Regulatory bodies are taking a more stringent approach to excipient quality, but unlike guidance on GMP for APIs, those for excipients offer a framework only, meaning the onus lies with the ...

Pharmaceutical formulations consist of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients. Appropriate excipient selection is critical to the final quality of pharmaceutical products. When ...

Choosing the right excipient manufacturer can help ensure the use of quality excipients. How does one define quality as applied to excipients? If we pose the same question for APIs, the response would ...

Pharmaceutical excipients have important functions such as serving as carriers, improving drug stability, solubilization and slowing down the drug release. They are important ingredients that may ...

The proliferation of quality-management standards in manufacturing is such that each new document seems like one step deeper into an arcane world of industrial measurement. But a new standard from the ...

The Indian excipient market is growing at 10 to 12% as against the global growth rate of 5 to 7%. The Indian excipient manufacturers have raised alarm over the surging prices of major excipients by 30 ...