Development of disintegrating multiple-unit tablets on a high-speed rotary tablet press

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-292

  Wagner, Karl G ^a   Krumme, Markus ^b   Beckert, Thomas E ^c   Schmidt, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme AG   (Germany)

^c Roehm GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enteric coating; Eudragit; Pellets; Tableting; Vicel PH 101

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PHARMACEUTICS; SOLUBILITY; TABLET;

SOLUBILITY; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 0034264514     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0939-6411(00)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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