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Three-dimensional printing (3DP) is an imminent technology used to describe 3D products generated using a digital design platform manufactured layer by layer. This technology appears to be a transformative tool. It has just emerged as a key technological breakthrough, allowing the pharmaceutical sector to develop and generate new pharmaceutical items and equipment. It’s a brand-new way to personalize pharmaceutical formulation and design. Spiratam® (levetiracetam), the first commercial 3D tablet, was approved by the FDA in August 2015, sparking a rise in interest in employing this platform for pharmaceutical development. Following the FDA’s approval of the first 3D printed tablet, Spritam. The concept can benefit patients, pharmacists, and the pharmaceutical business by enabling the on-demand design and fabrication of flexible formulations with customized dosages, forms, sizes, drug release, and multi-drug combinations. This is a watershed moment in the history of 3D printing in pharmaceuticals, needing the involvement and assistance of healthcare professionals like pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and pharmacy technicians, among others, to enable wider use of the technology. This article...
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SMEDDS are formulated to improve the oral bioavailability of lipophilic drugs. It is an isotropic mixture of compounds like oil, surfactant, co-surfactant, and drug having the unique ability to form fine o/w micro-emulsion by agitation and diluted with GI fluid. Its liquid formulation technique enhanced the absorption and bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs but also had a few drawbacks like long time period stability issues and storage conditions. Some special techniques convert the liquid form into solid dosage form to overcome these problems. The present paper gives exhaustive information about formulation design by screening excipients. We study the selection and solubility of excipients, its preparation and characterization, and the mechanism by which bioavailability can be improved. This discussion is useful for a better understanding of SMEDDS for its recent advancements, marketed formulation, and patents on SMEDDS. The poorly water-soluble drugs having dissolution rate absorption limited can be effectively formulated in the form of SMEDDS causing a stable plasma profile. The plasma levels of the poorly aqueous soluble medicament show...
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Severe viral infections like Covid-19 are emerging now a day and are the common causes of human illness and death. Presently, we have a limited availability of antiviral chemotherapeutic agents to prevent and treat these infections, so it is the need of an hour to develop potential antiviral drugs against various harmful and fatal viral infections. A large quantity of research has been performed on 1,2,3 triazole and their derivatives, which has proved the promising antiviral activity of this heterocyclic nucleus. Among nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, 1, 2, 3-triazoles are privileged structure motifs and received great attention in academics and industry. Even though absent in nature, 1, 2, 3-triazoles have found broad applications in drug discovery, organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, bioconjugation, chemical biology, fluorescent imaging, and materials science. 1, 2, 3 triazole nucleus is one of the most important and well-known heterocycle which is a common and integral skeleton of a variety of medicinal compounds like antidepressant, antihistaminic, antioxidant, antitubercular, anti-Parkinson, antineoplastic, antihypertensive, antimalarial, local anaesthetic, antianxiety, antiobesity...
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Beginning from simple analytical methods to the recent development of advanced hyphenated techniques stages, various analytical methods have been designed for the multicomponent analysis of drugs. Simultaneous estimation of drugs in the combined dosage form is vital in the pharmaceutical analysis since it is cost-effective and time-saving. Levocetirizine, the R-enantiomer of Cetirizine, is a peripheral H1-receptor antagonist used as a non-sedative antihistamine in treating chronic idiopathic urticaria, angioedema, and allergic rhinitis. Montelukast Sodium is selective cysteinyl leukotriene I receptor inhibitor that acts as an anti-asthmatic agent in the bronchial tubes and lungs. The combination of Levocetirizine with Montelukast Sodium in the pharmaceutical formulation is frequently used in the treatment of Allergic rhinitis as it has been shown to have additional benefits to the patients in reducing the symptoms efficiently. This review article has compared and addressed a variety of analytical methods applied for estimating Levocetirizine and Montelukast Sodium in the combined dosage form. The methods include UV Spectrophotometry methods, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC), and...
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Plants are the natural sources of a vast diversity of molecules, exploited for the benefit of human health. They are the factories synthesizing proteins, carbohydrates, secondary metabolites, and biopolymers. Further, converting these molecules into antioxidants, pharmaceuticals, food, and biofuels is a major industrial process. Plants are becoming significant sources for producing pharmaceutically essential proteins, metabolites, vaccines, industry-based drugs, and bioplastics and are explored for large-scale production. Plant molecular pharming will enable the production of the desired therapeutic proteins. Plant-based pharmaceutical products are advantageous as they are free of vectors and pathogens utilized to transfer genes. Biopharming offers augmented breeding conditions, high biomass productivity, and excellent yield at low cost, making the plants an attractive platform for pharmaceutical production. The ability of plants to produce pharmaceutical-related products and the methodology involved in the production were discussed in this article. Technologies implemented for increased productivity of molecular pharming were also discussed, along with biopharma products, applications and...
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