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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2022

Hydrogel Microparticle-Templated Anti-Solvent Crystallization of Small-Molecule Drugs.

Meghali Bora, Myat Noe Hsu, Saif A Khan, Patrick S Doyle

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Meghali BoraSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #04-13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.
Myat Noe HsuSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #04-13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.
Saif A KhanSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #04-13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.
Patrick S DoyleSingapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #04-13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-2147-9172

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional formulation strategies for hydrophobic small-molecule drug products frequently include mechanical milling to decrease active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) crystal size and subsequent granulation processes to produce an easily handled powder. A hydrogel-templated anti-solvent crystallization method is presented for the facile fabrication of microparticles containing dispersed nanocrystals of poorly soluble API. Direct crystallization within a porous hydrogel particle template yields core-shell structures in which the hydrogel core containing API nanocrystals is encased by a crystalline API shell. The process of controllable loading (up to 64% w/w) is demonstrated, and tailored dissolution profiles are achieved by simply altering the template particle size. API release is well described by a shrinking core model. Overall, the approach is a simple, scalable and potentially generalizable method that enables novel means of independently controlling both API crystallization and excipient characteristics, offering a "designer" drug particle system.

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ExcipientsHydrogelsCrystallizationParticle SizeSolubilitySolventsExcipientsHydrogelsSolventscrystallizationhydrogelsmicroparticlesnanocrystalssmall molecule drugs

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PMID34936230
PMCPMC11468654

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