Granules

Granules is a kind of drug, which is made of raw materials after extraction, and then added with certain excipients to make a dry preparation with granules, or a single dose of granules to make a block, and it is also called granules. Granules is a kind of oral solid dosage form commonly used in drug, especially in traditional Chinese drug, it is also one of the commonly used dosage forms for children. Granules can be swallowed directly or washed into the water for drinking, the distribution of granules in water is different. Granules can be divided into soluble granules, suspension granules, effervescent granules and other forms.

Fig.1 Granules.

The team of CD Formulation is leading experts in all aspects of pharmaceutical formulation development and dosage form optimization, we can accord the characteristics of the API and the development goals of the customers to design the formulation of granules. CD Formulation can provide you with one-stop services to meet your needs of granules.

Our Advantages

• Experienced research & development team, complete production equipment and advanced production facilities.
• Complete the process development optimization and scale-up production of dosage forms such as sterile injection solutions and sterile lyophilized powders.
• One-stop services such as pre-formulation, formulation design, process development optimization and scale-up, and clinical / commercial cGMP production.

Our Technologies Used for Granules

• Wet granulation
• Dry granulation methods

Our Services

• Formulation and process optimization of drug product
• Scale-up from R&D to commercial cGMP batch manufacturing
• Process validation
• Technology transfer

The Process of Developing Granules

In addition to the main drug, granules can also be added with appropriate amounts of flavoring agents, fragrances, colorants, dispersants and preservatives. Enteric-coated, sustained-release, and controlled-release granules can be prepared by adding functional excipients or by granule coating. Wet granulation and dry granulation are common methods for preparing granules. At present, wet granulation is the main method for preparing granules, the conventional wet granulation process is as follows:

If you have a requirement about granules services, please contact us by phone or email, our colleagues will reply to you within three working days.

References

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