Frosta®: A new technology for making fast-melting tablets

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1107-1116

  Jeong, Seong Hoon ^a   Fu, Yourong ^b   Park, Kinam ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Akina Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast melting tablet; Frosta ; Highly plastic granules; Highly porous structure; Plastic material; Water penetration enhancer; Wet binder

Indexed keywords

DIMETAPP; DRUG; FAMOTIDINE; LORATADINE; MALTODEXTRIN; ODT; OLANZAPINE; ONDANSETRON; EXCIPIENT; PLASTIC; WETTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; FREEZE DRYING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MELTING POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; SWALLOWING; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET DISINTEGRATION; TABLET FORMULATION; TABLET FRIABILITY; TABLET HARDNESS; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACEUTICS; POROSITY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TABLET; TASTE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; WETTABILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXCIPIENTS; FREEZE DRYING; HARDNESS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLASTICS; POROSITY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS; TASTE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; WETTABILITY; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 28244434820     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2.6.1107     Document Type: Article

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