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 …

Spray drying of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals: Critical parameters and experimental process optimization approaches

A Ziaee, AB Albadarin, L Padrela, T Femmer… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Spray drying is increasingly becoming recognized as an efficient drying and formulation
technique for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical processing. It offers significant …

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” …

Co-amorphous drug formulations in numbers: Recent advances in co-amorphous drug formulations with focus on co-formability, molar ratio, preparation methods …

J Liu, H Grohganz, K Löbmann, T Rades, NJ Hempel - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Co-amorphous drug delivery systems (CAMS) are characterized by the combination of two
or more (initially crystalline) low molecular weight components that form a homogeneous …

Manufacturing of solid dispersions of poorly water soluble drugs by spray drying: formulation and process considerations

A Paudel, ZA Worku, J Meeus, S Guns… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Spray drying is an efficient technology for solid dispersion manufacturing since it allows
extreme rapid solvent evaporation leading to fast transformation of an API-carrier solution to …

Three-dimensional printed PCL-based implantable prototypes of medical devices for controlled drug delivery

J Holländer, N Genina, H Jukarainen… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The goal of the present study was to fabricate drug-containing T-shaped prototypes of
intrauterine system (IUS) with the drug incorporated within the entire backbone of the …

Hansen solubility parameter as a tool to predict cocrystal formation

MA Mohammad, A Alhalaweh, SP Velaga - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the miscibility of a drug and coformer,
as predicted by Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs), can indicate cocrystal formation and …

Theoretical and practical approaches for prediction of drug–polymer miscibility and solubility

PJ Marsac, SL Shamblin, LS Taylor - Pharmaceutical research, 2006 - Springer
Purpose Crystallization of drugs formulated in the amorphous form may lead to reduced
apparent solubility, decreased rate of dissolution and bioavailability and compromise the …

Amino acids as co-amorphous stabilizers for poorly water soluble drugs–Part 1: Preparation, stability and dissolution enhancement

K Löbmann, H Grohganz, R Laitinen, C Strachan… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Poor aqueous solubility of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is one of the most
pressing problems in pharmaceutical research and development because up to 90% of new …

Estimation of drug–polymer miscibility and solubility in amorphous solid dispersions using experimentally determined interaction parameters

PJ Marsac, T Li, LS Taylor - Pharmaceutical research, 2009 - Springer
Purpose The amorphous form of a drug may provide enhanced solubility, dissolution rate,
and bioavailability but will also potentially crystallize over time. Miscible polymeric additives …