Tablets and capsules are most popular oral solid dosage forms to administer a therapeutic drug. Formulation such as pills, troches, cachets and pellets are secondary to tablets, which contain the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dry granulation, also called roller compaction, has been a popular method in recent years and has many applications. The powder is compressed between revolving rollers to generate flakes. The flakes ...

In dry granulation, powders bind because of the application of mechanical stress. As particles are forced to be within closer proximity, entrained air is forced out, bulk density increases, and a ...