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Design And Development Of Drug Delivery Systems For Immediate And Sustained Release Utilizing Hot Melt Extrusion, Abhilasha Singh Jan 2012

Design And Development Of Drug Delivery Systems For Immediate And Sustained Release Utilizing Hot Melt Extrusion, Abhilasha Singh

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Polymers have indispensable role in pharmaceutical formulation development. Polymer choice is a critical factor to obtain the desired drug-release profile during formulation development for HME (Hot melt extrusion). Many commercially available, pharmaceutical-grade polymers can be used in HME formulations. The suitable polymer choice facilitates processing in the extruder. When choosing a polymer to use in a formulation, processing conditions and processing attributes of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) should be considered. The physicochemical and the mechanisms of drug release from drug delivery systems prepared by utilizing HME with various polymeric carriers were investigated. Amorphous forms of API can have as …