Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms, Third Edition Hardback

Thoroughly updated and expanded, this new Third Edition provides the latest information on dosage, forms, film defects, and polymer characterization.

Written by renowned leaders in the field, Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms is easily the most comprehensive book available on the market today. New to the Third Edition:the interaction of drugs with functional polymersthe influence of processing parameters on coating qualitythe stabilization of polymeric film coatsplasticizers and their applications in pharmaceutical coatingsadhesion of polymeric films to solid substratesbasic properties of latex and pseudolatex colloidal dispersionsKey topics included:polymer interactions with drugs and excipientsphysical aging of polymeric filmsa complete overview and in-depth analysis of recent advances in the field, which includes information on the latest equipment used to apply polymers to a pharmaceutical systemillustrated examples explaining the appropriate steps to be taken in order to solve formulation, processing, and stability problems to achieve an optimized dosage form