Small molecules, tablets, capsules, soft gels, effervescence, gummies, and pills. These are all oral solid dosage (OSD) forms, a term that refers to a final drug product therapy that is ingested ...

Granulation is a critical unit operation in pharmaceutical manufacturing, where fine powders are agglomerated into granules to improve flow properties, uniformity, and compaction performance. The ...

Pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) and industry require a continuous fluid-bed dryer that provides a lengthy process time and delivers a high standard for a long time. This article ...

In dry granulation, powders bind because of the application of mechanical stress. As particles are forced to be within closer proximity, entrained air is forced out, bulk density increases, and a ...

Granulation is important in the pharmaceutical industry because of increased pressures due to the costs of manufacturing solid dosage forms. Granulation forms coarser collections from fine powder.

Adopting a Quality by Design (QbD) approach for wet granulation requires manufacturers to comprehend the correlation between process variables, such as powder characteristics and equipment ...