Wet granulation, dry granulation and direct blending are the most popular granulation processes for solid dosage form manufacture in the pharmaceutical industry, but they each have distinct drawbacks.

Adopting a Quality by Design (QbD) approach for wet granulation requires manufacturers to comprehend the correlation between process variables, such as powder characteristics and equipment ...

We try to use previous experience to develop the optimal granulation process for each new ingredient, but we sometimes get it wrong. Many times, we?ve taken materials from the granulator only to find ...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing practices are advancing towards a future in which continuous manufacturing processes will be the norm. Developing and applying such techniques is therefore an essential ...

Small molecules, tablets, capsules, soft gels, effervescence, gummies, and pills. These are all oral solid dosage (OSD) forms, a term that refers to a final drug product therapy that is ingested ...

Granulation and compression are two very important processes that are carried out extensively by most pharmaceutical companies. However, the theory of granulation is little understood and the ...

The last decade has seen an impressive growth in the research and mechanistic understanding of the agglomeration process, along with attempts to model the process. There have even been a few papers on ...

From instant coffee to washing detergent, powders are part of our everyday life. But have you ever thought about how they are made and why some dissolve quicker than others? Professor Agba Salman is ...