Amorphous drugs and dosage forms

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The transformation to an amorphous form is one of the most promising approaches to address the low solubility of drug compounds, the latter being an increasing challenge in the development of new drug candidates. However, amorphous forms are high energy solids and tend to recry stallize. New formulation principles are needed to ensure the stability of amorphous drug forms. The formation of solid dispersions is still the most investigated approach, but additional approaches are desirable to overcome the shortcomings of solid dispersions. Spatial separation by either coating or the use of micro-containers has shown potential to prevent or delay recrystallization. Another recent approach is the formation of co-amorphous mixtures between either two drugs or one drug and one low molecular weight excipient. Molecular interactions between the two molecules provide an energy barrier that has to be overcome before single molecules are available for the formation of crystal nuclei, thus stabilizing the amorphous form.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
Volume23
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)403-408
Number of pages6
ISSN1773-2247
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2013

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