Manufacturing, Solid Dosage Drugs

Fette Compacting America FE75 Tablet Press is designed to produce up to 1.6 million tablets per hour.

I Holland, in collaboration with the University of Nottingham and experts from the Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, United Kingdom, recently completed a two-year tableting science anti-stick research (TSAR) project, which sought to understand why certain formulations stick to tablet tooling.

Leading global tablet tooling manufacturer, I Holland has a range of multiple tip punches and dies optimised to meet the requirements of modern tablet production.

Molecular Profiles has expanded its capsule filling capability following significant investment into new equipment at its clinical manufacturing site in the United Kingdom.

FDA approved XTANDI for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Conventional tablets may no longer be the go-to solution.

Study provides first substantive reference data on key quality attributes of empty capsules

American Health Packaging announced a voluntary nationwide recall of ibuprofen and oxcarbazepine tablets due to mislabeling on the inner unit dose blister packaging.

Fette's FE75 Tablet Press is designed for large batches.

Progress in equipment availability, process analytical technology, and advanced process control aids ongoing development of continuous solid-dosage manufacturing processes.

The Manesty TPR 500 tablet press from Bosch Packaging Technology increases output and features a hygienic design.

Doug Hausner, Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems, Rutgers University discusses continuous manufacturing for solid-dosage drug production.

The author discusses various aspects of the hot-melt extrusion process and outlines a practical approach to scale-up.

The authors describe how modular systems can be applied to continuous solid-dosage and nutraceutical manufacturing.

Charlie Martin, Leistritz Extrusion, describes hot-melt extrusion manufacturing processes and advances.

The author examines the effect of compaction force, gap width, and sieve setup on granule size.

The selection of excipients is important in generic formulations due to the impact it has on the risk and performance of generic drugs.

Catalent Pharma Solutions recently launched several new softgel product developments, all of which solve a delivery problem, while offering IP advantages to drug manufacturers.

Experts will examine continuous processing in solid-dosage and biopharmaceutical production.

Capsule filler

Tablet Press

Tablet Press with Fastest-in-Class Changeover

I Holland announces service that predicts solutions for tablet sticking problems.

Training, calibration, and preventive maintenance help prevent over-and under-weight tablets. The author discusses causes of off-weight tablets and best practices for tableting.

Operator training, preventive maintenance, and regularly scheduled calibration help prevent the manufacture of off-weight tablets.

Excipients for lowering formulation costs and improving lipid-based formulations and the use of melt-spray-congeal microsphere sachet technology for targeted controlled release attract attention at the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting.

Screening methods and predictive models address tenacious tablet-sticking problems.

Pliva?s new Oral Solid Forms Facility will increase Pliva's production capacities for tablets and capsules.

Interview of Detlev Haack, head of R&D, Hermes Pharma on the characteristics, benefits and manufacturing Methods of effervescent tablets

HERMES PHARMA has pioneered user-friendly dosage forms. Our effervescent and chewable tablets, lozenges, orally disintegrating granules and instant drinks are convenient to use, easy to swallow and taste good.