Dosage Forms

Cynthia A. Challener is a contributing editor to Pharmaceutical Technology.

Articles

Topical drugs are attractive to patients, but these complex products pose challenges for formulators.

Balancing the Art and Science of Topical Drug Formulation

Aaron Stewart is associate principal scientist at Lonza Pharma and Biotech, Bend, OR.

In-vitro and in-silico tools can help predict in-vivo outcomes for low-solubility drugs formulated as spray-dried dispersions. 

Advancing Spray-Dried Dispersion Formulation Development

Brian Marquardt, PhD, is founder and CEO of MarqMetrix, Inc., and director of the Center for Process Analysis and Control (CPAC) at the University of Washington.

Raman spectroscopy delivers real time, non-destructive process insights for critical process parameters to monitor pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Raman Detects Pharma Processing Fingerprints

Jennifer Markarian is a contributing editor for 

Manufacturers of oral solid dose pharmaceutical formulations need PAT tools to reduce a product’s time-to-market and increase profitability. 

Using PAT in OSD Manufacturing 

Barbara Fretter, barbara.fretter@solids-development. com, is managing director of Solids Development Consult GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.

Maarten Lammens is managing director of Solids Development Consult GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.

Robert F. Lammens is a freelancer on the advisory board of Solids Development Consult GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany.

Tests evaluated commercial rotary tablet presses to see how effectively they deal with problems such as poor flow, overlubrication, and capping.

Handling Challenging Powders in Tableting Operations

Felicity Thomas is Associate Editorial Director of Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, BioPharm International.

Dosage-level authentication provides an added digital layer of security for pharmaceutical companies to ensure their products are not exposed to falsification.

Securing Each Dose: Reducing Falsification Risk with Dosage Level Authentication

Aprecia's compression-free 3DP manufacturing platform and Glatt’s multiparticulate technologies offer solutions to pharmaceutical dosage design challenges.

Glatt and Aprecia Collaborate on 3D-Printing for Solid-Dosage Drugs

Eric Sanchez is a senior consultant of Integra Continuous Manufacturing Systems with a special focus on the implementation of continuous manufacturing methods. He joined the firm after a successful 31-year career with Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

Fernando J. Muzzio, PhD, is distinguished professor of the School of Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Dr. Muzzio is a member of 

 editorial advisory board and President of Integra Continuous Manufacturing Systems.

Advanced manufacturing technologies are available, but challenges need to be addressed.

 Reshoring Pharmaceutical Manufacturing to the US: Can We Do It?

The films are now available in three options of varying thickness for added protection against moisture and oxygen.

ACG Films Expands its Portfolio of Ultra-High Barrier Blister Films

Nasser Nyamweya, PhD*, nasser04@yahoo.com, is a Director at Pharma Manufacturing Solutions. He was previously a Lecturer at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi.

Samantha Kimani is a Pharmacist (B.Pharm) and recently graduated from the University of Nairobi.



This paper reviews considerations for the formulation of chewable tablets including sensory characteristics, chewability assessment, and drug release.

Solid/Semi-Solid Dosage