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Review
. 2013 Aug 30;453(1):253-84.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2012.07.015. Epub 2012 Jul 20.

Manufacturing of solid dispersions of poorly water soluble drugs by spray drying: formulation and process considerations

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Manufacturing of solid dispersions of poorly water soluble drugs by spray drying: formulation and process considerations

Amrit Paudel et al. Int J Pharm. .

Abstract

Spray drying is an efficient technology for solid dispersion manufacturing since it allows extreme rapid solvent evaporation leading to fast transformation of an API-carrier solution to solid API-carrier particles. Solvent evaporation kinetics certainly contribute to formation of amorphous solid dispersions, but also other factors like the interplay between the API, carrier and solvent, the solution state of the API, formulation parameters (e.g. feed concentration or solvent type) and process parameters (e.g. drying gas flow rate or solution spray rate) will influence the final physical structure of the obtained solid dispersion particles. This review presents an overview of the interplay between manufacturing process, formulation parameters, physical structure, and performance of the solid dispersions with respect to stability and drug release characteristics.

Keywords: Amorphous; Formulation; Poorly soluble drugs; Process parameters; Solid dispersions; Spray drying.

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