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    Assessment of the plasticity of dry granulated particles (mini-tablets) and its relationship to their tabletability - image

    Assessment of the plasticity of dry granulated particles

    Newsfeed - 28/11/2025 -
    The article discusses how dry‑granulated particles, especially those obtained via roller compaction or slugging, play a crucial role in tablet manufacturing. It highlights that a granule’s ability to undergo plastic …
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    Top 20 Pharmaceutical Excipients 2004 – 2024

    Newsfeed - 26/11/2025 -
    The article “Top 20 Pharmaceutical Excipients 2004–2024” looks at the most commonly studied excipients over the past 20 years, with a focus on tablets and other oral solid dosage forms. …
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    Direct Compression Lactose: Making the right choice

    Newsfeed - 14/11/2025 -
    In tablet manufacturing, direct compression (DC) offers a streamlined production route by allowing powders to be blended and compressed into tablets without needing wet or dry granulation. One of the …
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    Exploring the versatility of pharmaceutical lactose

    Newsfeed - 10/11/2025 -
    Pharmaceutical‑grade lactose remains a highly versatile excipient in the drug and food industries. Lactose—a disaccharide naturally found in milk—is widely used in oral solid dosage forms because of its favourable …
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    Overcoming manufacturing challenges for accelerated drug development

    Newsfeed - 06/11/2025 -
    The ISPE has released a new Good Practice Guide focused on the development of control strategies for the continuous manufacturing (CM) of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms, including tablets. This …
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    Improving content uniformity in low-dose DC formulations

    Newsfeed - 06/11/2025 -
    The case study focuses on the challenge of achieving content uniformity in tablets formulated using low-dose APIs via direct compression (DC). In such formulations, achieving uniform distribution of the active …
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    Customized release through dispersed dosage formats

    Newsfeed - 30/10/2025 -
    The article from Adare Pharma Solutions explores the development of customized oral dosage forms designed to improve both therapeutic performance and patient acceptance. Dr. Nathan Dormer highlights that while traditional …
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    Twenty grams in two weeks: Material sparing tablet development of direct compression formulations

    Newsfeed - 28/10/2025 -
    The article introduces a streamlined methodology for tablet formulation. By utilizing less than 20 grams of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), this approach accelerates the development process, achieving results in under …
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    Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose—a key excipient in pharmaceutical drug delivery systems

    Newsfeed - 23/10/2025 -
    Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HPMC), also known as hypromellose, is a semi-synthetic polymer derived from cellulose that plays a crucial role as a pharmaceutical excipient. Its unique properties, including water solubility and …
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    A sticky issue: transforming oily plant extracts into solid oral dosage forms

    Newsfeed - 21/10/2025 -
    The article explores the challenges of converting oily or sticky plant extracts into solid oral dosage forms, such as tablets. Due to their natural properties, these extracts can be difficult …
    Effervescent Tablet Preparation by Twin-Screw Melt Granulation with Sorbitol as a Melt Binder - image

    Effervescent tablet preparation by twin-screw melt granulation

    Newsfeed - 15/10/2025 -
    In a recent study, effervescent granules containing citric acid and sodium bicarbonate were successfully prepared using twin-screw melt granulation (TS-MG) with sorbitol as a melt binder. This approach offers a …
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    Strategies for successful manufacturing of highly potent oral solids

    Newsfeed - 14/10/2025 -
    Highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) are increasingly prominent in drug development, but their poor solubility and low bioavailability present formulation challenges. To address these issues, manufacturers use enabling technologies …