Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation

May52016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Prescription Drug Abuse Statistics and Effects

Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Intermediates, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation

More than 3.8 percent of the global population use marijuana i.e. 158.8 million people, relying on the United Nations statistics but do you know over the counter drugs and prescription have lined up next to marijuana among the common abused substances! There are a lot of people participating in the prescription drug abuse without risks taking into account – risks vary with the type of the medicine and its dose. Prescription Drug Abuse Involving to the risk of taking prescription medication that isn't pertain to yours or changing the prescription medication or the dose of the medicine is what termed to be Prescription Drug Abuse. A study revealed nearly 16 million people abuse prescription medication in the U.S, and about 2,500 youth (12 to 17) is abusing pain reliever for the first time ...

Apr32016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Why is Good Tablet Design so Important and How to Achieve it?

Combinatorial Chemistry, Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Intermediates, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation, Tableting and Encapsulation

Detailed design of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tablets is essential in order to produce robust tablets with bespoke designs. Tablet manufacturers should not overlook tablet design because it is key to the quality of the end product. “With sufficient fore-thought and consideration, most potential tablet making problems can be eliminated at the early stage of design. ” I Holland. Good tablet design is extremely important; it has an impact upon anti-counterfeiting, tooling strength,tablet coating, durability and functionality. Good tablet design helps to avoid downstream manufacturing problems such as tablet sticking, picking, lamination, capping and premature tooling failures. It is essential to consider these at the beginning of the process, ensuring a problem free, high quality, e...

Mar212016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Weighing and Dispensing Process and Technology in Pharma Industries

Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Intermediates, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation, Pharmaceutical Instrumentation and Controls, Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Weighing and dispensing process in pharma industries occupies a high priority position. Over the last decades, increased regulations on the manufacturing processes in pharma manufacturing industries led the focus and result is the advanced technology and stringent policies and frameworks. The pharmaceutical companies can increase the speed and accuracy of their operations with weigh and dispense process technology. While, weighing and dispensing of solids and liquids is a very common activity throughout the pharmaceutical industry processes. Traditionally, workers dispense pharma materials by hand-scooping solids and pumping or pouring liquids. This is generally conducted in a warehouse during chemical production or in a pharmacy during pharmaceutical dosage-form manufacturing. The chanc...

Feb292016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Hurdles to Global Pharma Markets Growth

Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation

One of the premium industrial segments ever and one such industry on which many nations across the globe have relied upon for boosting the economic development is Pharma Industry. However, when we dwell in to the insights, this is one of the most regulated industries and of course it has to be, as it is directly related to the lives of many. The other factor which is tagged to the global pharma markets are the controversies involving the honchos of Pharma sector globally. There are numerous instances where few companies from pharma sector have been in news for one or the other controversies. One way or the other, the global pharma companies had always made news, be it the pricing mechanism, or the issue of handling patents, or the breach of regulations, one or the other issue always is o...

Feb252016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Clinical Research: Ethical or Unethical?

Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation, Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Everybody believes that informed consent makes clinical research ethical. However, informed consent is neither necessary nor sufficient for ethical clinical research. Drawing on the basic philosophies underlying major codes, declarations, and other documents relevant to research with human subjects, The aspects which make Clinical Research Ethical: Value: enhancements of health or knowledge must be derived from the research; Scientific validity: the research must be methodologically rigorous. Fair subject selection: scientific objectives, not vulnerability or privilege, and the potential for and distribution of risks and benefits, should determine communities selected as study sites and the inclusion criteria for individual subjects. Favorable risk-benefit ratio: withi...