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 …

Co-amorphous solid dispersions for solubility and absorption improvement of drugs: Composition, preparation, characterization and formulations for oral delivery

A Karagianni, K Kachrimanis, I Nikolakakis - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The amorphous solid state offers an improved apparent solubility and dissolution rate.
However, due to thermodynamic instability and recrystallization tendencies during …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in coamorphous drug delivery systems

Q Shi, SM Moinuddin, T Cai - Acta pharmaceutica sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, the coamorphous drug delivery system has been established as a promising
formulation approach for delivering poorly water-soluble drugs. The coamorphous solid is a …

Citric acid: A multifunctional pharmaceutical excipient

M Lambros, T Tran, Q Fei, M Nicolaou - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Citric acid, a tricarboxylic acid, has found wide application in the chemical and
pharmaceutical industry due to its biocompatibility, versatility, and green, environmentally …

Co-amorphous systems for the delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs: Recent advances and an update

J Han, Y Wei, Y Lu, R Wang, J Zhang… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Most new drug candidates under development are poorly water-soluble, which
are related to multiple pharmaceutical issues, increasing the bioavailability of these drugs by …

Amino acids as the potential co-former for co-crystal development: a review

I Nugrahani, MA Jessica - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Co-crystals are one of the most popular ways to modify the physicochemical properties of
active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) without changing pharmacological activity through …

Considerations for the selection of co-formers in the preparation of co-amorphous formulations

DL Yarlagadda, VSK Anand, AR Nair, KSN Sree… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Co-amorphous drug delivery systems are evolving as a credible alternative to amorphous
solid dispersions technology. In Co-amorphous systems (CAMs), a drug is stabilized in …

Opportunities and challenges in mechanochemical cocrystallization toward scaled-up pharmaceutical manufacturing

SN Madanayake, A Manipura, R Thakuria… - … Process Research & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recently, pharmaceutical cocrystals have gained immense interest because of their
potential to tune mechanical, pharmacokinetic, and physicochemical properties of active …

Commentary: considerations in the measurement of glass transition temperatures of pharmaceutical amorphous solids

A Newman, G Zografi - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2020 - Springer
An increased interest in using amorphous solid forms in pharmaceutical applications to
increase solubility, dissolution, and bioavailability has generated a need for better …