Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) are one of the most prominent formulation approaches to overcome bioavailability issues that are often presented by new poorly soluble drug candidates. State-of-the art manufacturing techniques include hot melt extrusion and solvent-based methods like spray drying....
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| author | Malin Hermeling Christoph Nueboldt Roman Heumann Werner Hoheisel Joerg Breitkreutz |
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| description | Amorphous solid dispersions (ASD) are one of the most prominent formulation approaches to overcome bioavailability issues that are often presented by new poorly soluble drug candidates. State-of-the art manufacturing techniques include hot melt extrusion and solvent-based methods like spray drying. The high thermal and mechanical shear stress during hot melt extrusion, or the use of an organic solvent during solvent-based methods, are examples of clear drawbacks for those methods, limiting their applicability for certain systems. In this work a novel process technology is introduced, called Nano-Dry-Melting (NDM), which can provide an alternative option for ASD manufacturing. NDM consists of a comminution step in which the drug is ground to nanosize and a drying step provides a complete amorphization of the system at temperatures below the melting point. Two drug–polymer systems were prepared using NDM with a wet media mill and a spray dryer and analyzed regarding their degree of crystallinity using XRD analysis. Feasibility studies were performed with indomethacin and PVP. Furthermore, a “proof-of-concept” study was conducted with niclosamide. The experiments successfully led to amorphous samples at temperatures of about 50 K below the melting point within seconds of heat exposition. With this novel, solvent-free and therefore “green” production technology it is feasible to manufacture ASDs even with those drug candidates that cannot be processed by conventional process technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-898fe393673644149ec5309d81e08a412023-11-24T01:56:55ZengMDPI AGPharmaceutics1999-49232022-10-011410214510.3390/pharmaceutics14102145Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid DispersionsMalin Hermeling0Christoph Nueboldt1Roman Heumann2Werner Hoheisel3Joerg Breitkreutz4INVITE GmbH, 51368 Leverkusen, GermanyINVITE GmbH, 51368 Leverkusen, GermanyBayer AG, 51368 Leverkusen, GermanyINVITE GmbH, 51368 Leverkusen, GermanyInstitute of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, GermanyAmorphous solid dispersions (ASD) are one of the most prominent formulation approaches to overcome bioavailability issues that are often presented by new poorly soluble drug candidates. State-of-the art manufacturing techniques include hot melt extrusion and solvent-based methods like spray drying. The high thermal and mechanical shear stress during hot melt extrusion, or the use of an organic solvent during solvent-based methods, are examples of clear drawbacks for those methods, limiting their applicability for certain systems. In this work a novel process technology is introduced, called Nano-Dry-Melting (NDM), which can provide an alternative option for ASD manufacturing. NDM consists of a comminution step in which the drug is ground to nanosize and a drying step provides a complete amorphization of the system at temperatures below the melting point. Two drug–polymer systems were prepared using NDM with a wet media mill and a spray dryer and analyzed regarding their degree of crystallinity using XRD analysis. Feasibility studies were performed with indomethacin and PVP. Furthermore, a “proof-of-concept” study was conducted with niclosamide. The experiments successfully led to amorphous samples at temperatures of about 50 K below the melting point within seconds of heat exposition. With this novel, solvent-free and therefore “green” production technology it is feasible to manufacture ASDs even with those drug candidates that cannot be processed by conventional process technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14/10/2145amorphous solid dispersionamorphizationwet stirred media millingspray dryingnanoparticlesnanocomposition |
| spellingShingle | Malin Hermeling Christoph Nueboldt Roman Heumann Werner Hoheisel Joerg Breitkreutz Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions Pharmaceutics amorphous solid dispersion amorphization wet stirred media milling spray drying nanoparticles nanocomposition |
| title | Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions |
| title_full | Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions |
| title_fullStr | Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions |
| title_short | Nano-Dry-Melting: A Novel Technology for Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Amorphous Solid Dispersions |
| title_sort | nano dry melting a novel technology for manufacturing of pharmaceutical amorphous solid dispersions |
| topic | amorphous solid dispersion amorphization wet stirred media milling spray drying nanoparticles nanocomposition |
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