In Vitro-In Vivo Predictive Dissolution-Permeation-Absorption Dynamics of Highly Permeable Drug Extended-Release

Zi-Qiang Li1,2, Shuang Tian2, Hui Gu1

  • 1Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300193, People's Republic of China.

AAPS Pharmscitech
|April 18, 2018
PubMed

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