Strategies to address low drug solubility in discovery and development

HD Williams, NL Trevaskis, SA Charman… - Pharmacological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Drugs with low water solubility are predisposed to low and variable oral bioavailability and,
therefore, to variability in clinical response. Despite significant efforts to “design in” …

Current trends and future perspectives of solid dispersions containing poorly water-soluble drugs

CLN Vo, C Park, BJ Lee - European journal of pharmaceutics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Over 40% of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in development pipelines are poorly
water-soluble drugs which limit formulation approaches, clinical application and …

Formation, characterization, and fate of inhaled drug nanoparticles

J Zhang, L Wu, HK Chan, W Watanabe - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles bring many benefits to pulmonary drug delivery applications, especially for
systemic delivery and drugs with poor solubility. They have recently been explored in …

Classification of solid dispersions: correlation to (i) stability and solubility (ii) preparation and characterization techniques

F Meng, U Gala, H Chauhan - Drug development and industrial …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Solid dispersion has been a topic of interest in recent years for its potential in improving oral
bioavailability, especially for poorly water soluble drugs where dissolution could be the rate …

Solid dispersions: a strategy for poorly aqueous soluble drugs and technology updates

MA Alam, R Ali, FI Al-Jenoobi… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Present article reviews solid dispersion (SD) technologies and other patented
inventions in the area of pharmaceutical SDs, which provide stable amorphous SDs. Areas …

The application of freeze-drying as a production method of drug nanocrystals and solid dispersions–a review

E Jakubowska, J Lulek - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This work reviews the examples of the application of lyophilization and its cryogenic
modifications as the production method of solid dispersions and drug nanocrystals, two …

Preparation of pharmaceutical co-crystals through sustainable processes using supercritical carbon dioxide: a review

C Pando, A Cabañas, IA Cuadra - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of pharmaceutical co-crystals using supercritical CO2 (scCO2) is reviewed.
Co-crystallization is an emerging and powerful technique to improve the physicochemical …

Preparation of solid dispersions of simvastatin and soluplus using a single-step organic solvent-free supercritical fluid process for the drug solubility and dissolution …

U Nandi, AL Ajiboye, P Patel, D Douroumis, V Trivedi - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study was designed to investigate the feasibility of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2)
processing for the preparation of simvastatin (SIM) solid dispersions (SDs) in …

[HTML][HTML] Use of polymer combinations in the preparation of solid dispersions of a thermally unstable drug by hot-melt extrusion

J Liu, F Cao, C Zhang, Q Ping - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2013 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to prepare solid dispersions containing a thermally unstable
drug by hot-melt extrusion (HME). Carbamazepine (CBZ) was selected as model drug and …

Characterization and performance assessment of solid dispersions prepared by hot melt extrusion and spray drying process

AM Agrawal, MS Dudhedia, AD Patel… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study investigated effect of manufacturing methods such as hot melt extrusion
(HME) and spray drying (SD) on physicochemical properties, manufacturability, physical …