Abstract

ADVANCED PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORMS: A REVIEW

Pratiksha R. Gawande*, Pravin K. Bhoyar, Somesh M. Bawane, Aditi S. Sarda, Nilima

Abstract

Advanced pharmaceutics refers to the in-depth study of the science behind designing and developing drug delivery systems, focusing on complex concepts like physicochemical properties of drugs, advanced dosage forms, targeted drug delivery, and novel technologies to optimize drug absorption and therapeutic efficacy, typically studied at a graduate level in pharmacy programs; it involves a deep understanding of physical chemistry principles to effectively formulate and analyze drug products. Pharmaceutical dosage form is a combination of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and excipients. Excipients are included in dosage forms to aid manufacture, administration or absorption (Crowley and Martini).The ideal excipients must be able to fulfill the important functions i.e. dose, stability and release of API from the formulation.

Keywords: Pharmaceutics, API, Pharmaceutical dosage form, Manufacture, Stability.