Predictive and correlative techniques for the design, optimisation and manufacture of solid dosage forms

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Hardy, Ian J ^a   Cook, Walter G ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM LACTATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GELATIN; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; IBUPROFEN; LACTOSE; LYSINE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; MALTODEXTRIN; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; POLYSORBATE; POVIDONE; PRIMIDONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFATHIAZOLE;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CAPSULE FILLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG USE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FILM COATING; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIAL STATE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POWDER; PREDICTION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET; TABLET COMPRESSION;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 0037250111     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2003.tb02428.x     Document Type: Review

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