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Swapnil Sharadkumar Chudiwal1, Mohamed Hassan G Dehghan2
1a Wockhardt Research Centre, D-4, M.I.D.C , Aurangabad , India.
Abstract:
The objective of the present study was to design and develop drug-device combination product in particular flunisolide nasal spray (FNS) using quality by design (QbD) approach. Quality target product profile (QTPP) of FNS was defined and critical quality attributes (CQAs), i.e. viscosity (cp) (Y1) and D50 droplet size distribution (DSD) (μm) (Y2) were identified. Potential risk factors were identified using a fish bone diagram and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) tools. Plackett-Burman and Box-Behnken designs were used for screening the significant factors and optimizing the variables range, respectively. It was observed that viscosity (cp) (Y1) was significantly impacted by formulation variables X1: propylene glycol (PG) (%) and X2: polyethylene glycol (PEG) 3350 (%), while D50 DSD (μm) (Y2) was significantly impacted by formulation variables X1: PG (%), X2: PEG 3350 (%) and device variable X8: delivery volume (μl). A design space plot within which the CQAs remained unchanged was established at laboratory scale. In conclusion, this study demonstrated how QbD based development approach can be applied to the development of drug-device combination products with enhanced understanding of the impact of formulation, process and device variables on CQAs of drug-device combination products.
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