05. May 2018
Along with the development of novel drug delivery systems the material science is also advancing. Conventional and novel synthetic or natural excipients provide opportunities to design dosage forms of the required features including their bioavailability.
29. March 2018
Docetaxel (DTX) is a chemotherapy drug that can be used for different type of cancers. Due to polysorbate 80, the excipient in the formulation, acute hypertensivity reaction is observed after intravenous administration. The development of oral formulation for DTX has always been problematic as the bioavailability of the drug is shown to be low due to P-glycoprotein efflux transporters and the intestinal metabolism by CYP3A4 enzymes. The objective of this study is to develop novel DTX in situ...
20. December 2017
The formulation and manufacturing of parenteral biotherapeutic products occur at the interface of science and regulatory concerns.
11. December 2017
Nowadays most of the drug substances are coming into the innovation pipeline with poor water solubility. Here, the influence of excipients will play a significant role to improve the dissolution of poorly aqueous soluble compounds. The drug substance needs to be dissolved in gastric fluids to get the better absorption and bioavailability of an orally administered drug. Dissolution is the rate-controlling stage for drugs which controls the rate and degree of absorption.
08. November 2017
To investigate the effects of common nanosuspension-stabilizing excipients on the nature and temporal evolution of histopathological changes at intramuscular (i.m.) administration sites, 5 groups of 39 male rats per group received a single injection of 1 of the 5 analogous crystalline drug nanosuspensions containing 200 mg/ml of an antiviral compound with particle sizes of ±200 nm and identical vehicle compositions, except for the type of nanosuspension stabilizer.
15. December 2016
Abstract There is ample evidence that pharmaceutical excipients, which are supposed to be pharmacologically inactive, have an impact on drug metabolism and efflux transport. So far, little is known whether they also modulate uptake transporter proteins. We have recently shown that commonly used solubilizing agents exert significant effects on the function of organic anion uptake transporting polypeptides. Therefore, we investigated in this study the influence of frequently used pharmaceutical...
08. December 2015
Objective: We aimed to describe administration of eight potentially harmful excipients of interest (EOI)-parabens, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, benzoates, saccharin sodium, sorbitol, ethanol and benzalkonium chloride-to hospitalised neonates in Europe and to identify risk factors for exposure. More
08. June 2015
The STEP stands for Safety and Toxicity of Excipients for Paediatrics. The Safety and Toxicity of Excipients for Paediatrics (STEP) Database is a user-designed resource developed by European Paediatric Formulation Initiative (EuPFI) and United States Paediatric Formulation Initiative (USPFI) in collaboration for storage and rapid/effortless access to the safety and toxicological data of excipients that is scattered over various sources and presents it in one freely accessible source. It is a...