Abstract

BILAYER: A REVIEW

Akash Ghildiyal* and Ganesh Kumar

Abstract

Bilayer tablet is great suiting for sequential arrival of two medicaments and it is also capable of partitioning the two contrario substances. It is also suited for sustain release tablets in which one layer is immediate release layer and another is sustain release layer. The foremost objective of the controlled drug delivery system is to minimize the dosing recurrence. The elementary point of modified drug release formulations is to improve a therapeutic regimen by providing prolonged and continuous action for predetermined time period providing greater safety, efficacy and precision. The present article provides a review on the bilayer tablet technology,various tablet press used and its evaluation.

Keywords: Bilayer tablet, Sustained release, immediate release layer.