26. June 2018
More and more pharmaceutical products are reaching the market as multiparticulate dosage forms, mainly as pellets. The healthcare sector also frequently selects pellets as the optimal marketable form of functional food. As there are quite a number of existing techniques relating to the production of pellets, it is often very difficult for a formulator or marketing manager to make a choice, since every technique claims to be optimal.
22. March 2018
The Glatt CPS® Technology (Complex Perfect Spheres) is a fluid bed rotor technology for producing spherical matrix pellets with a smooth surface and high density. Typically, microcrystalline cellulose is used as a basic excipient for pelletization using the CPS® Technology [1]. In the past extensive studies using soluble APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredient) as Metoprolol succinate [2] and Propranolol hydrochloride [3] were performed. During this study matrix pellets containing an insoluble...