1st Edition

Pharmaceutical Pelletization Technology

Edited By Isaac Ghebre-Selassie Copyright 1989

    This book serves as a formulation and processing guide during the development of pelletized dosage forms. It provides the pharmaceutical technologist with basic information about the design aspects of the relevant processing equipment.

    1. Pellets: A General Overview 2. Conventional and Specialized Coating Pans 3. Fluid Bed Equipment 4. Extrusion and Spheronizing Equipment 5. Centrifugal Equipment 6. Mechanism of Pellet Formation and Growth 7. Solution and Suspension Layering 8. Dry Powder Layering 9. Extrusion and Spheronization Technology 10. Formulation Variables 11. Evaluation and Characterization of Pellets

    Biography

    Isaac Ghebre-Selassie (MEGA Pharmaceuticals, Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA)