Tuning Morphology in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients: Controlling the Crystal Habit of Lovastatin through Solvent Choice and Non-Size-Matched Polymer Additives
09 Jun 2023 | Contributor(s):: Hatcher, LE, Li, WPayne, P, Benyahia, B, Rielly, CD, Wilson, CC
Additive crystallization routes to control the crystal habit of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) lovastatin are presented, at small scale up to 25 mL. Lovastatin is an archetypical example of an API that forms needle-like crystals via solution-based recrystallization, causing issues for...