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Twin-screw extrusion of sustained-release oral dosage forms and medical implants
1Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA.
Abstract:
Most of published reviews of twin-screw extrusion focused on its application for enhancing the bioavailability of amorphous solid dispersions while few of them focused on its use for manufacturing sustained-release oral dosage forms and medical implants, despite the considerable interest and success this process has garnered both in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry. Compared to conventional batch processing, twin-screw extrusion offers the advantages of continuous processing and the ability to prepare oral dosage forms and medical implants that have unique physicochemical and drug release attributes. This review provides an in-depth analysis of the formulation composition and processing conditions of twin-screw extrusion and how these factors affect the drug release properties of sustained-release dosage forms. This review also illustrates the unique advantages of this process by presenting case studies of a wide variety of commercial sustained-release products manufactured using twin-screw extrusion.
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