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Fillers and Binders | Essential for Stable and High-Quality Tablets
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Fillers and Binders | Essential for Stable and High-Quality Tablets

Fillers in tableting Strictly speaking, fillers should only fill up the missing tablet mass and be as inert as possible. This means that they should not interact with the API or other necessary excipients. Functional fillers However, it makes no sense to add inert substances which are non-binding or have no other functionality. That’s why…

The Science of Cohesion | How Tablets Stick Together

The Science of Cohesion | How Tablets Stick Together

 In tablet manufacturing, keeping active ingredients and excipients together requires sufficiently large bonding forces between the various particles. During development, we explore the bonding capacity of pure APIs, excipients, and formulations for developing and improving formulations. This is done by performing compaction trials for determining compatibility profiles according to USP 1062.   But what keeps…

Tablet Manufacturing Process

Tablet Manufacturing Process

1) Raw material sourcing and testing The raw materials for tablet manufacturing are typically sourced from approved suppliers who have been vetted for quality and reliability. The raw materials are tested for quality and purity before being used in the manufacturing process. This is to ensure that the tablets are safe and effective.   2)…

Common Tablet Manufacturing Defects in Pharma | Part-3
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Common Tablet Manufacturing Defects in Pharma | Part-3

Black Spots Black-colored specks or dots on the tablet surface. Causes of Black Spots:   Remedies for Black Spots:   Inconsistent Thickness Variations in the tablet thickness within a batch or across different tablets. Causes of Inconsistent Thickness:   Remedies for Inconsistent Thickness:   Hardness Variation Inconsistency in tablet hardness across a batch or within…