Tablets and capsules are most popular oral solid dosage forms to administer a therapeutic drug. Formulation such as pills, troches, cachets and pellets are secondary to tablets, which contain the ...

Recent advances in equipment design and operation in spraying, drying, and mixing can improve the tablet-coating process. High efficiency in unit operations is a prequisite for achieving overall ...

Adopting a Quality by Design (QbD) approach for wet granulation requires manufacturers to comprehend the correlation between process variables, such as powder characteristics and equipment ...

Multilayer tablets: A piece of cake or just a passing fad? We bring experts together to find out. Q: How has demand for multilayer tablets altered in recent years? What factors have influenced this ...

Granulation and compression are two very important processes that are carried out extensively by most pharmaceutical companies. However, the theory of granulation is little understood and the ...

In dry granulation, powders bind because of the application of mechanical stress. As particles are forced to be within closer proximity, entrained air is forced out, bulk density increases, and a ...