From Delivery to Your Stomach to Your Intestines, Enteric Coating Can Help
“Enteric coating is a useful strategy for the oral delivery of drugs like insulin which rapidly degrade in the [...]
From the Mouths of Babes: Solubility in Pediatric Oral Drugs
“Compound solubility serves as a surrogate indicator of oral biopharmaceutical performance. Between infancy and adulthood, marked compositional changes in gastrointestinal (GI) [...]
Drug Delivery to the Small Intestine Can Lead to Big Results
“The small intestine is the most common target site due to shortest transit time and a large surface area [...]
Poorly Soluble Drugs: The New Norm?
“An estimated 40% of approved drugs and nearly 90% of the developmental pipeline drugs consist of poorly soluble molecules. [...]
Intraympanic Injections Provide Local Delivery of Disease Fighting Drugs to the Inner Ear
“Medicines, called antivirals, may decrease the risk of health problems and hearing loss in some infected babies who show [...]
The Role of Odor in Taste-masking Is Nothing to Sniff At
“Aroma (odor) is a strong determinant of taste perception. The preparation is of little therapeutic value if the patient [...]
More Than Skin-deep: Challenges in Treating Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
“Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are ubiquitous and the most common of infections, suffered by everyone at some [...]
Drinking Age: Child-appropriate Treatment for Pediatric Asthma
“In the United States, asthma affects 22 million people. It is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Today, [...]
Prednisone: Breathing Life into Patients with Pediatric Asthma
“Asthma continues to be a major health concern among the pediatric population in the U.S. Considering the benefits of [...]
Sprinkle, Sprinkle, Little Drugs
“But, the effects of newer formulations, such as effervescent and chewable dosage forms, granules and sprinkles … are largely [...]
