16. February 2017

Abstract The most prevalent pharmaceutical dosage forms at present are granular solids in the form of oral tablets and capsules. While effective in releasing drug rapidly upon contact with gastrointestinal fluid, their manufacture, which relies on particulate processing, is fraught numerous difficulties. Such difficulties, however, could be overcome by transitioning to a liquid-based process. Therefore, we have recently introduced melt-processed polymeric cellular (i.e., highly porous) dosage...