Excipients facilitate formulation design and perform a wide range of functions to obtain desired properties for the finished drug product. The article reviews excipient development and functionality ...

Factors for assessing excipient variability, the associated challenges developers need to address to design and manufacture solid oral drug products, and solutions for such challenges are examined.

FDA is launching a program to test the safety and suitability of novel inactive ingredients for use in new drugs and biologics. In an important step for modernizing drug formulation and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two draft appendices to a recent draft guideline on good manufacturing practices (GMPs) for excipients. The first document recommends manufacturers ...

Functional classification of excipients for tablets and other pharmaceutical products differs for diverse purposes in pharmaceutical preparation and hence may require different material attributes to ...

WHEN YOU TAKE a pill, it's not all medicine. It says so right there on the box of your over-the-counter drug—if you are self-medicating—or in the fine print of the patient information sheet for your ...

Pharmaceutical excipients refer to the substances used in the production and formulation of medicines. They perform multiple functions in pharmaceutical preparations and are likely to affect the ...

When it comes to drugs, most of the attention goes to the active pharmaceutical ingredient. But typically the vast majority of what’s in a tablet, capsule, or liquid isn’t the active ingredient. A ...

The Pharmaceutical Excipients Market is poised for significant growth between 2025 and 2035, driven by the increasing demand for drug formulations and advancements in the pharmaceutical industry.