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Published on: April 19, 2014
Commercially bioavailable proprietary technologies and their marketed products
Mohd Aftab Alam1, Fahad I Al-Jenoobi, Abdullah M Al-Mohizea
1Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
In this review, we discuss the methodologies and platform technologies for enhancing the oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs. We also highlight the mechanisms of formulation technologies for improving desired physicochemical attributes of active substances. We focus on various commercial technologies, along with marketed products, and identify proprietary technologies protected by patents. We also discuss nonpropriety technologies, such as mesoporous silica, cyclodextrin complexation and solid dispersions. In addition, we highlight the factors affecting drug absorption and/or bioavailability, the methodologies available to prepare bioavailability-enhanced products, stability issues and examples of technology implementation.
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