more
Polymers for solubility enhancement will drive the oral solid dosage forms market
Kline & Company is undertaking a study on Polymers for Solubility Enhancement in Pharmaceutical Oral Solid Dosage Forms. Read more
Silica-Based Excipient Delivers Enhanced Drug Solubility and Bioavailability
Merck Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck, has introduced Parteck SLC, a new excipient with a surface structure that delivers significantly increased loadability for APIs. Featuring a reportedly unique pore structure, Parteck SLC for... Read more
Spray Drying Opens Doors for Pharma Industry
GEA Process Engineering will be exhibiting at ICSE/P-MEC to promote its GEA Niro pharmaceutical spray drying technology portfolio. Spray drying is rapidly becoming the technology of choice for pharmaceutical manufacturers that need fast... Read more
Microniser Range Greatly Enhances API Solubility and Performance
The NETZSCH DELTAVITA has been specially designed to efficiently increase solubility of APIs, thereby enhancing their efficacy, and is completely scalable and reproducible. Read more
API Provider Appoints Well-Known Solubisation Expert to Lead Particle Design Team
Hovione has announced the appointment of Dr. Justin Hughey to lead the Particle Design sciences at its site in New Jersey, US. With over 30 publications, posters and book chapters, Dr. Hughey is an acknowledged expert in the field of... Read more
Agreement to Co-Promote Technology for Improved Drug Solubility and Stability
Hovione has announced a co-promotion and collaboration agreement with Ligand Pharmaceuticals to provide Hovione’s customers with efficient access to Captisol technology. Read more
