Review · Volume 53, Issue 1 · pp. 5–7
Excipients: The Real Players behind Robust Formulation
Hitesh Chavda1, Suresh Kumar Neerumalla1, Axay Patel1, Sanjay Poptani1
- 1Department of Formulation and Development, R&D Centre, Gowrie Research Pvt Ltd (B&S Group), Vadodara - 391740, Gujarat, INDIA.
Abstract
The backbone of any successful robust pharmaceutical product is built on their excipients. Excipients show a vital role in the dosage form design. Excipients do not have therapeutic activity, however, they influence the therapeutic activity of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) through formulation characteristics. Please note inactive ingredients are clearly not reliably inert in their biological activity and thus should not be listed as such. A more suitable and concise term is excipient.
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