4 Frequently Used Pharmaceutical Terms You Should Know
When making sure pharmaceuticals comply to quality standards, there are four areas where Thermal Analysis can help to determine potential problems. This article will explain those Terms.
Claire Strasser
How to measure the thermal stability of pharmaceuticals?
Thermal stability is a concept that is easy to conceive. But how to measure and quantify it? A fast and safe method for this is to use a thermobalance.
The Phenomenon Polymorphism – A Major Impact on Drug Performance
The term polymorphism comes from the Greek, “poly” meaning “multiple” and “morph” meaning “form”. Used in different areas as programming or biology, it designates the ability of a variable, of an object, of a gene to take on multiple forms. In the pharmaceutical industry, polymorphism refers to the ability of a material to exist in … Read moreThe Phenomenon Polymorphism – A Major Impact on Drug Performance
Compatibility of Drug and Excipient: Faster and Easier By Means of Thermal Analysis and SuperPosition
Compatibility refers to harmony in a relationship, but is also an important term in science, be it in medicine where only a compatible organ can be transplanted to a recipient, or in computing to refer to software packages that can be used together. This concept is also well-known in the pharmaceutical field: Two components (e.g., … Read moreCompatibility of Drug and Excipient: Faster and Easier By Means of Thermal Analysis and SuperPosition
How to Prepare a Sample for a TGA Measurement
How should you prepare a sample for your TGA measurement? This video gives the answer.
Good Stability Versus Good Tabletability: The Choice of Modification
Many pharmaceutical solids exhibit polymorphism, i.e., the ability of a substance to exist in different crystalline forms. The polymorphic form can have significant influence on pharmaceutical processing and can, for example, affect grinding, granulation and tabletability. A DSC measurement allows for the characterization of the present modification. Here, different modifications of paracetamol are distinguished by means of DSC.
How Compression Can Influence the Modification of Caffeine
Caffeine exists under 2 polymorphic forms (I and II). Compression of form I induces its transformation into form II, leading to changes in its properties. Heating with DSC ensures that caffeine is in the correct form.
Clever Tool for Short Cooling Times
How do nucleating agents influence the crystallization behavior of your polymer in the mold? To answer questions like these, the kinetics of the crystallization reaction is determined for mixtures of polypropylene with different nucleating agents. The results are used to carry out predictions on the product behavior for any temperature programs.
How does water change the properties of Lactose?
Spray-dried a-lactose monohydrate is a matrix of amorphous lactose in which lactose monohydrate crystals are embedded. Humidity has no influence on the crystal but amorphous lactose is very hygroscopic: in presence of humidity, it will transform into the crystalline form. This has consequences on the tableting properties of the substance. Thermal Analysis gives you first Information about the water content of your lactose and the consequences for its compressing properties.
Glass Transition of Lactose
The glass transition of lactose is in direct relation with the stickiness and the flowability of powders containing it. This in turn influences the processing.