Silica

Background Subcutaneous injection of biopharmaceutical agents or microparticles is challenging due to issues with low injection efficiency and high residual amounts. Objective This study aimed to determine the important factors affecting the injectability of microparticle delivery…
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Porous materials are ubiquitous and exhibit properties suitable for depositing therapeutic compounds. Drug loading in porous materials can protect the drug, control its release rate, and improve its solubility. However, to achieve such outcomes from porous delivery systems, effective incorporation…
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Aim Develop a machine vision system for in-line monitoring of high-shear granulation processes to provide a more reliable and continuous solution for assessing the state of granulation. Introduction Granulation is critical for pharmaceutical production, but inherently complex and poorly…
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Powder flow is a critical attribute of pharmaceutical blends to ensure tablet weight uniformity and production of tablets with consistent and reproducible properties. This study aims at characterizing different powder blends with a number of different rheologic techniques, in order to understand how…
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Coenzyme Q10 is a potent antioxidant that plays an important role in the maintenance of various biochemical pathways of the body and has a wide range of therapeutic applications. However, it has low aqueous solubility and oral bioavailability. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MCM-41 and SBA-15…
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Abstract More challenging active pharmaceutical ingredients are entering the market, spurring the introduction of novel drug delivery strategies that necessitate a paradigm shift from exhausted excipients to materials with combined actions and multiple functionalities. In this study, an inorganic…
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Cancer remains a major global health challenge. Traditional chemotherapy often results in side effects and drug resistance, necessitating the development of alternative treatment strategies such as gene therapy. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) offer many advantages as a gene delivery carrier,…
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A drug’s aqueous solubility is defined as the ability to dissolve in a particular solvent, and it is currently a major hurdle in bringing new drug molecules to the market. According to some estimates, up to 40% of commercialized products and 70–90% of drug candidates in the development stage are…
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In the present research, an attempt was made to optimize the blends of different carriers Neusilin US2, Avicel PH101, and Fujicalin SG by individually blending with each of coating materials Aerosil 200 and Syloid 244 FP that were proposed to contribute to a modified drug dissolution rates of…
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The objective of this study was to develop mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) tablet that can entrap large amounts of celecoxib into the mesopores as an amorphous state, exhibiting an enhanced dissolution. Optimal conditions that enable high drug loading into MSPs were investigated. The…
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