Formulation design for poorly water-soluble drugs based on biopharmaceutics classification system: basic approaches and practical applications

Y Kawabata, K Wada, M Nakatani, S Yamada… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The poor oral bioavailability arising from poor aqueous solubility should make drug research
and development more difficult. Various approaches have been developed with a focus on …

Solid dispersions as strategy to improve oral bioavailability of poor water soluble drugs

T Vasconcelos, B Sarmento, P Costa - Drug discovery today, 2007 - Elsevier
Solid dispersions are one of the most promising strategies to improve the oral bioavailability
of poorly water soluble drugs. By reducing drug particle size to the absolute minimum, and …

Strategies for improving bioavailability, bioactivity, and physical-chemical behavior of curcumin

LZ Racz, CP Racz, LC Pop, G Tomoaia, A Mocanu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Curcumin (CCM) is one of the most frequently explored plant compounds with various
biological actions such as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antineoplastic, and …

Physical chemistry of solid dispersions

S Janssens, G Van den Mooter - Journal of Pharmacy and …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Objectives With poorly soluble drug candidates emerging in the drug discovery pipeline, the
importance of the solid dispersion formulation approach is increasing. This strategy includes …

Are pharmaceuticals potent environmental pollutants?: Part I: Environmental risk assessments of selected active pharmaceutical ingredients

C Carlsson, AK Johansson, G Alvan, K Bergman… - Science of the total …, 2006 - Elsevier
As part of achieving national environmental goals, the Swedish Government commissioned
an official report from the Swedish Medical Products Agency on environmental effects of …

Comparing generic and innovator drugs: a review of 12 years of bioequivalence data from the United States Food and Drug Administration

BM Davit, PE Nwakama, GJ Buehler… - Annals of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: In the US, manufacturers seeking approval to market a generic drug product
must submit data demonstrating that the generic formulation provides the same rate and …

Application of surfactants in solid dispersion technology for improving solubility of poorly water soluble drugs

SP Chaudhari, RP Dugar - Journal of drug delivery science and technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Discovery of several poorly water soluble drugs in the past decade has led to the constant
need of developing a novel dosage form which increases the solubility of these drug. They …

Solid dispersion as an approach for bioavailability enhancement of poorly water-soluble drug ritonavir

S Sinha, M Ali, S Baboota, A Ahuja, A Kumar, J Ali - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2010 - Springer
Ritonavir is an antiretroviral drug characterized by low solubility and high permeability which
corresponds to BCS class II drug. The purpose of the study was to develop solid dispersion …

Optimizing oral bioavailability in drug discovery: an overview of design and testing strategies and formulation options

BJ Aungst - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
For discovery teams working toward new, orally administered therapeutic agents, one
requirement is to attain adequate systemic exposure after oral dosing, which is best …

Soft gelatin capsules (softgels)

RP Gullapalli - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
It is estimated that more than 40% of new chemical entities (NCEs) coming out of the current
drug discovery process have poor biopharmaceutical properties, such as low aqueous …