In April 2016, Colorcon, a world leader in the development, supply and technical support of specialty excipients, announced an innovative breakthrough for pharmaceutical tablet coating.
Opadry QX for quick and flexible coating is setting new productivity, efficiency and appearance standards for coated tablets. This advanced formulation greatly reduces preparation and production time, ensuring coating process efficiency and cost reductions in all types of equipment, from traditional pans to continuous coating equipment.
The system can be applied across a broad range of process conditions, enabling even those containing temperature-sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients to be successfully coated, resulting in a premium quality finish for tablets.
Opadry QX is a low viscosity formulation that is dispersed in water and ready for use in less than 25 minutes — significantly cutting preparation time. Even at high solids levels of up to 35% w/w, the viscosity of the formulation remains low, allowing faster spray rates to help achieve greater productivity for each coating run (Figure 1).
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