Crystal engineering of pharmaceutical cocrystals in the discovery and development of improved drugs

G Bolla, B Sarma, AK Nangia - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The subject of crystal engineering started in the 1970s with the study of topochemical
reactions in the solid state. A broad chemical definition of crystal engineering was published …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical cocrystals: A review of preparations, physicochemical properties and applications

M Guo, X Sun, J Chen, T Cai - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical cocrystals are multicomponent systems in which at least one component is
an active pharmaceutical ingredient and the others are pharmaceutically acceptable …

Pharmaceutical cocrystals: along the path to improved medicines

NK Duggirala, ML Perry, Ö Almarsson… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocrystals, a long known but understudied class of crystalline solids, have attracted interest
from crystal engineers and pharmaceutical scientists in the past decade and are now an …

Pharmaceutical aspects of salt and cocrystal forms of APIs and characterization challenges

PC Vioglio, MR Chierotti, R Gobetto - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years many efforts have been devoted to the screening and the study of new solid-
state forms of old active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) with salification or co …

Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis

SL James, CJ Adams, C Bolm, D Braga… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The aim of this critical review is to provide a broad but digestible overview of
mechanochemical synthesis, ie reactions conducted by grinding solid reactants together …

Towards medicinal mechanochemistry: evolution of milling from pharmaceutical solid form screening to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)

D Tan, L Loots, T Friščić - Chemical Communications, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This overview highlights the emergent area of mechanochemical reactions for making active
pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and covers the latest advances in the recently …

Polymorphs, salts, and cocrystals: what's in a name?

S Aitipamula, R Banerjee, AK Bansal… - Crystal growth & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The December 2011 release of a draft United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
guidance concerning regulatory classification of pharmaceutical cocrystals of active …

Mechanochemistry of inorganic and organic systems: what is similar, what is different?

E Boldyreva - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry of inorganic solids is a well-established field. In the last decade
mechanical treatment has become increasingly popular as a method for achieving selective …

Mechanochemical preparation of co-crystals

D Braga, L Maini, F Grepioni - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation of co-crystals via mechanochemistry combines the quest for clean and
green processes with the investigation of multicomponent new materials, among the …

Engineering cocrystals of poorly water-soluble drugs to enhance dissolution in aqueous medium

I Sathisaran, SV Dalvi - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) Class II and IV drugs suffer from poor
aqueous solubility and hence low bioavailability. Most of these drugs are hydrophobic and …