Bin, Liew Kai <br/><br/>
REVIEW ON CO -PROCESSED EXCIPIENT S:  CURRENT AND FUTURE TREND OF EXCIPIENT  TECHNOLOGY 

 - Vol.11(1) 
 - M P  Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd  2019 
 - 1-9p. 
<br/><br/> There  is  no  single<br/>-component  excipient  fulfills  all  the  requisite  performance  to  allow  an  active  pharmaceutical  ingredient  to  be  for<br/>mulated  into  a  <br/>specific  dosage  form.  <br/>Co<br/>-processed excipient has received much more attention in the formulation development of various dosage forms<br/>, specially<br/>for  tablet  preparation  by  direct  compression  method<br/>.  The  objective  of  this  review  is  to  discuss  t<br/>he  emergence  of  co<br/>-processed  excipients<br/>  as  a  <br/>current  and  future  trend  of  excipient  technology  in  pharmaceutical  manufacturing. <br/>Co<br/>-processing  is  a  novel  concept  of  combining<br/>  two  or  more  <br/>excipient<br/>s that possess<br/> specific <br/>advantages that cannot be achieved<br/> usi<br/>ng  a  physical  admixture  of  the  same<br/> combination of excipients. This review <br/>article discusses the advantages of co<br/>-processing, the need of co<br/>-processed excipient, general steps in developing co<br/>-processed excipient, limitation <br/>of  co<br/>-processed  excipient,  tech<br/>nologies  used  in  developing  <br/>co<br/>-processing<br/>  excipients,  co<br/>-processed  excipients  in  the  literature,  marketed  products  <br/>and<br/>  future trends<br/>. With advantages offered by the <br/>upcoming<br/>  newer  combination  of  excipients  and  newer<br/>  methods of co<br/>-processing,  co<br/>-processed <br/>excipients  are  for<br/>  sure  going  to  gain  attraction  both  from  academia  and  pharmaceutical  industry.  Furthermore,  it  opens  the <br/>opportunity<br/>  for <br/>development and<br/> use of single multifunctional excipient<br/> rather than multiple excipients in<br/> the <br/>formulation<br/>.   
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PHARMACEUTICS