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Stretching Product Value through Reformulation Strategies
New formulations that enhance bioavailability, optimize drug-delivery profiles, reduce dosing frequency, or improve patient experience have the potential to deliver quicker returns on investments than developing a completely new drug…Written by Adeline Siew, the article has been published in Pharmaceutical Technology, Volume 38, Issue 10, pages …
The Advantages of Alternative Dosage Forms
While solid dosage forms such as tablets or capsules have been the go-to option for many years, recent data show that a substantial number of people have difficulty swallowing them. This can lead to poor compliance in many cases. How can Pharma combat this problem?When …
A User-centric Approach to Pharmaceuticals
Taking a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to pharmaceuticals is becoming less effective. With people demanding choice and convenience when it comes to their medication, the pharma industry must start putting patients’ needs at the heart of medicine manufacture and formulation development.In this article published in Doses, Dr …
A Hard Pill to Swallow: Improving Palatability
Difficulty swallowing tablets is a problem for all age groups, with some patients taking potentially dangerous steps to break up and swallow their medication. Such issues can influence patient compliance, so what can medicine manufacturers do to help overcome the problem?Dr. Thomas Hein (Senior Vice …
A Matter of Taste – Insights about the various approaches used in taste masking
The taste of orally administered medicines has important implications for patient compliance. However, most APIs have an unpleasant taste. Therefore, developing better tasting medicines is a major focus in pharmaceutical manufacturing – especially for user-friendly dosage forms, which spend longer in the mouth compared to …
Dosage Forms: It’s Time to Listen to Consumers
Millions of people use solid tablets and capsules every day to treat any number of ailments or to supplement their dietary or health requirements. Regarded as the most practical and costefficient method of drug delivery, it’s no surprise they have become so widespread.However, a recent …
Difficulties swallowing tablets and capsules are wide-spread …
People of all ages and gender have difficulties swallowing tablets and capsules. In fact it is a widespread problem which over half of Americans and German experience, a HERMES PHARMA survey has revealed. Conventional tablets and capsules are often too big to swallow and get …
Bittere Pillen – Nein Danke
Tabletten schlucken ist nicht jedermanns Sache. Viele Arzneimittel sind oral einzunehmen, da dies als der günstigste, einfachste und sicherste Weg für die Selbstmedikation gilt. Konventionelle, feste orale Darreichungsformen haben jedoch ihre Nachteile: Eine aktuelle Studie belegt, dass über 50 % der Befragten in den USA …
QbD in excipient collection for user-friendly dosage forms
With excipients being crucial for the formulation and performance of a medicine, it is vital that they are carefully selected. Adopting a systematic, QbD approach for excipient selection ultimately leads to better products. It also helps enable more efficient and effective formulation and development processes.In …
HERMES PHARMA privilégie les formes orales
Sondage à l’appui, Hermes Pharma apporte la preuve que pour améliorer l’observance des traitements oraux, il faut faciliter la prise des médicaments. D’où sa spécialisation sur les formes effervescentes, à croquer et à sucer, produites notamment dans son usine allemande de Wolfratshausen.This article was published …