Identification and characterization of factors controlling tablet coating uniformity in a Wurster coating process

Powder Technology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Shelukar, Suhas ^a   Ho, Jennifer ^a   Zega, James ^a   Roland, Ed ^c   Yeh, Norman ^b   Quiram, David ^b   Nole, Anthony ^b   Katdare, Ashok ^a   Reynolds, Scott ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Roland Research Devices   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation time distribution; Coating distribution; Magnetic tracing; Wurster coating

Indexed keywords

DRUG; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

COATING; TABLET;

CIRCULATION TIME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COATING; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; POWDER; TABLET;

EID: 0034194380     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00265-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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