The importance of understanding the freezing step and its impact on freeze-drying process performance

G Assegehegn, E Brito-de la Fuente, JM Franco… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The freeze-drying process is a combination of 2 equally important processes, freezing, and
drying. In the past, the effort was mainly focused on optimizing the drying process without …

Evaluation of amorphous solid dispersion properties using thermal analysis techniques

JA Baird, LS Taylor - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Amorphous solid dispersions are an increasingly important formulation approach to improve
the dissolution rate and apparent solubility of poorly water soluble compounds. Due to their …

A classification system to assess the crystallization tendency of organic molecules from undercooled melts

JA Baird, B Van Eerdenbrugh, LS Taylor - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Assessing the viability of an amorphous formulation strategy is of great importance in an era
of drug discovery where a large percentage of new molecules have solubility limited …

Role of thermodynamic, molecular, and kinetic factors in crystallization from the amorphous state

C Bhugra, MJ Pikal - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2008 - Elsevier
Though there is an advantage in using the higher solubility amorphous state in cases where
low solubility limits absorption, physical instability poses a significant barrier limiting its use …

Amorphous solid dispersions: Utilization and challenges in preclinical drug development within AstraZeneca

AB Anane-Adjei, E Jacobs, SC Nash, S Askin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The poor aqueous solubility of many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) dominates
much of the early drug development portfolio and poses a major challenge in …

Lipophilicity and hydrophobicity considerations in bio-enabling oral formulations approaches–a PEARRL review

F Ditzinger, DJ Price, AR Ilie, NJ Köhl… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This review highlights aspects of drug hydrophobicity and lipophilicity as
determinants of different oral formulation approaches with specific focus on enabling …

Glass-transition temperature of the β-relaxation as the major predictive parameter for recrystallization of neat amorphous drugs

EO Kissi, H Grohganz, K Löbmann… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recrystallization of amorphous drugs is currently limiting the simple approach to improve
solubility and bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs by amorphization of a crystalline …

[HTML][HTML] Personalised 3D printed medicines: Optimising material properties for successful passive diffusion loading of filaments for fused deposition modelling of solid …

JR Cerda, T Arifi, S Ayyoubi, P Knief, MP Ballesteros… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although not readily accessible yet to many community and hospital pharmacists, fuse
deposition modelling (FDM) is a 3D printing technique that can be used to create a 3D …

Aqueous solubility of crystalline and amorphous drugs: challenges in measurement

SB Murdande, MJ Pikal, RM Shanker… - Pharmaceutical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Measurement of drug solubility is one of the key elements of active pharmaceutical
ingredient (API) characterization during the drug discovery and development process. This …

Comparison of bioavailability of amorphous versus crystalline itraconazole nanoparticles via pulmonary administration in rats

W Yang, KP Johnston, RO Williams III - European journal of pharmaceutics …, 2010 - Elsevier
The effect of supersaturation on bioavailability of inhaled nebulized aerosols is compared for
amorphous versus crystalline nanoparticulate dispersions. The nanocrystalline formulations …