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Crystal and Particle Engineering Strategies for Improving Powder Compression and Flow Properties to Enable Continuous Tablet Manufacturing by Direct Compression

By Chattoraj, Sayantan; Sun, Changquan Calvin

Published on CMKC

Abstract

Continuous manufacturing of tablets has many advantages, including batch size flexibility, demand-adaptive scale up or scale down, consistent product quality, small operational foot print, and increased manufacturing efficiency. Simplicity makes direct compression the most suitable process for continuous tablet manufacturing. However, deficiencies in powder flow and compression of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) limit the range of drug loading that can routinely be considered for direct compression. For the widespread adoption of continuous direct compression, effective API engineering strategies to address power flow and compression problems are needed. Appropriate implementation of these strategies would facilitate the design of high-quality robust drug products, as stipulated by the Quality-by-Design framework. Here, several crystal and particle engineering strategies for improving powder flow and compression properties are summarized. The focus is on the underlying materials science, which is the foundation for effective API engineering to enable successful continuous manufacturing by the direct compression process.

Journal

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Volume 107, 4, 2018, 968-974

DOI

10.1016/j.xphs.2017.11.023

Type of publication

Peer-reviewed journal

Affiliations

  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals R&D

Article Classification

Research article

Classification Areas

  • Oral solid dose
  • Material and process characterization

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