A suspension is a heterogeneous system consisting of two phases. The dispersed or internal phase is made up of particulate matter that is essentially insoluble…
A pharmaceutical suspension is the dispersion of solid particles (usually a drug) in a liquid medium (usually aqueous) in which the drug is not readily…
Stokes’ law is a generalized equation that describes how certain factors affect the rate of settling in dispersed systems. The implication is that, as the…
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Sweetening agents are excipients often added to pharmaceutical dosage forms to mask bitter taste of the partially dissolved drug and to improve palatability in general.…
The American pharmaceutical industry is a highly globalized industry. The industry alone holds almost half of the global pharmaceutical market, with sales of drugs in…
An antimicrobial agent is a natural or synthetic substance that interferes with the growth and activities of microorganisms that may accidentally contaminate pharmaceutical dosage forms.…
Surfactant is a general name for substances that absorb to surfaces or interfaces to reduce surface or interfacial tension. These agents aid wetting and dispersion…
Surface active agents, also known as tensides, amphiphiles or surfactants (for short) is a general name for substances that tend to preferentially accumulate at the…
Pharmaceutical excipients by definition are substances other than the prodrug or active pharmaceutical ingredient which are added in the manufacturing process or are contained in…
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who dispense medications prescribed by physicians and offer expertise in the safe use of prescription and non-prescription medications. They advise physicians…
The pharmaceutical industry comprises companies that engage in research and development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of chemical and biological drugs for human and veterinary use…
Health informatics is a highly interdisciplinary field that may be defined as the systematic applications of Information Technology (IT) to healthcare delivery. It is an…
The fact that information technology is increasingly pervasive in healthcare delivery should come as no surprise to anyone. Since the advent of computers, individuals and…
Dosage forms are pharmaceutical preparations or formulations in which a specific mixture of drug substances (active pharmaceutical ingredients) and inactive components (excipients) are presented in…
With a quarter of million deaths worldwide and more than three million cases in the world, European Union and other global partners have come together…
The 67-year-old Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor died in Mumbai this morning having suffered from leukaemia. It is a great loss in Bollywood for the Kapoors…
