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ReviewPharmaceutics2021

Challenges of Dissolution Methods Development for Soft Gelatin Capsules.

Festo Damian, Mohammad Harati, Jeff Schwartzenhauer, Owen Van Cauwenberghe, Shawn D Wettig

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Festo DamianSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Mohammad HaratiDepartment of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan, 2209 Natural Sciences Building, 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128, USA.
Jeff SchwartzenhauerCatalent Pharma Solutions, 2125 Ambassador Dr, Windsor, ON N9C 3R5, Canada.
Owen Van CauwenbergheSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Shawn D WettigSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
University of Waterloo · CAUniversity of Michigan–Dearborn · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, the development of soft gelatin capsules (SGCs) dosage forms has attracted a great deal of interest in the oral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs. This is attributed to the increased number of poorly soluble drugs in the pipeline, and hence the challenges of finding innovative ways of developing bioavailable and stable dosage forms. Encapsulation of these drugs into SGCs is one of the approaches that is utilized to deliver the active ingredients to the systemic circulation to overcome certain formulation hurdles. Once formulated, encapsulated drugs in the form of SGCs require suitable in vitro dissolution test methods to ensure drug product quality and performance. This review focuses on challenges facing dissolution test method development for SGCs. A brief discussion of the physicochemical and formulation factors that affect the dissolution properties of SGCs will be highlighted. Likewise, the influence of cross-linking of gelatin on the dissolution properties of SGCs will also be discussed.

Indexed as

dissolution method developmentdrug stabilityenzymes in dissolutiongelatin cross-linkingpoorly soluble drugssoft gelatin capsulessolubilitysurfactantstwo-tier dissolution testing

Identifiers

PMID33557167
PMCPMC7913951
OpenAlexW3126823073

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