Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) printing was discovered in the 1980s, and many industries
have embraced it, but the pharmaceutical industry is slow or reluctant to adopt it. Spiritam® …

Despite the numerous uses of chitin and chitosan as new functional materials of high
potential in various fields, they are still behind several directly compressible excipients …

Improvement in flow and bulk density, the two most important properties that determine the
ease with which pharmaceutical powders can be handled, stored and processed, is done …

An experimental investigation was carried out to study the mixing performance of a
laboratory-scale ResonantAcoustic® Mixer (LabRAM). The first part of the study summarizes …

Material properties are known to have a significant impact on pharmaceutical manufacturing
performance, particularly for solid product processes. Evaluating the performance of a …

A method for predicting dissolution profiles of directly compressed tablets for a fixed
sustained release formulation manufactured in a continuous direct compaction (CDC) …

The knowledge of powder properties has been highlighted since the 19th century since most
formulations focus on solid dosage forms, and powder flow is essential for various …

The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a paradigm shift towards continuous processing
from batch, where continuous direct compression (CDC) is considered to offer the most …

Sticking and picking during tablet manufacture has received increasing interest recently, as
it causes tablet defects, downtime in manufacturing, and yield losses. The capricious nature …

The conical screen mill or Comil, a powder delumping device, was investigated due to its
recent success as a continuously operated dry coater. The improvements in packing and …