Pharmaceutical Extrusion Technology

Download or read book Pharmaceutical Extrusion Technology written by Isaac Ghebre-Selassie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-05-14 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmaceutical Extrusion Technology is the only resource to provide in-depth descriptions and analyses of the key parameters of extruders and extrusion processes. The book highlights the applicability of melt extrusion in pharmaceutical drug development and product manufacturing, including controlled release, dissolution rate and bioavailability enhancement, and granulation technology. It brings together the technical information necessary to develop and market pharmaceutical dosage forms that meet current quality and regulatory requirements and details extruder hardware and controls, process definition and troubleshooting of single and twin screw extrusion processes, and more.