Logic of Selecting Suitable Dissolution Parameters in New Drug Formulations Based on A BCS Approach

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1 Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico.

2 Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.

3 Department of Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Taibah University, AL-Madinah AL-Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

4 Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.

Abstract

Since the biopharmaceutical quality of generic drug formulations depends on the quality of the reference products and also information about the in-vitro release performance of drugs under different conditions is scarce in the literature, a dissolution study of four reference tablets was performed. Each drug was representative of one Class of the Biopharmaceutical Classification System. The in-vitro release performance of propranolol-HCl, carbamazepine, ranitidine-HCl, and metronidazole was evaluated using a USP basket and paddle apparatus at different agitation rates (50, 75, and 100 rpm) with two doses of each drug. In all experiments, pharmacopeial dissolution media was used and the samples were taken with automatic equipment at specific times up to 60 min, except for propranolol-HCl, for which the samples were taken up to 30 min. The dissolution profiles were compared by model-independent, model-dependent, and ANOVA-based comparisons. The three methods of data comparison showed that low vs. high doses were significantly different (P < 0.05), which may influence cases in which biowaivers of propranolol-HCl and ranitidine-HCl are requested. Additionally, the results showed that despite different hydrodynamic environments produced by the basket and paddle apparatus, under certain conditions, both types of equipment generated comparable in-vitro results. Variables such as the dose, agitation rate, and type of dissolution apparatus are important factors to consider in designing dissolution tests for drug products. This information can be used to test a new dosage when there is no pharmacopeial method available to perform a dissolution study. Further researches on the in-vitro release performance of reference drug products are required.

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Logic of Selecting Suitable Dissolution Parameters in New Drug Formulations Based on A BCS Approach

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Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Volume 19, Issue 1
Winter 2020
Pages 465-486

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