Pellets

From: Pharmaceutical Technology | Date: June 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

J. Vertommen, P. Rombaut, and R. Kinget (Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics Laboratory, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium), Internal and External Structure of Pellets Made in a Rotary Processor, Int. J. Pharm., Vol. 161, No. 2. 1998. pp. 225-236. The authors suggest the use of a rotary processor to avoid contamination and dust problems and to save time and energy when drying, coating, and producing pellets, The authors prepared all pellets using wet granulation. The authors' hypothesis that the pellets were open, porous, ...

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