Safety by Design—Mitigating the Risk of Medication Errors Through Product Design

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Volume 2014 eBook
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Experts share insights on how product appearance such as size, shape, color, and imprint can make a difference in reducing medication errors.

 

The increasing prevalence and high cost of medication errors have prompted regulators and manufacturers to look into the role of product design in ensuring the safe and correct use of medicines. Experts share insights on how product appearance such as size, shape, color, and imprint can make a difference in reducing medication errors.

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Safety by Design—Mitigating the Risk of Medication Errors Through Product Design
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Controlled-Release Technologies Create Opportunities for Solid-Dosage Drug Formulators
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Continuous Manufacturing for Solid-Dosage Drug Production
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A Practical Guide to Hot-Melt Extrusion Scale-Up for Pharmaceutical Applications
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Using Modular Systems in Solid-Dosage Manufacturing
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Advances in Hot-Melt Extrusion Manufacturing
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Obtaining User-Defined Particle Size Distribution Using Dry Granulation
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A Quality-by-Design Approach to Optimize In-Process Curing of EUDRAGIT NM 30 D
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Selection of Excipients in Generic Formulations
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