23. July 2018
There are a multitude of sweeteners available to the pharmaceutical scientist. Sweeteners may be broadly grouped into two categories – nutritive and non-nutritive. Nutritive sweeteners delivercalories and as their name suggests, non-nutritive do not. Non-nutritive sweeteners can be further characterized as bulk (sugar alcohols) and high intensity (artificial). Some excipients that are sweet are often incorrectly listed in publications as “sweeteners.” These are excipients used primarily...
12. February 2017
Abstract Co-amorphous systems is one of the attractive strategies used to enhance the dissolution rates of poorly soluble drugs. This strategy has an additional advantage as it has the ability to overcome stability issues that may arise from the conversion of a crystalline drug into its amorphous form. In this study, quench cooling was used to prepare co-amorphous forms of carbamazepine (CBZ) with saccharin (SAC), lactose (LAC) and gluconolactone (GLU) as carriers. Analytical techniques such as...
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...