• New Standards for Tablets and Capsules Enhance Safety: Consumers, products, brands, and businesses benefit

    Standards play a vital role in the production of solid dosage forms. Compliance with standards results in safer machines and working environments, fulfi lls legal requirements, reduces liability exposure, and protects corporate and brand reputation, according to the Impact of Global and Local Standards on OEMS & Suppliers, a report published by PMMI Business Intelligence, a division of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. read more
  • Nutra Mixing Needs: Picking the Best Blender

    When it comes to mixing nutraceutical ingredients, not all blenders are created equal. Because there’s a wide range of particles in each “mix”—of different sizes and bulk densities—getting the right result requires choosing the right blending action to achieve the desired outcome. Selecting the best equipment for the application is necessary to maintain rigid end-product quality standards and support nutritional claims on the label. Further, blends requiring trace amounts of critical ... read more
  • Coating Conundrum: Grappling with Minitablet Film Coating Myths

    Minitablets, defined as solid dosage forms with a diameter below or equal to 3 mm, have many benefits: they are easy to swallow, offer uniform release kinetics, and are easy on the gastrointestinal tract, among others. Taken together, these qualities can improve treatment efficacy by reducing the fluctuation of the drug’s release profile. read more
  • Hard to Handle: Switching from Manual to Automated Dispensing of Reactive Powders Improves Safety Efficiency

    Many chemical and pharmaceutical process engineers are challenged by metered dispensing of reactive powders into reactors and large tanks. But dispensing difficult to-handle ingredients in a contained and accurate method can be fulfilled and completely automated using specifically designed loss-in-weight (LIW) feeders. The combination of highly advanced weighing technology, and a contained and sanitary feeder design provides for an ideal automated method of powder delivery—without the dangers ... read more